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| Authors: Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway
Publisher: Adams Media
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $16.47
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 6436
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.6
ISBN: 1593373686
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.52
EAN: 9781593373689
Publication Date: July 24, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 60 Mistakes May 30, 2001
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book had come highly recommended, so I had hoped to be able to read it without finding numerous errors, but I was very disapointed. Not only were there entire countries missing but there was one piece of erroneous information which was repeated throughout the book in various chapters. A few of the countries I was not able to find were Austria, Cuba, Lebanon and Morocco. Austria may not be the biggest nation in the world, but that does not mean businesses do not exist there, and just because the US has an embargo against Cuba doesn't mean other English reading countries cannot do business there. Many European nations have open relations with Cuba that do not prevent them from business communications. In regards to the piece of erroneous information repeated throughout the book, in Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela, the book claims that Hispanic women change their last names when they get married. (This information may have been repeated in other Hispanic nations, but those were the only ones I read.) Hispanic women do NOT change their last names at any point in their lives. A Hispanic woman can be married half a dozen times and the last names she dies with are the same ones she was born with. Had it not been for the missing countries and repeatedly incorrect information I would have enjoyed this as a better resource.
 Excellent, Up-todate, concise coverage September 17, 1999
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Iam not a international Business. Iam am Indian and citizen of India. Out of curiosity I read this book, and I can tell you that the facts mentioned in this book are 101% correct, regarding India. If facts about India is covered, with such fine and accurate details, Iam sure authors must have done a fine job with other countries too.
Good for the traveler, but not the on-line world, November 14, 1998
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Overall its a pretty good reference and will provide useful insights. However, its focus is on persons travelling to these countries. If you are looking for help in how to deal with people using E-Mail, phone, etc. it is lacking. For instance, it needs more coverage of how names and titles and should be dealt with. If you are contacted via E-Mail by someone naned Gu Wing-Dang you might ask: is this a woman or man? If you're not sure, what's the best address? The book covers some of these topics but it is spotty and depends on the specific country you are looking for information on.
An invaluable and well-written guide May 9, 2001
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is an essential in both the briefcase of the international business traveller and the suitcase of the more casual tourist. Failure to observe local custom could, at best, render you a laughing stock, and at worse cause serious offence; remember - cultural sensitivity is both common courtesy and sound business sense. The information contained in the book is spot on, at least for the places I have first hand experience of. Don't even think about nailing the deal in Finland unless you first spend 9 hours in a melancholic, sullen and punishing drinking binge with your host; the book even gives you the translation of "You're here to drink, not to enjoy yourself" in the unlikely event that your host attempts some banter. Tourists to England would also be well advised to bear in mind that over one in five of the men you will meet will be either repressed butlers or caddish rascals with an eye to world domination, and when in France, dress for business success: most anything is acceptable as long as it says about you "well-groomed lothario".
 Dissapointing! June 13, 2006
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
60 countries, and the only country in the entire continent of Africa the authors wrote about was Egypt? C'mon. While the authors do, in a similar compilation published after this one, include South Africa (the only other country in Africa included) and a few other countries, it is still a disgrace that books and compilations such as this one ignore the importance of proper business ettiqute in countries such as Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, and Tanzinia and do nothing more than perpetuate falsehoods, myths and fears about doing business in the aforementioned African countries and many others.
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