International Business: Doing Business in the Global Arena: MGMT 3900 Activity

1. Enter your country in the search box & select Country & Risk Reports from the "All Research" drop-down menu.
2. Open a recent report and look at the Social section or another that looks useful. What would be good to include in your memo to your boss?
3. Return to main search, enter your country, and choose Country Profiles from the dropdown menu.

1. Use the search box or the Reports menu to locate two different reports for your country. (Look for most recent!)
2. Open the "Statista Country Report" (Economy & Society). Locate the Business Culture section. Are there any good tips for meeting procedures?

1. Search for "country report" and your country name. Limit date to 2020-2022. Can you identify types of information that you need for your class assignment?
2. Try another search for your country name and another search term such as "business etiquette" or "social customs" or "business culture". Can you locate any good articles?

1. Locate a Guide for your country.  How current is it?
2. Look at the Business Travel section. Is there any information here that you would want to include in your Cultural Brief?
3. What other type of info in the guide might be useful?

1. Search for your country in the top search box. Look for advice on Etiquette or Business Culture under the Culture section. What piece of info would you include in your Cultural Brief Memo?
2. What type of useful information can you find in the "Do's and Don'ts" section?

Investigate the Business section. Is there information about meetings or gifts that you could include in your memo?

1. Click on the link to your country (listed below the big map). Check out the Culture menu option on the left. What might you include in your Cultural Brief memo to your boss?
2. What other area on this site looks useful?

1. Search for newspaper articles regarding business meals and restaurants in your country.
2. Try to find additional articles about doing business in your country.