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Corporate globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the employees, products and customers of different nations—a process driven by international trade compliance and investment and aided by information technology. This process has obvious effects on the environment, on how culture evolves, and on political systems, economic development, and prosperity. When expanding to new markets, firms need the right leadership, which means an experienced globalizer. Companies can use different styles of organization for their globalization teams, such as a) purely centralized under one lead; b) completely decentralized under each main enterprise department; and c) split into two main departments, such as products and marketing. Groups or individuals benefit from working together in areas such as vendor pricing negotiation, localization workflow improvement, buying technology to automate localization and testing, mapping what customers need from the enterprise, and collectively pushing for newer areas to be globalized. Keeping teams as close to one another as possible benefits employees, who typically want to learn different aspects of globalization to advance their careers. Ultimately, the more divided the teams, the lower the flow of talent, innovation, and other benefits to the customer.