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Doing Business in Brazil – It’s Going to Get Personal
If you’re planning to take the plunge and do business in Brazil, Latin America’s biggest economy and the world’s seventh largest, just remember it’s going to get personal. When you step off that plane, be prepared to have lunch, dinner and drinks, joking and pleasant conversations about the family, hobbies and football (of course) before anything resembl...
Getting From A To B – Not Everywhere As Simple As It Sounds
When you travel to different countries either for business or pleasure, getting from A to B can be rather more convoluted than you imagined. A short article I just read in The Economist reminded me of an amusing head-scratching experience I had earlier this year when I went to Panama on vacation. To my disbelief, a friend who lives in Panama City told me that ...
Doing business in Germany: Germans don’t do small talk
Doing business in Germany, which is Europe’s largest economy and the fourth largest economy in the world, is an appealing prospect, especially as Germany weathered the global financial crisis very well, with economic growth forecast around 2% for 2014 and unemployment currently around a low of 6.8%. But, as with international business in general, cultural ...
The impact of culture on international business
The recent Going Global event in London for businesses looking to expand internationally provided attendees with a wealth of country specific information, especially regarding Brazil, Russia, India and China, but many speakers also focused on the more general aspects of culture, etiquette and communication in international business. Communication problems are not ...
Businesses told to translate, localize and sell worldwide
The UK government, like many others, is banking on export-driven growth to get the economy out of its current rut and is urging businesses large and small to embrace international trade if they haven't already done so. Yesterday's Click: Connect: Sell event in London, which focused on online trading and e-commerce and was organized by the government's UK ...