... 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...
... 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...
... 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 briey joined with newly independent Indonesia in 1963. ANSWER: FALSE. Singapore joined the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. In 1965, Singapore left and became indepen...
... generally in the morning.
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Always be on time for all business appointments. Making a Singa-
porean executive wait is insulting and impolite.
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Try to schedule appointments at least two weeks in advance. ... yours).
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Unwavering civility is the single most important attribute for suc-
cessful relationships in Singapore. However, diplomacy in no way
hinders the determination of...
... no famine in South
Korea in decades, the memory of it is still present—and famine is still endemic in North
Korea.
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BUSINESS PRACTICES
Punctuality, Appointments, and Local Time
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Business ... virtues).
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TIPS ON DOING BUSINESS IN SOUTH KOREA
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Koreans are more independent and individualistic than their
Asian neighbors. ey are the most straightforward of all Asians...
... 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 Entertaining
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in your wallet if you intend to put your wallet in your back pocket.
Never write on a business card.
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Do not sign a contract or write a person’s name in red ink. To
ma...
... demands,
including giving ocial 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 ... employees during their
tea break, even if they are sitting at their desks. No business is
conducted during the tea break.
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Many introductory business appointments are held over...
... 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 oering your opinions on rebuilding, international aid, etc.
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Greetings
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e traditional greeting is to...
... are expected to be punctual to meetings. Do not get
upset, however, if your counterpart is late.
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Evening entertainment is an important part of doing business in
Taiwan, so expect to be out ...
Entertaining is most oen done in a restaurant and rarely in a
home. If you are invited to a home, consider this an honor. Do not
discuss business during a meal unless your...
... appearing greedy. Continue to insist;
once they accept the gi, say that you are pleased that they have
done so.
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Gis of food are always appreciated, but avoid bringing food gis
with you to ... (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 n...