Summary of How to Say It: Doing Business in Latin America
A Pocket Guide to the Culture, Customs, and Etiquette
Prentice Hall Press, 2009 more...
To forge better business relationships with Latin American partners and clients, learn the social customs.
Recommendation
Conducting business in Latin America requires a solid understanding of local social customs. Be forewarned that outsiders may consider some business traditions inefficient. For example, long lunch breaks and frequent discussions of family matters are common elements of a typical workday. Resisting such traditions is impractical from a professional point of view. International commerce consultant Kevin Michael Diran warns that businesspeople from outside Latin America will struggle there unless they adapt to the cultural climate. His book provides a guide to acceptable business behavior throughout the region and includes detailed descriptions of the customs and common courtesies in 17 countries. getAbstract recommends this primer to readers who are interested in commercial opportunities in Latin America and want to learn more about how companies prosper there.
In this summary, you will learn
- What steps to take to start conducting business in Latin America,
- How to behave in order to win clients there and
- What business etiquette prevails in Latin American countries.
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About the Author
Kevin Michael Diran is a conference speaker, consultant and writer on international commerce. Diran lived and taught in Latin America for eight years. He earned his doctorate from Columbia University and a licentiate in philosophy from Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
