Etiquette is an important part of international business development. It is especially important in some countries where the entire social (etiquette) business relationship drives the final outcome. China is perhaps one of the more strict followers of its defined business etiquette and hangs many decisions and approvals on it. Although the process may appear cumbersome at times, it is nonetheless a necessary and important part of long-term strategy. A company that can incorporate the needed “niceties” into their development plans in China will have a solid beginning and a new road to large potential profits.

Welwind International Corp., an international wind energy developer and operator, works to develop international wind energy projects at all levels of participation. The company is currently working with commercial, provincial and central government partners in China to develop two 800 megawatt potential wind farms.

Although the company is relatively new to the wind energy business, it has

With over 275 offices worldwide and approximately 8,500 employees, Tetra Tech Inc. is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services. Founded in 1966, and listed on the NASDAQ, the company operates in three segments: Resource Management, Infrastructure Services, and Communications Services. Their corporate mission is to be the premier global consulting and engineering firm.

Headquartered in Pasadena, California, Tetra Tech began as a provider of engineering services related to waterways, harbors, and coastal areas. Today, they offer expanded services and their fiscal year 2007 revenues were $1.55 billion. Overall, the company provides environmental water/wastewater management, infrastructure services, communications support, systems support, security design, and outsourced technical services.

Their Resource Management division focuses on the management of water resources. They help support government programs for water quality improvement and environmental restoration. They also support the productive reuse of defense facilities as well as engage in strategic environmental resource planning. They

No one source of energy will solve the power needs of the world today. A solution will entail the efficient use of many types of power generation. Unfortunately, there are many issues to solve before individual energy projects can come online. The technical progress needed to make energy programs feasible is moving forward nicely, but political will is lacking in most instances. In this sense, management needs to be up to the task at hand to make their individual energy programs work.

Since many of the needed energy programs being developed have made it past initial technological steps, finding an energy producer that has a solid management team in place to cope and drive their programs forward is the best way to find a solid and sustainable profit in an alternative energy provider.

Nacel Energy Corp., a wind energy producer, works to provide wind energy to local communities through community-oriented power

New and developing markets are a flexible concept where business models are concerned. There are the typical business models that larger corporations follow, and then there are the alternative business models that perform in much the same way but offer a bit more latitude. Observers would be hard-pressed to decide which works better for the targeted end-user and investor, but in markets where there is very little history, different may actually be more profitable.

JUHL Wind Inc., a community wind farm developer/operator, works to develop and manage community wind farm projects across the Midwestern US and Canada. The company’s CEO and chairman is a widely acknowledged expert in the wind energy field who has developed, and is working with, a unique community wind energy user-based business model. The model is unique in that the communities and farmers served are substantial owners of the equipment that sits on their land or serves