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Title:
European business customs & manners

European business customs and manners
Author:
Bosrock, Mary Murray
ISBN:
9780684040011
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Minnetonka, Minn. : Meadowbrook Press ; New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Physical Description:
xiv, 481 p. ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
pt. I. Getting started -- 1. How to go international -- Avoid generalizations -- Don't be the ugly American -- Show consideration and respect -- The ten commandments of visiting Europe -- 2. The European Union (EU) and the euro -- The facts of the EU -- The euro -- Challenges facing the EU -- The newest EU nations -- 3. General rules : what to know and how to behave -- Basic facts and statistics -- Meeting and greeting -- Names and titles -- Language -- Dining -- Drinking -- Toasting -- Entertaining European guests -- Tipping -- Manners -- Dress -- Gifts -- Punctuality -- Pace -- Corporate culture -- Especially for women -- Safety and health -- Holidays and festivals -- Interfaith etiquette -- pt. II. Country information -- Austria -- Belgium -- Bulgaria -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Estonia -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Ireland -- Italy -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Malta -- Netherlands -- Norway -- Poland -- Portugal -- Romania -- Slovakia -- Slovenia - - Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Turkey -- United Kingdom -- England -- Scotland -- Wales -- Northern Ireland.