Problem:
You are a business analyst employed with American Manufacturing Sales, Inc. located in South Dakota. To date, your company has manufactured and sold its electrical transformer products solely within domestic markets and Canada. It now wishes to expand internationally. You have been given the task of examining the potential of developing new operations in an emerging nation, and to prepare relevant profiles and analysis.
What are key cultural variables, and how might they affect business relationships between international enterprises?
Use some of the variables identified by Hofstede, Trompenaar, and others to compare your host country to your home country. What are these differences? Describe any differences in terms of their potential to interfere with, prevent, or damage the business relationships shared between international enterprises in your host and home countries, and post your findings to the Discussion Board. Find and use at least 2 online resources to support your data, and post the links in your report.. As this relates to AMS and Mexico.