Activity

Activity objective

To learn how to deal with different Asian cultures in a business negotiation.

Instructions

Choose two countries of your interest, one from Europe and another one from Asia. Although both countries will be culturally different, do the following steps:

1. Do some research on their own business environments, considering current events. Stress three cultural variables of your interest, from a Mexican perspective.
2. Do a comparative analysis and figure out which one is more business-friendly, from a cultural perspective.
3. Based on your analysis, explain how their business environments and cultural differences can influence the following:
   1. The overall and specific costs of doing business in each country.
   2. The likely future economic development of those countries
   3. Business practices.

Checklist

• Research on the business environment of both countries.
• Comparative analysis.
• Analysis on costs of doing business in each country.
• Forecast on their future economic development.
• Cultural analysis on business practices.