Enter the 'Multilatinas'

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January 5, 2011
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NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP MANAGING STORIES Enter the 'Multilatinas'

Inside: This Week In Managing Interested in new business ventures? You've already been told to look east, to Asia's growing economies. U.S. entrepreneurs in the market for new partners might also want to turn south, to Latin America. In Enter the 'Multilatinas,' columnist Harold Sirkin explains why Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and many other south-of-the-border countries are increasingly relevant to international business interests. And because no one can afford short-sightedness in either a macro or micro sense, we offer Twelve Signs Arrogance Is Running Your Company. Writer Alaina Love clues us in on when and how we're blind to our own self-defeating behavior. Here's to a fortnight of humility and globality. Patricia O'Connell, Editor, BusinessWeek.com/Managing E-MAIL A FRIEND  |  GET RSS  |  SIGN UP FOR OTHER BW NEWSLETTERS

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