In case you missed it, Google's announcement last week marked a real turning point for multinational corporations.  It set precedence for the corporation, representing Western values, standing up to a foreign state.  This value clash involves a plethora of important questions with not so obvious answers.

When localizing a product for a certain country or culture or expanding operations internationally, multinational organizations subject themselves to local jurisdiction and as a consequenc...

Africa is currently at a crossroads with respect to broadband policy.  Multiple submarine cables will come online around the continent over the next several years, radically changing the economics of high-speed Internet delivery and driving significant investments in domestic and regional telecommunications infrastructure.  Competition in these markets is highly imperfect due to the high fixed costs necessary for entry, and positive externalities create suboptimal allocations.  These market...