Identifying a Cross-Cultural Dilemma- China’s Google dilemma Description Cultural issue at hand: Google had to decide between strict restrictions or losing all current or potential business opportunities in the world most populated country. The population of China has reached over 1.3 billion‚ representing the 20% of world population. The closing of Google in China has led to the boost of its domestic competitors Baidu and Sina. Besides‚ China’s enormous growth of internet users and
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Indian Overseas Bank Indian Overseas Bank (IOB; established 1937) is a major bank based in Chennai (Madras)‚ with 1‚400 domestic branches and six branches overseas. Indian Overseas Bank has an ISO certified inhouse Information Technology department‚ which has developed the software that 900 branches use to provide online banking to customers; the bank has a target to expand online banking to 1200 branches by the end of financial year 2007-08. IOB also has a network of about 500 ATMs all over India
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Justin Allen Carroll WRTG101 Simona Rogowski The Pros and Cons of being Stationed Overseas If you ask any junior Marine ( Marines beneath the Rank of Corporal are considered “junior”)‚ after they have been stationed on Okinawa‚ Japan for at least 3 months‚ whether it was a good decision to request to be sent here or not‚ chances are they would laugh in your face and tell you “Hell no!”. Being stationed here in Okinawa has some advantages‚ but many would argue that the disadvantages of being
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“CHALLENGES OF NEW BUSINESS START UP‚ THE UNTOLD STORIES” In a bid to preview this article‚ I will share with you my views on what a start up is‚ common challenges experienced and my untold story. I would however start with this quote by Ajaero Tony Martins a successful entrepreneur and investor: "Starting a business is like building a ship and embarking on a voyage‚ armed with a plan‚ a map and a team. You will have to sail against storms‚ unpredictable weather and uncertainty. If your ship sinks
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ralIndonesia is the largest economy in South East Asia and its growth is improving by the day‚ it appears to be in the top grouping of emerging markets. Many countries found Indonesia to be the country to invest in and/or being an ideal business partner and good market for their businesses / goods. However‚ countries from different cultures have vast differences from the Indonesian culture‚ where it is important to recognize that people from different cultures have are different in a variety of
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Cultural Differences in Business What is culture? Culture is a shared system of symbols‚ beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ expectations and behavior norms. It is learned by instruction or observing someone else. Prior to visiting another country where the culture is more than likely different from what you are accustomed to‚ it is imperative to conduct research. Knowing how to greet someone properly in their native language is a good start. The primary language spoken in Thailand is Thai. Chinese
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Cultural Differences in International Business If you have traveled a lot before‚ you know that there are huge differences in communication between people from one country to another. In some cultures‚ people are loud‚ direct or even blunt and tend to interrupt others during a conversation. In others‚ people are typically soft-spoken‚ use flowery or indirect language and wait patiently for others to finish their sentence. During a business meeting‚ these differences are likely to come to the
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International Business January 23‚ 2013 Question of the Day Identify the significant cultural issues involved when evaluating the attractiveness of a particular location as a place for doing business Making business abroad can be risky‚ but it can also be profitable for a company as well; thus the necessity to study in deep the country where the company will bring the business to. International companies are faced with many cultural challenges‚ when doing business across and inside of different
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products overseas. However‚ as we all know‚ different countries have their own unique cultures. Hofstede who is a pioneer of comparative intercultural research describes culture as "the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one category of people from another" (Henk‚ Joseph Soeters and Peter Ester 2004‚34). Owing to diverse company management‚ languages as well as customs‚ cultural conflict will arise from communication between people of different cultural backgrounds
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When Dyson entered‚ the vacuum cleaner market was a very mature market with recognised appliance giants selling their branded vacuum cleaners comfortably without much differentiation or innovation in terms of technology. I think this played into Dyson’s hands allowing the Dual Cyclone’s disruptive‚ innovative & design and technology capture the harts & minds of the customer. These market conditions where a factor in the success of the Dual Cyclone. The market proved to have an appetite for something
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