Passport to Success
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Passport to Success

The Essential Guide to Business Culture and Customs in America's Largest Trading Partners

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Passport to Success

The Essential Guide to Business Culture and Customs in America's Largest Trading Partners

About this book

Like it or not, every business—even one conducted from the kitchen table—is global. No matter the industry, employees now routinely travel to other countries or interact with foreign customers, vendors, or fellow employees. Or they conduct business over the phone, via e-mail, or through video links. As a result, they have to understand international customs and etiquette or risk losing customers or botching business relations. And understanding business customs in other cultures isn't merely playing good defense—it often leads to new products or service enhancements that help an enterprise grow. In Passport to Success, Jeanette Martin and Lillian Chaney apply their expertise in business etiquette, training, and intercultural communications to present a practical guide to conducting business successfully around the world. Each chapter in this book presents in-depth information on the business environment and culture in the top twenty trading partners of the United States: Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, France, Singapore, Taiwan, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Malaysia, Italy, India, and Israel. Chapters contain both practical tips and illustrative examples, and the book concludes with a listing of resources (books, magazines, organizations, and Web sites) for additional information. In addition, Passport to Success contains useful overview material that will help business people plan a trip abroad or a campaign to win customers in another country. Besides trade statistics and information on global trade agreements, readers will find information on using the Internet productively to conduct or seek business, how women can succeed in countries with traditional, male-oriented business cultures, how to build cross-cultural relationships, and ways language can enhance—or obstruct—business dealings. Every businessperson is now a player in the global market for goods and services. This book provides valuable tips that will help people avoid missteps and increase their sales and personal success when dealing with counterparts in other countries.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780275997168
eBook ISBN
9780275997175

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. 1 Global Business
  4. 2 United States
  5. 3 Australia
  6. 4 Belgium
  7. 5 Brazil
  8. 6 Canada
  9. 7 China
  10. 8 France
  11. 9 Germany
  12. 10 Hong Kong
  13. 11 India
  14. 12 Israel
  15. 13 Italy
  16. 14 Japan
  17. 15 Malaysia
  18. 16 Mexico
  19. 17 Netherlands
  20. 18 Singapore
  21. 19 South Korea
  22. 20 Switzerland
  23. 21 Taiwan
  24. 22 United Kingdom
  25. 23 Future U.S. Trading Partners
  26. Resources
  27. Index