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How Many Hours Are In The Average Working Week?

How do we, as multinational business professionals, define the working week? When we consider it in terms of the number of hours worked, we encounter significant variability, raising questions about what this means for productivity, GDP, and employee equity. Recent data (Annual Working Hours by Country: Fascinating Insights – Infographic Website) reveals unexpected trends in […]
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The Philosophy Behind Chinese Business Culture

We have previously discussed the specific actions that Western executives can take to guarantee business success in China. But what informs these strategies? What is the philosophy behind them? Knowing the reasons why we suggest such tactics will give you a deeper understanding of the business landscape in China. For this reason, we have accumulated […]
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The Pivotal Role of Hierarchy in Chinese Business

Many companies in China are either family-owned or government run and therefore tend to operate within a hierarchical structure. This hierarchical approach is then underpinned by the all-pervasive influence of thousands of years of Confucian philosophy and a strongly hierarchical, bureaucratic Communist Party structure. The combination of these elements means that hierarchy in Chinese business […]
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Selling in China: What works and what doesn’t

Like all markets, China plays by its own rules. Some of your current sales approaches might fail in the Chinese market, whereas some might work just as well as they do in your own country. Many Western executives test their methods in China through trial and error. But to help prevent any unwanted teething problems, […]
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Tactics and Strategies for Success in China

Many Western executives are interested in China as a location where they can expand their business. But a common obstacle they come across is the cultural differences between them and their Chinese counterparts. Organized into sections focused on business, respect, and relationships, this extensive list presents general guideposts which should help any Western executives on […]
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Why is Mexico now the USA’s largest trade partner?

Mexico has now become the USA’s largest and most important trade partner. Even stripping away the emotions around the border and illegal immigration, Mexico should be front and centre of much of the USA’s political, economic and commercial thinking. If China was yesterday’s driver for growth and prosperity, Mexico is tomorrow’s – and this is […]
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Key Challenges of Working with Teams in India

At Global Business Culture, we have run hundreds of training programmes with clients in the US, UK and across Europe on the perceived challenges of working with remote teams in India.  Our clients come from multiple sectors and include outsourcing, offshoring and captive projects and we work with clients who are new to India and […]
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Why Is Attrition So High In India?

Global Business Culture has worked on dozens of offshoring to India projects over the past fifteen or more years with multiple clients from a wide variety of sectors across numerous countries.  These projects have ranged from large-scale transitions through to more modest start-up type activities.  However, regardless of sector, size of project or country of […]

How to Navigate Business Culture Shock When Working Internationally

I’ve quite recently started working with Global Business Culture in our Mumbai office and responsible for the company’s digital marketing output and I’ve found it fascinating working with our team of business consultants conducting cultural awareness training. I’ve been learning so much about how business cultures differ internationally and I thought I’d write about some […]
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Coaching Expatriates For Success

The challenge You have a group of expatriates who arrive in your country every year and remain in position for two, three or maybe even four years.  They are often senior level executives from a range of functional disciplines who are expected to ‘hit the ground running’ as quickly as possible.  Although all the expatriates […]

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