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The United States has played a major role in assisting other countries in trade investment, technology transfer, and also helped other businesses within the nation to enter the global market. It helped improve and support world trade by setting up rules. Such institutions are the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization. These organizations have helped prevent illegal practices and provided financial support to nations facing economic crisis. U.S. entrepreneur has developed certain culture and work ethics of doing business. However, not all cultures are similar and it is important to gain knowledge of one country's culture before engaging business activity to minimize major business risks.
Regardless of a person's origin, if a person is leaving a country for too long, he or she will assimilate to that culture. It is just a concept of survival and of adaptation. In the United States, leaving to be independent at young age is very common. In a Capitalism country, to be successful, people tend to take risk in business. "Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are all or mostly privately owned and operated for profit, and in which investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are determined through the operation of a market economy. It is usually considered to involve the right of individuals and groups of individuals acting as "legal persons" or corporations to trade capital goods, labor, land and money"(Wikipedia, 2007) Every country has a different style of culture and of conducting business, making negotiations, and exchanging money. Entering a foreign market, Steve has to take proper precautions in not to offend one culture and to build every business relations with some kind of collateral. He will need to create agreement with contracts instead of basing it on taking someone words which is common here when dealing with small business owners....
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