Please take a look at various web globalization article previews by Professor Nitish Singh.

Web localization article 1: Strategic Insights: To Standardize or Localize (Copyright 2009)
Web localization article 2: Global Online Consumer Segmentation (Copyright 2009)
Web localization article 3: Using the Web To Harness Global Collective Intelligence (Copyright 2009)
Web localization-related workshop: Preview of Certification in Culturally Customized Web Design by the John Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University (Copyright 2009)