How to Do Business in 12 Asian Countries 22

... (E.S.T. + 12) . Thailand 177 178 Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: Asia Negotiating ● Your initial meeting with ai businesspeople may be over lunch or drinks, so they can get to know you. However, do not ... (politely!) dousing friends with buckets of water, Thais enthusiastically celebrate Songkran over several days in April. It is a cleansing, purifying holiday that Thais use to mark a...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 00:15

... banking. While many prominent Filipinos have Chinese ances- try, there is considerable hostility toward the Chinese dominance of business. Arab traders introduced Islam to the Philippines in the ... Filipinos do not arrange themselves in neat lines. Instead, they form a pushing, shoving crowd, with each person out for him- or herself. e only times that Filipinos have queued in nea...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 00:15

... was a woman, in which case most Filipino businessmen will insist upon paying. ● Invite the wives of your business partners to dinner, but not to a luncheon. Expect to be invited to dinners and ... are more important in the Phil- ippines than business ones. A Filipino must like you and be comfortable with you in order to do business. is relationship does not extend to...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 20:15

... pointed at the person or thing being insulted. ● Since pointing can easily be taken for an insulting gesture, Filipinos rarely indicate objects or directions by pointing with their ngers. Instead, ... or FALSE: Singapore briey joined with newly independent Indonesia in 1963. ANSWER: FALSE. Singapore joined the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. In 1965, Singapore left and became indepen...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 20:15

... generally in the morning. ● Always be on time for all business appointments. Making a Singa- porean executive wait is insulting and impolite. ● Try to schedule appointments at least two weeks in advance. ... Unwavering civility is the single most important attribute for suc- cessful relationships in Singapore. However, diplomacy in no way hinders the determination of Singaporean...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 18:15

... no famine in South Korea in decades, the memory of it is still present—and famine is still endemic in North Korea. ● 3 BUSINESS PRACTICES Punctuality, Appointments, and Local Time ● Business ... virtues). ● 3 TIPS ON DOING BUSINESS IN SOUTH KOREA ● Koreans are more independent and individualistic than their Asian neighbors. ey are the most straightforward of all Asians but...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 18:15

... beginning of the meeting; it is good manners to accept this sign of hospitality. Retain your formality as long as your counterpart does; do not become “chummy.” ● Do not be fooled into thinking ... companies. Information that should be proprietorial tends to leak during these drinking sessions. Volvo is not the only foreign firm to have had problems in this arena. Business Enter...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 01:15

... demands, including giving ocial status to the Tamil language. But the militant troops backed out on their agreement to surrender to the Indian peacekeeping force. e ghting continued, and Indian ... and do not expect business to move as quickly as in Western countries. Several trips to Sri Lanka may be necessary to nalize a deal. ● If you are served tea at the beginning...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 01:15

... later, migration increased to the point where the Chinese dominated the aboriginal population. In 1895, follow- ing the rst Sino-Japanese war, Taiwan was annexed to Japan. During the next y ... sensitive to their viewpoints about the disaster, but refrain from oering your opinions on rebuilding, international aid, etc. ● 3 PROTOCOL Greetings ● e traditional greeting is to plac...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 00:15

... are expected to be punctual to meetings. Do not get upset, however, if your counterpart is late. ● Evening entertainment is an important part of doing business in Taiwan, so expect to be out late. ... person, “I,” Chinese will point to their noses to indicate the same thing. Gifts ● Gi giving is oen practiced within a business setting. Good gis for a rst trip include i...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 00:15