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There are several reasons for Atlanta’s growth, not the least of which
is its international connections.
Metro Atlanta is now home to some 1,600 international companies—a 50
percent increase since Atlanta hosted the Olympic Games in 1996. Twenty
percent of the expansions and relocations to Atlanta in the past 10
years were derived from international companies, according to figures
released in 2007 by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Of course, Atlanta had benefited from the success of the Coca-Cola Co.
And there were others that had been doing business internationally for
years, not to mention Georgia’s producers of cotton, peanuts, and other
agricultural goods.
According to Phil Bolton, founder and publisher of Agio Press and the
Global Atlanta international news service, “The big step for the city
was to lay claim to the development of a global economy as opposed to
just conducting business internationally.
“National borders wouldn’t go away. What was going on within those
borders, however, had changed with increasing cross-border mergers and
acquisitions, foreign direct investment, outsourcing, and trade.”
By the mid-1990s, the impact of the global economy was evident. “And
today,” said Bolton, “it seems almost impossible to quantify all the
important benefits that the city and state enjoy from being an
international business center.”
While Atlanta’s business continues to expand internationally, so too
does its educational outreach. And at the forefront of that movement is
the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The College has programs or
partnerships on five
continents, and students from more than 150 countries attend Robinson
undergraduate or graduate classes in Atlanta.
Today all business is global business. Robinson’s international outreach makes
sure that students will be prepared to compete in the global business
environment.
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