by billdecker | May 14, 2012 | International Business
How many times do we hear that in gloabl marketing our international business partners are unethical? “Unethical” is a term that should never be used in international business. Ethics are a suit of clothes, and your ethics don’t equal my ethics,...
by billdecker | May 9, 2012 | International Business
There are several advantages to using an intermediary to import products from overseas: They tend to know what they’re doing. In international business this is a huge help They understand the exporting country’s language, culture and business practices....
by billdecker | May 3, 2012 | Market Entry
Here is s new twist. How should foreign firms market to the USA? What major differences might they see here? These are 4 thoughts for foreign firms to think about in the American Market: Time is money The idea of spending time, wasting time, borrowing time, buying...
by billdecker | May 3, 2012 | International Business
a) When outsourcing, firms put technical experts in charge of India projects. Are your technical experts negotiators? Are they cross cultural specialists? Do they understand International Market Entry? If they possess both of those characteristics in addition to their...
by billdecker | Apr 24, 2012 | International Business
Here are three other errors commonly seen when Americans do business in India a) They will use of Western project management skills to manage Indian workers. Again, Gant charts, MBO timetables, and artificial deadlines alone aren’t sufficient. And usually, the Asians...
