The Impact of Cultural Differences on International Business Negotiation

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1、TheImpactofCulturalDifferencesonInternationalBusinessNegotiation1.IntroductionInternationalbusinessnegotiationsarefarmorecomplexthandomesticones.Thedifficultiesareduetothebigdifferencesbetweenthetwopartiesinanegotiationinlanguage,value,behaviorpatterns,moralstandardsandsoon.Allthosefacto

2、rsareplayingcrucialrolesinnegotiations.Thekeytoeffectivecross-culturalcommunicationisknowledge.Sowemustlearnandknowasmuchknowledgeaswecan.KnowingtheseculturaldifferencescanhelpussolvetheproblemsandreducethemisunderstandingsinInternationalbusinessnegotiations.Duetotheseculturaldifferences

3、,negotiatorswhocomefromdifferentpartoftheworldcanformdifferentnegotiationstyles.Therelationbetweencultureandnegotiationstyleshasbeenthetopicofmuchinvestigationandresearchinrecenttimes.Beingfamiliarwithdifferentculturaldifferencescanhelpusgetacloseviewofdifferentnegotiationstyles,andallth

4、esepreviouseffortscanmaketheInternationalbusinessnegotiationsmooth.Thethesiswillelaborateontheculturalfactorsandtheirinfluencesonnegotiationstylesindifferentcountries.2.CulturalInfluencesandTypes2.1CulturalInfluencesWhentwogroupsfromthesamecountryaredoingbusiness,itisoftenpossibletoexped

5、itethewholenegotiationprocedure.Becausetheyhavethesameculturalbackground,themutualcommunicationsareeasytounderstand.Thisdoesnotmeantheyhavenoobstacleduringthewholenegotiationprocedure,butcomparewithpeoplewhodobusinessfromdifferentcultures,theydonothavetheimpactofculturaldifferences,sothe

6、contradictionsseemtobeeasysolved.Iftwodifferentculturesareinvolved,onepartywithoutarealknowledgeofanotherculture,itmayleadtomisunderstandings.Theinternationalnegotiatorsmustbecarefulwhenhandletheseculturaldifferencesanddonotusethesamewaylikenegotiatewithlocalbusinesspersons.Agreatnumbero

7、frealcasesshowthatduetomisunderstandings,manybusinesseswerelost.Forexample,anAmericanbusinessmanoncepresentedaclocktothedaughterofhisChinesecounterpartontheoccasionofhermarriage,notknowingthatclocksareinappropriategiftsinChinabecausetheyareassociatedwithdeath.Hisinsultled