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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The social and cultural environment Paul Wetherly Contents Introduction: what is the social and cultural environment? What has it got to do with business? Society‚ culture and business Demographic trends—an ageing population Immigration and multiculturalism Class structure Inequality A woman’s place? Looking ahead Summary Case study: decline of the working class? 123 150 152 152 153 153 153 Review and discussion questions 125 128 132 135 139 145 149 149 Assignments Further reading Online
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Socio-cultural impacts Before FIFA World Cup 2010 launched in South Africa‚ the main attraction was mostly on gold and diamonds. The number of crime rate is what people knew about South Africa‚ and since the high crime‚ so there are not so many people come to South Africa for travel or investment. Therefore‚ most of the cultural in South Africa are not familiar by the world. But FIFA World Cup has been the biggest and a very successful promotion for the cultural of South Africa and it also make
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Socio-cultural assessment is realising and understanding the way a child responds to challenges and change. Their responses and perceptions are based on the world in which they live. Their understanding of the world comes from the values and beliefs of the adults‚ community‚ socio-economic status‚ education and culture that surround them. (Mooney‚ 2000). When making an assessment on an individual child it is necessary to consider the background and culture in which they exist. Berger (2005)‚ states
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A Spanish software company wants to do business to Brazil (Sao Paolo) and Denmark. However‚ to achieve its objectives‚ the company must take in consideration socio-cultural factors in both countries. *** Brazil is the largest country in South America by its area and by its population. The Brazilian people have three main ethnic origins. There are the Indians who are from Brazil. Then‚ Europeans‚ mostly of Portuguese origin‚ and Africans people came during the period of colonization. Most recently
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Socio-cultural The demographic trend is going to the younger generation. For the past years‚ Elorde Boxing Gym was only visited by people who earn money or adults but recently‚ the young genration is starting to dominate the Elorde Boxing Gym. The rise of Manny Pacquiao helped the gym attract more customers especially the young generation. The emergence of Filipino Boxing helped the Elorde Boxing gym attract customers. People especially the youth look up to Manny pacquiao‚ Nonito Donaire‚ Brian
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talk the "same" language. When the languages are different‚ and translation has to be used to communicate‚ the potential for misunderstandings increases. Stella Ting-Toomey describes three ways in which culture interferes with effective cross-cultural understanding. First is what she calls "cognitive constraints." These are the frames of reference or world views that provide a backdrop that all new information is compared to or inserted into. Second are "behavior constraints." Each culture
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Topic THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL FACTORS IN INTERNATION BUSINESS In the process of globalization‚ the world is getting smaller. The connections and interactions between countries or international companies are easier by cultural integration. For example‚ Google’s company was a small company in California before 2000. They then expanded their company in other countries such as Germany‚ Japan and they has boosted many different language versions of the site. Google has been considered as the largest
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Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies Structural factors associated with the export performance of manufacturing firms Edward E. Marandu University of Botswana ABSTRACT This study investigates whether the structures of High performance Exporter firms differ from those of Low performance Exporter firms. Data were obtained from a survey of managers of 60 firms in Tanzania‚ an underdeveloped country. The study produces interesting contributions to our understanding of export causal
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Socio-Cultural Analysis Myanmar’s socio-cultural landscape has had an influence and impact on policy making. A wide range of religious and traditional elements motivated aspects of earlier economic policies. Myanmar’s traditional culture also holds great potential for economic development by creating favourable conditions for investment in human capital. Myanmar has higher literacy rates than other countries with comparable levels of economic development. The country is also known for high levels
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