Ch.4: Culture Monday‚ May 20‚ 2013 2:01 PM -Interpret pictures differently -different countries have different perceptions of Americans -Polychronic- "without schedule" -Monochonic- with schedule -Direct culture- communicated through words -Indirect culture- message is not implicated by words but by things in context -High Context- body language‚ silence‚ behavior ‚ collectivism‚ polychronic -low context- predominantly through explicit statements in text or speech ‚ with feeling‚
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International Business Checklist * What is the difference between Ethics & Morals. * Understand Hofsted’s four primary cultural dimensions. * Understand the meaning of ‘opportunity costs’. * Make sure you understand co ordinate/ Cartesian geometry. If not go & ask A.S.K. * Demand & Elasticity - Practice your percentages. * What is the difference between revenue & costs! When profit is at its maximum what is the gradient of the slope? * Competition depends on what
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main headquarter in Munich‚ Germany. Well‚ BMW also known as one of the leading manufacturing of luxury cars. Nowadays when we are waiting form Apple Inc. to launch their new generation innovative cell phone‚ the same image BMW has in today’s world market regarding their new innovative features luxury cars. BMW has gained the status of innovative luxury cars by utilizing its best resources and provide best qualities to its customer. There are many automobile companies out there but only few firms in
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introduce the “employee ethics code” to new employees or train them. If she had known the reality of the code of ethics at SDR‚ the situation might be different now. In case study “She knew that each company had its own individual code of ethics”. So why this record company didn’t introduce and explain the code to the new employers? I think‚ Leslie also didn’t know about the code at first. If the legal department employee doesn’t know about it‚ how can normal new singer could know about their inside
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Academic Session 2013 First Semester January 2013 TMA2 BMG307/05 Managing International Business Revision History: Date 30-Dec-2012 3-Mar-2013 Revision O A Details New Release Corrected spelling error in Q2 Instructions: 1. TMA 2 covers Unit 3‚ 4 and Unit 5. 2. TMA 2 contains 3 application questions and a case study. Answer all questions. 3. TMA 2 carries 25% of your final total marks. 4. The assignment should be typed using Times New Roman‚ font size 12 and double spaced. The total words
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| International Exporters Inc. | Memo To: Exporting and Trade Interns From: CC: Director of Exporting and Trade Date: [ 5/31/2009 ] Re: Introduction to International Labor The following information in this memo is an introduction to international business in which I will explain how labor forces influence international business. This memo will include basic information on labor quality‚ quantity‚ mobility‚ minorities‚ labor market‚ and labor unions. The labor force is comprised of all individuals
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Part 1. Identify International business opportunities and business skills Task 1 A. The product or service you chose. Give reasons why you believe it is a suitable for export. The product chose is Guarará Antarctica made in Brazil and will be export to Australia. Guaraná Antarctica is a guaraná-flavoured soft drink‚ originating in Brazil and manufactured and distributed by Anheuser-Busch InBev. It was created in 1921 by Pedro Baptista de Andrade for Companhia Antarctica Paulista‚ now part of Anheuser-Busch
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READING 1 THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL ENVIRONMENTS FACING BUSINESS I. INTRODUCTION For a multinational enterprise to succeed in countries with different political and legal environments‚ its management must carefully analyze the fit between its corporate policies and the political and legal conditions of each particular nation in which it operates. Then its must determine how these factors affect the ways in which the firm can capture opportunities and deflect threats. II. THE POLITICAL
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1. Does the country market that you recommended for Eco Store Company match the objectives for the organisation and what is the competitive advantage of choosing that market? Eco store was found in New zealand in 1993. In 2002‚ ecostore launched into New Zealand supermarkets‚ followed by Australia in 2004 and‚ after that in 2005 eco store expanded the range to include household cleaners‚ body care and baby care. Eco store products have a wealth of scientific research and innovation behind them. Under
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Am going to be discussing the importance of international trade in our modern‚ commercial world as producers in various nations make profit from market expansion than limited selling within their own region‚ the importance economic integrations between different state‚ nation and how the importance of global marketing integrates across various countries in business organisation International trade is the exchange of capital goods and services between countries‚ trade that gives rises to countries
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