Below are starting points and background info for the X-Culture projects. This includes suggestions for how to approach the research, and direct links to resources where it is technologically possible for me to create those links.
In addition, please use the resources on the guide's homepage,
Use the table of contents or navigation area at left to jump to a specific project.
This is an e-commerce B2B business. Here are some of the problems you will have to deal with during your research:
➤ Use the techology reports in IDC and Gartner.
Remember that you will need extra time to navigate and understand these sources!
➤ Use Passport, which has an entire module on travel (under Services).
To put this company and project into context, read about the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Keywords to use and look for: ecotourism, eco-tourism, green tourism, specialty tourism ...
This is a B2B business, manufacturing apparel for other companies. This means that your research may have to follow several tracks:
This is an apparel manufacturing company that sells primarily online, so an e-commerce company. Given their location in Ukraine, distance may be a factor in where they can sell to. This challenge is different from the Eco Blu challenge because it focuses more on the end-consumer.
Use Passport and the country profile reports to determine likely countries for Garne to target.
This project could be huge!
➤ Try a "divide and conquer" approach in order to narrow it down:
➤ Search in the Education databases, looking especially for trade journal articles, doing two separate searches:
➤ Search for educational attainment information in the country profile resources:
Use the directory websites below to find the names/websites of universities/colleges.