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Thought Leadership: Access

AccessWhen global connections form, local economies flourish, jobs are created, and people thrive.

At FedEx, we call that the Access effect. For almost a decade, we’ve studied Access, the force that makes all forms of interaction and exchange possible between people, businesses and nations. Access, put simply, is the ability to connect. It’s powered by everything from smartphones to the ability to ship a package overnight to anywhere in the world.

When Access expands, it gives people the ability and confidence to improve their current conditions and future prospects. Access creates new opportunities, accelerates and simplifies global connections and changes what’s possible.

The stories are endless. Businesses all over the world are creating the Access effect.

In This Section

Understanding Access

Begin your study of the force that makes all forms of interaction and exchange possible between people, businesses and nations. Learn how Access creates new opportunities and changes what’s possible for everyone.

FedEx and Access

For the first time in history, our degree of Access is so powerful that it is changing the rules of competition, empowering individuals in new ways and expanding the market reach and innovation capacity of businesses.

Leading Views on Access

Understanding Access is critical to understanding life and business today — and FedEx is committed to widening the discussion by sharing the insights of our executives and others who are focused on

Global Markets

FedEx has accelerated global growth by continuously extending the reach of its infrastructure both physical and digital and by providing worldwide access to the information customer¹s need and goods they want.

Access Now Magazine

Access Review, an annual business magazine published by FedEx, explores the powerful, positive megatrend of Access through a variety of individual, social, economic and global lenses.

Sustainable Access

Making Access sustainable — environmentally and economically — requires great commitment, concerted action and smart choices. Meet the people and businesses that are finding new ways to keep Access healthy and spreading around the world.

Access Generation

"The world has changed significantly in my lifetime, giving rise to a new generation of individuals who believe they can have the goods, services and information they want and need anytime, an

Access and Small Business

FedEx wants to tell the stories of the small businesses that are changing the world. Tell us a little bit about your company’s story, and read about other entrepreneurs who are working on the cutting edge of Access, pioneering new ways to look at the global marketplace.

Understanding Access

Begin your study of the force that makes all forms of interaction and exchange possible between people, businesses and nations. Learn how Access creates new opportunities and changes what’s possible for everyone.

Access Now Magazine

Does Access create jobs? Does it boost the chances of young startup companies? Does it help old industries find new global markets? Yes, yes and yes. The fifth edition of Access Now magazine focuses on the benefits Access holds for people and communities. We call it the Access Effect.
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