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Authors I-Q, Commerce, Go Global

Diversity’s Role in International Trade – by Ayse Oge

Cultural Intelligence Matters

An International Perspective on Trade

I’ve worked across continents and seen how culture shapes business.   From developing trade strategies in Brazil to exploring innovation in Japan, each experience revealed the human dimension behind global enterprise.

In SCORE workshops, I’ve guided small business owners to think beyond borders: how to market locally and export globally. The lesson is clear—international trade isn’t just about products. It’s about people.

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Academic Articles, Authors A-H

Fifty Shades of International Commercial Arbitration (ICA) – by Chinwe Egbunike-Umegbolu

The Case of Developing Nations

ABSTRACT

Over the years, the constant desire for justice, peace and the best interest of parties, especially in commercial disputes, has driven the course of conflict management from the traditional litigation formula towards negotiation, mediation, conciliation and arbitration. 

In developing nations, the drift towards international arbitration is becoming a stronger and more regular terrain. In light of this, a debatable pertinent question to answer is whether this trend undermines the capacity of developing nations from developing robust legal systems and infringe upon the rule of law?

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DL Opinion columns

Royal Ripples – by Deborah Levine

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originally published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, I remember when my daughter first heard the queen speak on the radio. “Wow! I never heard English spoken so beautifully. Who is that?” I smiled because I’d grown up trying to imitate the “Queen’s English” as a youngster in the British colony of Bermuda. I was doubly saddened by the queen’s passing because it came just days before my birthday. How does one celebrate life and death at the same time? My first instinct was to ignore my birthday. Who wants to celebrate getting older anyway?  So I vacillated between mourning and sulking. 

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