We're opening up an office in Singapore as a first step to furthering our interests in Southeast Asia.
We'll have to hire a good lawyer to defend our interests in court, since it looks like we might get drawn into the lawsuits brewing around Microsoft. Have you ever been involved in a lawsuit? Involved perhaps as a witness providing testimony or as a party to a lawsuit (defendant or plaintiff).
LG hired a public relations firm to promote their interests in the United States. How does your company promote its interests abroad? Through global advertising campaigns?
If a company's compensation scheme is too incentive-based and oriented towards the individual, for instance if it consists solely of straight commission on sales made by the individual and not the group, the employee will not always have the company's interests in mind when they are doing their job. Can you think of examples in your own work group where individuals have to make personal sacrifices for the greater good of the team?
Computer companies have found recently that it is in their common interest to develop industry-wide standards and to develop the network infra-structure that will allow more computer software and hardware to penetrate the home. For instance, home appliances such as microwave ovens or refrigerators that allow you to place an order with a supermarket for food to be delivered.
Since last year Sun Microsystems has been moving into the Korean market and threatening our interests there. Has your company been facing any competitive pressures from outside Korea or if you work for a multi-national has your company been the source for competitive pressure in any markets?
We sent a representative to the government department to safeguard our interests there during the regulatory hearings that are taking place there now.
The many new competitors entering the market for computer consulting and system integration has been jeopardizing our interests there.