according to chugan maegyong , samsung 's institute has three functions : -lrb- 1 -rrb- preparing international specialists for `` globalization '' -lrb- essentially , a group-wide effort to sell more goods overseas through better market research and products tailored to individual countries -rrb- ; -lrb- 2 -rrb- the training facilities will double as a `` professional information center `` for storing and handling data on foreign countries ; and -lrb- 3 -rrb- `` concentrated research '' on different areas of the world will be carried out by more than 100 full-time area specialists , including former diplomats , overseas koreans , korea trade promotion corporation -lrb- kotra -rrb- officials , and samsung employees with experience abroad .