by Jessica Hoyt | May 18, 2017 | Business Culture, Business Expansion, Culture, EU, Europe, International Expansion, UK, United Kingdom
Expanding your company’s reach into the United Kingdom is a great business opportunity. However, if you don’t adapt to the UK’s local colour/color and flavour/flavor, your expansion can be bumpy, at best, and a dismal failure, at worst. A good rule of...
by Jessica Hoyt | Apr 6, 2017 | Business Culture, Culture, EU, Europe, Germany, Global HR, Int'l HR
If you recently expanded into Germany and you’re thinking about bringing on local employees, you should understand the expectations of German employees. Employees around the world have very different expectations, largely based on their personal experiences, which are...
by Anke Corbin | Feb 22, 2017 | Business Culture, Business Etiquette, Culture, Etiquette, Europe, Germany
Doing business in Germany will broaden your cultural and business horizons, exposing you to new ways of connecting with other people. Germans have deeply rooted customs and regional culture that you will want to understand before doing business over there. Germans...
by Anke Corbin | Jan 20, 2017 | Business Culture, Business Etiquette, Culture, Etiquette, Europe
In its 2016-2017 report, the World Economic Forum ranked the Netherlands 4th out of 138 countries on its competitiveness index. This high ranking is due to the country’s robust infrastructure development, unparalleled technological progress, and exceptional...
by Anke Corbin | Jan 16, 2017 | Business Culture, Business Expansion, Culture, Global, International Expansion
Note: January 2017- This post has been updated since BREXIT and the election of Donald Trump to U.S. President in 2017. Globalization and free trade were key areas of discontent for voters, prepare for changes to and even the unraveling of free trade agreements and an...
by Anke Corbin | Jan 4, 2017 | Asia, Asia Pacific, Business Culture, Business Etiquette, China, Culture, Etiquette
The Chinese market has opened up substantially since Deng Xiaoping’s famous Open Door Policy in December 1978. In that year, Deng set up four economic zones in Southern China in order to attract western investment, resulting in a shift toward a market-based...
