Consumer Markets Abroad articles from July 1988

Consumer Markets Abroad archives from July 1988

More medicine, please; more Asians can afford to be choosy as medical services improve.
July 1, 1988... MORE MEDICINE, PLEASE As Asian leaders debate the benefits that trade surpluses bring to their balance sheets, local families point to more immediate bonuses of export-led growth. Economic success not only brings higher standards of living...

Recovery in river country. Zaire's economic reforms.
July 1, 1988... RECOVERY IN RIVER COUNTRY Zaire's investment climate is more favorable today than at any other time since the copper-boom of the early 1970s. After almost five years of reform sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Zirian...

Discover Kobe, Japan.
July 1, 1988... DISCOVER KOBE, JAPAN Although Japan's port city lies in the shadow of Osaka, the country's second-largest commercial giant, Kobe separates itself through the love of risk. As an entrepreneurial center, this southern city of 1.4 million people...

Brass and fern diets. (surveys of world diets)
July 1, 1988... BRASS AND FERN DIETS Urban Americans complain of the "brass and fern syndrome." That's the discomfort of knowing you're in a city restaurant but not knowing exactly which city or which restaurant. They all look so much alike--dim lights,...

Living in Colombia.
July 1, 1988... Living in Colombia As a foreign businessperson living in Colombia, you could try several tactics to boost your sales. But the techniques that work in the U.S.--cold-calling prospective clients, spending money on costly promotions, and scheduling...