Tag: International business
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Why Global Business Is Slower Than You Think
Dealing with time differences is always a challenge when doing business internationally. While the time gap with countries like Australia or others in Asia isn’t too severe, it becomes much more difficult with clients in Europe or North America, where day and night are completely reversed. This makes communication tricky. Since the COVID pandemic, web…
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Hard Bargaining
This practice is rare in Japan but does occur occasionally in the West. In business terms, it’s referred to as “chicken.” The name comes from the “chicken game,” a contest in which two cars speed toward each other, and the first driver to swerve loses. For example, after verbally informing a subcontractor of an order…