Differing Weights
Milton Friedman Trusting Transactions The biggest challenge my American female clients have is learning effective negotiations. They should spend a month in East Asia. Most retail shoppes in that part of the world are...
Category: Cross Culture
Consumption Seen As Next Big Driver of Growth
Read the above-the-fold headline story. And to get this growth the government wants to: …raise personal income by scrapping [some] taxes. Is this another evil plot hatched by George Bush and Karl Rove? Cooked...
Be Rich and Have Sons…
…is a common prayer in East Asia. Done with incense by devout and cultural Bhuddahists. Your Business Blogger was a bit curious about this superstitous nature when visiting an ancient temple. Until. Until, I...
East Asia vs USA Moral Molders
The biggest complaint among US school teachers is that parents are not actively involved in the training of morals of children. In contrast, parents in East Asia are not expected, indeed do not see...
What Is The Power of American Television?
Yesterday, Your Business Blogger was on a major university campus in East Asia watching students play basketball outdoors. Acres of concrete courts. A football-sized outside arena with dozens and dozens of hoops. The play...
Sponge Bob Square Pants and the US Army…
…in the same sentence? Your Business Blogger is a-travelling in East Asia. So I’m on a subway and studying local people. And notice a two year-old little boy held safely by his mum and...
Jack's Trip to East Asia
Jack left Friday morning for East Asia — I just heard from him that he was safe. . . . and could I please put a post up for him? Um. Hm. Such is...
Jack is in East Asia: Comments and Questions Welcome
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Capitalism, Culture and Google
GoogleIn Chinese there is no word for “privacy.” Google’s business practices in China are under question. In having a different product for different counties. I am not so sure Google is departing from a...
Uncertainty in France, A Prediction
Paris suburb burns (Christophe Ena – AP)Update: Earlier Your Business Blogger suggested that France was a poor venue for business. Paris is now terrible even for tourists. France will be slow to deal with...
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