Having said all that, I would be remiss not to make one point clear: the number of naturally inspiring, authentically committed, and contagiously optimistic leaders I have encountered in these countries far surpassed my expectations and is, on a relative basis, superior to other regions of the world.

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Theobald argues that Avangate beats out such competition on the basis of its superior agility and its ability to make it easy for customers to manage potential channel conflict as they try to sell both through a direct sales force and through hundreds of resellers.

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