Global Smarts, 9780471382461
Hardcover
In today’s climate of merger-mania, more than 70% of the conglomerates will fail within the first three years. The Los Angeles Times reports that these failures are mainly due to culture clash. This book will provide readers with the techniques that are essential to the success in business today.

Global Smarts

the art of communicating and deal making anywhere in the world

$106.71

  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    4 April 2000

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Summary

It may not surprise you to learn that seventy percent of cross-border joint ventures fail within the first three years. But did you know that the reason most commonly cited by transnational executives for this phenomenal failure rate isn’t geopolitics, global competition, or economic volatility, but culture clash? As one frustrated transnational manager quipped, “How are you supposed to get all your ducks in a row when half of them think they’re turtles?” Why, despite the vast sums spent eac…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780471382461
ISBN-10:0471382469
Author:Sheida Hodge
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Edition:1st
Release Date:4 April 2000
Weight:508g
Dimensions:236mm x 160mm x 23mm
About The Author

Sheida Hodge

SHEIDA HODGE is President of Professional Training Worldwide, a management consulting and training organization specializing in cross-cultural business relations. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Sprint, Boeing, and Motorola. She is also an international business owner and a former manager of international business development for General Electric Company. Hodge holds an MBA and has taught courses at the Thunderbird International School of Management and continues to teach at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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