inequalities between both parties • Belittle your informal gift at visit (“It’s only a token but..”) Cultural Awareness and Business • Canadian firms going global must determine the cultural differences • Decide whether or not their business can adapt to foreign culture Extent of foreign operations • Level of cultural awareness will depend on how much business a company does in foreign country • Primary domestic operations that export do not need to care •
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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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Topic 1: International Business 1. Why companies engage in international business? There are three major operating objectives that underline the reasons for companies to engage in international business: -expanding sales: pursuing international sales usually increases the potential market and potential profits -acquiring resources: foreign sources may give companies lower costs‚ new or better products‚ additional operating knowledge -minimizing risk: international operations may reduce
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to develop the international trade with different countries. India being a developing country developed countries like United States; United Kingdom etc. are keen on launching their successful products and services in India. In today’s time Indian people are more interested in international trade affairs. The patrons are becoming more educated about the foreign products and services and the value and experience which they deliver. When companies gets it foot into the international trade relations
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International Management Case Analysis: Argentina Suites What are some of the major problems facing Argentina Suites? Argentina Suites faced many problems from the beginning idea to convert a 75‚000-square foot building into a hotel. The owner‚ Abraham Sinclair decided to enter the hotel business with no market research‚ no hospitality experience‚ and rough financial projections. The decision to enter a market without knowing what ones getting into‚ led to major problems facing Argentina
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Description This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term strategic vision for the firm and formulating a competitive strategy in accordance with that vision. This course builds and assumes understanding by the student on functional business areas such as marketing‚ accounting‚ finance‚ and information systems. To understand how a firm can alter or develop its strategic
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THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FOR INDONESIA In the current era of globalization every country definitely needs other countries to meet the needs in the country. In terms of meeting their needs‚ a state called transact international business. International business is a business activity conducted by a State or a company to another country. almost all companies‚ large or small‚ will be affected by global events and competition because most sell out and / or secure suppliers from
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Liberalization: move to market based economies + adopt free trade in China + Soviet Union etc. - 3. Industrialization + Modernization + developing economies creating higher value adding products - 4. Integration of World Financial Markets: international banks‚ globalization of finance - 5. Advances in Technology: reduces cost and time‚ improves coordination and communication‚ facilitates development‚ helps share information/marketing‚ virtual space removes distance Dimensions of Market
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International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and governmental‚ sales‚ investments‚ logistics‚and transportation) that take place between two or more nations. Usually‚ private companies undertake such transactions for profit; governments undertake them for profit and for political reasons.[1] It refers to all those business activities which involves cross border transactions of goods‚ services‚ resources between two or more nations. Transaction
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