The debate regarding the trade-off between a global and a local strategy is misplaced because it views value propositions crossing national borders as products per se rather than as bundles of global and local characteristics.
He hits home the message that local is global and global is local.
The second debate revolves around the dilemma of global vis-a-vis local strategy, that is, the trade-off between global standardization and local customization.
Glocal, meaning to be at once global and local, is one of those words management gurus like to coin.
Mr. Nicholson coined the useful term "glocal" to describe various nationalistic strands of jazz that are at once global and local in their conception.
The capacity to simultaneously develop a global and local perspective .
Once briefed on global and local issues, challenges and solutions, and community engagement, artists were asked to respond creatively to the information with messages on sustainability.
An international business faced with a semiglobal market environment where consumers derive value from a bundle of global and local product characteristics must harmonize its strategy.
Authors Davidson, Bondi and Smith point out that the odd pairing of global and local sensibilities is part of what attracts Westerners to fast food restaurants abroad.
As for whether it is global or local assistance, in the traditional sense, it is probably local, since our family foundation operates mainly in the Czech Republic.
The World Water Assessment Programme is both global and local in scale, for it must check the accuracy of the big picture on the basis of snapshots of water in the field.
Social media has transformed global into local.
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But that time looks to be when they have the new OS, Tizen, nailed down, when they step aside from the specifications arms race and try to surpass Apple as an experience, in global and local partnerships that allow them to launch significant new services.
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Instead of sounding as an external threat to the local markets global firms must adapt to the local markets and make the trade with them a win-win.
Tax rate moves are inherently local issues, and global factors nearly always swamp local.
The firm recognizes its place in the world as global citizens, local offices and individuals.
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Gill quickly got back in the game of translating global brands into local retail strength.
Brands (NYSE:YUM) have designed Pizza Hut and KFC menus that include both a global and a local component.
The key to business localization is to have global platforms with local implementations.
Again, though, it will rely on the European Commission's accepting the argument that global, not local, factors should settle antitrust questions.
Beverage maker Diageo mixes global drinks with local drinks and liquors to create product offerings that cater to local markets.
Other companies have been slow to adapt to this new mind-set, caught in pseudo dilemmas, swinging between a global and a local leadership strategy.
Do we still have to think global and act local?
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Solutions to the current crisis ranged from the global to the local, with many participants emphasising the importance of a "toolkit" of solutions rather than a single monolithic change.
Some 280 teachers, researchers, young people, ministry officials and representatives of international organisations and NGOs, participating in the Conference, stressed the importance of taking into account a variety of approaches, connecting the global to the local, inviting action, inspiring people, involving society, and looking at education as a tool to produce concrete solutions for biodiversity-related problems.
Western Union's value proposition to a local operator: Rather than sign 200 bilateral agreements to offer remittances in 200 different markets, "connect into our global network, and we will allow that local service to become a global service, " says Matt Dill, general manager of Western Union Mobile.
Marine extinctions are uncovered slowly on a global scale, but local disappearances are much more rapidly apparent.
When loggers cut trees in the Amazon, both local and global farmers have less easily accessible water for crops.
Paul Woolston, chair of the LEP, said cricket at Durham helped "attract global, national and local visitors to the area".
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