GBDs area means for assessing high-level global information requirements. Global Drivers are not to be confused with Critical Success Factors or CSFs. CSFs occur at a more local level and are basic functions required by management to achieve. A different way to look at GBDs is to analyze their effect in the global competitive arena. Look at a basic, competitive business qualifier like quality.
Quality is necessary for success in a business on every level.
A way to look at quality as a GBD is to assess your ability to control the quality of a product globally. Luxury cars, for example, would value quality and need to implement production performance standards and set global benchmarks to compete effectively. As we have learned in our discussion on outsourcing, not every company can perform all needed tasks internally. When global demand exceeds corporate capability, it is time to organize a network. Companies are valued for the tasks they perform best and their ability to share it.