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3 quick takes on international HR news — grounded in research, not hot takes
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Academic Backbone
Every issue names a framework from a real textbook — Dowling, Meyer, Storey, Filsinger — and shows it working in the real world. Not opinions. Models.
Practitioner Voice
Written for someone making decisions, not writing a thesis. Real numbers, real companies, specific actions — not "there are many considerations."
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Our EOR comparisons say what's actually true — including downsides. Our country guides include the numbers that vendors leave out. Trust is the product.
Issue Archive
10 IssuesBassett-Jones' Systems Thinking Applied to Global HRIS Failures — Why Bolt-On HR Tech Doesn't Scale
Bock's Data-Driven HR for SMBs — Google's People Analytics Model at 50 Employees
Holbeche's HR-Business Alignment — When International Expansion Reshapes the Entire HR Function
Sparkman's Workforce Planning Goes Global — When to Hire Your 2nd, 5th, and 10th Employee in a New Country
Filsinger's Employment Law Framework — Why the Netherlands Is Ground Zero for Contractor Enforcement
Gesteland's Negotiation Patterns — Why Your Offer Letter Process Fails in Relationship-Focused Cultures
Storey's Strategic HRM Applied to Bolt's 45-Country Expansion
Contractor Misclassification — What Deliveroo's Netherlands Exit Teaches Us
Meyer's Culture Map Applied to the Nippon Steel/US Steel Acquisition
Launch Issue — Dowling's Staffing Framework + Why Shopify's CEO Got International Hiring Right
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