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This 3 page paper discusses some of the issues FedEx faces as it goes global. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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into a global presence. Discussion As FedEx expands, it may face difficulties connected with various countries Internet policies. In actual fact, these difficulties will probably come in the form of
a lack of Internet service in most of the developing world (Connecting the globe). A "truly global e-commerce marketplace cannot exist without the participation of developing countries" (Connecting the globe).
However, at the present time almost all Internet users (about 97%) are in "high-income countries, which account for just 15% of the world population" (Connecting the globe). In 1997, figures
indicate that Africa "had just 0.6% of the Internet hosts in existence"; 1.0% were in the Caribbean and Latin America; and 6.3% in Asia (Connecting the globe). If FedEx wants
to penetrate the global marketplace on a significant scale, it will have to address the fact that the great majority of the world is still not "wired." What about culture
and language? Its not difficult to imagine the kinds of mistakes that can be made if the person going to work in a new country doesnt speak the language or
understand the culture. For example, the U.S. and Canada have a "time is money" mentality that exists almost nowhere else, particularly not in Latin America or Asia (Rutherford, 1998). In
North America, we tend to think in linear time, and do one thing after another; in Malaysia, however, its not unusual to be in a meeting with one person and
have another come in and start talking to the other person (Rutherford, 1998). Then perhaps a third person joins; and the first gets a call from home (Rutherford, 1998). To
the American or Canadian this looks like total chaos, and its seen as insulting by the visitor, but to the Malaysian, "it is likely business as usual. Your counterpart may
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