Kresge Research Guides: BCOM 524 Persuasive Management Communication: International Communication Styles

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Euromonitor Passport
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Use Euromonitor to find consumer lifestyles and demographic information as well as industries, business environment, income and expenditures and more by major city, country and globally.
Video tutorials:
- Euromonitor International YouTube Channel
FitchConnect
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Use Business Monitor Online to find overviews of a country's business climate and economy.
FitchConnect training videos:
Macro Overview-Country Risk, Industry Risk, Global Research, Interactive Charts.

Country Risk and Industry Research search for multiple countries and industries

Interactive Charts

Indices, Databases, Data Tools, Webinars and Support
Business Source Complete
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Use keywords like corporate culture or organizational behavior or cross-cultural communication or business etiquette to your country's name see what turns up.Use the "Sort by" drop down to sort your results by relevance. Click on Advanced Search to see a link to Country Profiles section, too.
Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of Business Source Complete."

Resources on International Cultures

Use these databases to find out about a country's culture. Use what you learn to hypothesize about potential communication differences and other things to be aware of when doing business or traveling or communicating in this country.

GoinGlobal
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Going Global focuses on career opportunities in the US and other countries. Use the Country Guides section to look up your country. Especially useful is the "Cultural Advice" section.

CultureGrams
Use the "World Edition" section to find detailed cultural information on over 200 countries.
GlobalEDGE
Use the Global Insights tab and then Insights by country to look up your country. You will be pointed to various relevant resources, including Culture, History and a list of the top Corporations in that country.
Europa World
Use the drop-down menu to look up your country and then browse through the Directory for Society & Media and the Directory of Business and Commerce.
CIA World Factbook
Look at the People and Society section for your country to get a quick overview of demographics.
The Communication section focuses on infrastructure (telephone lines, etc.), not interpersonal communication.

Cross-Cultural Communication & Business Etiquette

Country Insights
From Canada's Centre for Intercultural Learning. Business etiquette is covered for most countries in the "Culture" section.
When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures
eBook by British linguist Richard D. Lewis about communication patterns as well as leadership styles and cultural identities.
Business Insider's Communication Patterns Around the World
A great chart from When Cultures Collide highlighting how to negotiate with people from different countries.
Hofestede's Cultural Dimensions
Hofestede's Cultural Dimensions describes the effects of a society's culture on the values of its members, and how these values relate to behavior. Used widely in the study of cross-cultural communication.
Global Guide to Customs, Culture & Etiquette
From Kwintessential. Topics include language, useful phrases, the society, culture, business and social etiquettes.

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