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Facilitators and Obstacles of Intercultural Business Communication for American Companies in China: Lessons Learned from the UPS Case
- Source :
- Global Business Languages
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Purdue University, 2010.
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Abstract
- This article analyzes how the execution of business strategy for global enterprises is shaped by the dual challenges of communicating in a different national culture and working in a changing economic environment. The article develops a framework from the UPS case in China to illustrate the key components of strategy for US companies operating businesses in China. The article proposes that Chinese-American communication effectiveness can be achieved through overcoming fi ve obstacles: cultural multiplicity, relationship/task orientation, time concept, business style difference, and language use, while utilizing fi ve facilitators: pragmatism, gender equality, English, American pop culture, and a “big country mentality.”
- Subjects :
- ComputingMilieux_GENERAL
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Global Business Languages
- Accession number :
- edsair.od.......540..51ff52320fe8a1804659b983a137e64f