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International Business Negotiations
International Business Negotiations
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
BUSINESS NEGOTIATION
Business Negotiation is the process of discussion by which two or more parties aim to reach a mutually acceptable agreement
WHEN TO NEGOTIATIE
EXAMPLES
Company-company Company-government
Solely interpersonal interactions over business matters such as sales, licensing, joint ventures, and acquisitions
FRAMEWORK OF IB NEGOTIATIONS
NEGOTIATION STAGES
TYPES OF NEGOTIATIONS
1.Distributive bargaining (win/lose) Ex..labor management 2. Integrative negotiation(win/win) Ex. Business negotiation
CULTURE NEGOTIATIONS
Culture consists of traditional (i.e. historically derived and selected) ideas and values
Negotiatin g style
EXAM
OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR Can learn a lot, but likely to focus on dos and donts Often leads to superficial understanding
SHARED VALUES Requires inferences from observed behavior and learning about a culture More powerful, because values drive (partially) behavior
SHARED ASSUMPTIONS Very abstract these drive our values but are very hard to determine Very powerful, helps truly understand a culture
Goal
Protocol
Communication
Time
Risk propensity
Groups versus individuals
Nature of agreements
REFERENCE
International Business by John D. Daniels
The success of international business relationships depends on effective business culture negotiations
Thank You