This workshop is designed to help you understand and prepare for the cultural differences that you will likely encounter when working with new international business partners.  We will examine the following culture-specific factors, and discuss the ways in which your country-specific partner’s views and practices may differ from your own:

• Communication Style
• Regulating Behavior
• Contracts
• Negotiating and Decision Making
• Relationship vs. Rule-Based Culture
• Transparency
• Marketing and Advertising
• Conceptions of Human Nature
• Power Relationships/Deference
• Bureaucracy