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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Cross-cultural Interaction: The International Comparison Fallacy?
Authors : Nancy J. Adler, John L. Graham
Published in: Language in International Business
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and distribution agreements, and sales of products and services—crucial aspects of all such interorganizational relationships, are face-to-face negotiations. As the proportion of foreign to domestic trade increases, so does the frequency of business negotiations between people from different countries and cultures. Perlmutter estimates that over 50% of an international manager’s time is spent negotiating.1 To successfully manage these negotiations, businesspeople need to know how to influence and communicate with members of cultures other than their own.