Chapter 19 – Negotiating with International Customers, Partners, and Regulators
Discussion Questions
1. Define:
2. Why can cultural stereotypes be dangerous? Give some examples.
3. Describe the kinds of problems that usually come up during international business negotiations.
4. Why are foreign language skills important for international negotiators?
5. Describe three cultural differences in nonverbal behaviors and explain how they might cause
problems in international business negotiations.
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6. Why is time an important consideration in international business negotiations?
7. What might be different about how a Japanese manager might address a complex negotiation
compared to an American negotiator?
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8. What are the most important considerations in selecting a negotiation team? Give examples.
9. What kinds of training would be most useful for international business negotiators?
10. Name three aspects of negotiation situations which might be manipulated before talks begin? Suggest
how this might be done.
11. Explain why Americans spend so little time on non-task sound and Brazilians so much.
12. Why is it difficult to get negative feedback from counterparts in many foreign countries? Give
examples.
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13. Why won’t getting mad work in Mexico or Japan?
14. Why are questions the most useful persuasive tactic?
16. What is the parable of the orange, and how does it relate to international negotiations?
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