Dun & Bradstreet's Guide to Doing Business Around the World - Hardcover

Terri Morrison is president of Getting Through Customs, a Pennsylvania-based firm that produces material to enhance global business and social practices. Wayne A. Conaway is the company's vice president of research. They are the authors of Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in Sixty Countries. Joseph J. Douress is Director of Global Trade Services for Dun & Bradstreet Information Services and publisher of Dun & Bradstreet's Exporter's Encyclopedia.

Providing extensive information, this reference work is designed to help the user enter the global market. Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway (Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands, LJ 1/95) and Joseph J. Douress (1993-1994 Exporter's Encyclopedia, Dun & Bradstreet Information Srvc., 1993) have organized their work into 40 chapters, one for each of the top trade partners of the United States. Their up-to-date guidebook presents an array of brief information about the language, government system, population, geography, and natural resources of each country. Topics useful for business include holidays, time treatment and punctuality, work week/hours, religious/society influences, economic conditions, comparative risk ratings and data (country, trade flows with the United States, monetary policy, trade policy), protection of intellectual property rights, foreign investment climate, politics and leaders, useful contacts, passport/visa requirements, and cultural tips. Two appendixes give documents used in international trade and web addresses. A useful tool for travelers and students alike; recommended for executives and professionals doing or planning international business.?Joseph W. Leonard, Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio
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