World Business Desk Reference
How to Do Business with 192 Countries by Phone, Fax, and Mail
Description:... With today's advances in technology, businesses that were once a world apart are now as close as the touch of a button. Concerns about travel expenses and time out of the office are now replaced by worries about business customs and other cultural nuances. Suddenly, many office-bound business people need fast, reliable answers about cultural nuances when addressing an international business contact. The World Business Desk Reference is the most precise, concise, and useful guide to the entire business world available. In less than five minutes per country, employees on every level of your business can access the knowledge necessary to do worldwide business in an informed, confident manner. You'll also find: . Courtesies to be noted in addressing individuals in other countries to ensure the proper salutation is used. Holidays important to business people listed country by country, including variable-date holidays for 1993 and 1994. Practical tips that clear up common misconceptions about a nation and alert you to current events. Addresses and phone numbers for consulates, embassies, U.S. Commerce and State Department officers, and other contacts for each country. Appendices that include an easy-to-use foreign exchange table; summaries of U.S. government agencies; a time-saving bibliography; and a glossary of international terms, concepts, acronyms, and organizations. The World Business Desk Reference is a constant, comprehensive desk companion includes worldwide time zones, phone codes, capital cities, ports, and airports. Even context for countries' business etiquette and political and economic events are at your fingertips.
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