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Digital Business
• Bachelors Program on Digital Business
• Foreign Trade University
• October 2023
• 4th Class
Recap from the previous class
Richard Lewis model’s three groups
• China
• Hong Kong
What should Liu Peijing do?
Pros and Cons of following the course of
actions that Chen Dong proposed
Long term and short-term
consequences
• Almond China
• Almond Chemical
Is there a compromise?
Environmental
issues in
Vietnam
• Bribes occur in many forms, ranging from
minor transactions between individuals
What to major deals between corporations
and/or governments. Bribes can also be
cases
more than a decade as the retailer experienced rapid
international growth. Walmart agreed to pay more
than $144 million to settle the SEC’s charges and
approximately $138 million to resolve parallel
criminal charges by the DOJ for a combined total of
more than $282 million.
Homework for the next class
• Read Page 69 – 103 Nation-State Traits and how they affect corporate cultures
in Seven Countries; from Kai Hammerich & Richard D. Lewis, Fish Can’t See
Water (John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2013)
• Choose two countries mentioned in the section and compare their national traits –
each group can choose whichever countries you like
• Identify one or two companies from the countries you chose. Make sure that the
companies represent the national traits and explain why you think the company
represent the national traits;
• For example, Apple for USA, H&M for Sweden and SAP for Germany
National traits
• USA • Germany
Companies of these countries
• USA • Germany
• Walmart • SAP
• Because xxxx • Because xxxxx