Discuss how the study of comparative culture may be of value to International Business. Illustrate your answer with examples.

In international business course has parallels in the culture of other countries. This culture is referring to the finer things in life, such as fine arts ,literature, philosophy and classical music. For anthropologists, however, the term culture has a broader meaning that goes far beyond purely personal refinement . With international business people can learn and know about the culture of other countries. In addition, businesses can be further extended to the countries that have chosen to take their business. For example, material objects, methods to obtain food, language, government regulation of marriage, and religious systems have been discovered and work in a culture when a child is born. When making international business, it is certainly related to the culture. Any company that wants to make international business should be prepared to accept the culture of other countries. With that it will facilitate the work to be completed.

Moreover, it is also has a lack of communication between cultures. Cultural differences in communication will increase the risk of causing misunderstanding. Misunderstanding causes the communication process can not be carried out smoothly. For example, a Korean student is busy with studying for exams will be there tomorrow. Coincidentally when he was studying, a Malay friend come. He told the Malay Malaysia in the event that busy and close the door. In Korean culture, communication is practiced more openly than Malaysia. From the view of Malaysia, though busy, but should welcome the guests as well. Communication style of is not straightforward. This will cause misunderstanding Malaysian Malays against the Koreans and think he is not sociable. Often individuals will consider cultural disunity between...

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...ing business internationally. These factors sometimes prevent or complicate communication between the parent company and subsidiaries. It can also make assessment unbalanced weaknesses of competitors often estimated surplus and strength of competitors are often expected to decline. Taking note of the number and nature of competition in a foreign country is very difficult because of the limited source of information. Additional, it may exist differences in language, culture and value system in a country, and this can create a barrier to communication and cause problems in human resource management. Therefore, an individual or company if want make business to international business it must brave to take risks. It will be successful if brave to take risks. This is because there are has advantages and disadvantages to become a success business to an international level.