International Marketing Review – Videos Describing Cross Cultural Differences
This Marketing Review is a series of videos. Each shows a different aspect of the differences in cultures and some hints on how to deal with situations.
Watch each video carefully and you will learn something about the culture being discussed.
Watch all the videos and you may start to see the pattern, the differences that exist between different cultures iften can not be simplified to one thing.
I did enjoy these and hope you do to.
Business Cross-Cultural Conflict: Nigeria & Romania
This video shows how a business deal between Nigerians and Romanians could go wrong if cultural differences are not taken into consideration.
Cross cultural considerations for business with Arabs
Describes some of the matters a Western business person should address when considering the Arab world generally and the Gulf States in particular. Deals with the Sudanese Sharia court and the Teddy Bear.
Cross-cultural negotiations: Avoiding the pitfalls
When entering into negotiations, we should always take into account cultural factors such as the educational or religious background of the person sitting across the table, but, says INSEAD professor Horacio Falcao, many people both underestimate and overestimate the cross-cultural aspects.
Challenges of managing cultural differences
IESE professor Yih-teen Lee identifies the key cultural competences of managing people in cross-cultural contexts and analyzes how Confucian philosophy has molded interpersonal relationships and how these are developed in the context of Chinese companies, particularly Taiwanese ones.
Asian Business Culture – Etiquette and Politeness
Westerners have little problem saying no. Saying and hearing no is part of our lives, disagreement is a part of every collaboration, discussion and negotiation. The Western rule is, state your opinion clearly, even if you disagree (especially if you disagree actually).
Chinese say no, certainly, but try to say it without actually saying the word no. Open disagreement should be avoided. The Chinese rule is try to communicate negatives (like no) in an indirect way.
What have these videos inspired in you? What cultural have you heard of, or seen? I would love to hear your comments.
More International Marketing Reviews:
- #62 -Concept Cars From Different Countries
- #61 -Passport Problems
- #60 -Marketing To Social Media
- #59 – Cultural Faux Pas
- #58 – Disproving Cultural Generalizations
- #57 -A Different Night Out
- #56 – Culture Shock
- #55 – World Maps
- #54 – Interracial Relationships
- #53 – Multi-cultural Cities
- #52 – International Social Networking
- #51 – Mothers Day 2009
- #50 – Cross-Cultural Management
- #49 – Holidays Around The World In May 2009
- #48 – Earth Day 2009
- #47 – Easter 2009
- #46 – G20
- #45 – UN-Earth Hour Events On Earth Day
- #44 – World Water Day
- #43 – Flat Stanley travels the world
- #42 – English Tweeting Women to follow from Europe
- #41 – English Tweeting Women to follow from Europe
- #40 – Intercultural Encounters
- #39 – International Valentines Day 2009
- #38 – The White Paper Summit 2009
- #37 – Social Media Changes and President Obama
- #36 – Social Media and the President
- #35 – Globalization and the Global Economy
- #34 – Cross-Cultural Encounters
- #33 – Cultural & International Links
- #32 – 2009 Predictions
- #31 – Christmas Meals Around The World
- #30 – Christmas Trees Around The World
- #29 – Santa Claus In Different Cultures
- #28 – International Christmas Shopping
- #27 – On Multicultural Matters
- #26 – On International Sales
- #25 – On Cross-Cultural Communication
- #24 – On Translations
- #23 – On Email Marketing
- #19 – International Business
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