From the thousands of books on the impact of working internationally on doing business, we have selected a list of what we consider to be the most useful in several categories.
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| Author |
Title |
Year |
Publisher |
ISBN |
Order from the UK (£) |
Order from the US ($) |
| Fons Trompenaars |
Riding the Waves of Culture |
1993 |
Random House Business Books |
0850584280 |
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| Charles Hampden-Turner & Fons Trompenaars |
The Seven Cultures of Capitalism |
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0 385 42101 X |
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| Kevan Hall |
Effective Cross-Cultural Meetings |
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Global Integration |
0 9529047 0 5 |
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| Geert Hofstede |
Culture's Consequences |
1984 |
Sage Publications Inc (USA) |
0803913060 |
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| Geert Hofstede |
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival |
1993 |
HarperCollins |
0803913060 |
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| Richard Lewis |
When Cultures Collide |
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NB Books |
1857880870 |
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| Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway, George A. Borden |
Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands |
1994 |
Adams Media Corporation |
1558504443 |
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| Elizabeth Marx |
Breaking through Culture Shock |
2000 |
Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd |
1857882210 |
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| Roger Axtell |
Dos and Taboos of Humour around the World |
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John Wiley & Sons |
0471254037 |
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| John Mole |
Mind Your Manners - Managing Business Cultures In Europe |
1995 |
Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd |
1857880854 |
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| Charles Hampsden-Turner and Fons Trompenaars |
Building Cross Cultural Competence |
2000 |
John Wiley & Sons |
0471495271 |
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| Elizabeth Urech |
Speaking Globally |
1997 |
Kogan Page |
0-7494-2221-1 |
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| Author |
Title |
Year |
Publisher |
ISBN |
Order from the UK (£) |
Order from the US ($) |
| Raymond Flower & Alessandro Falassi |
Culture Shock series i.e. Culture Shock Italy |
1994 |
Kuperard |
1 85733 087 0 |
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| Claudia Gioseffi |
Passport series i.e. Passport Italy |
Year |
World Trade Press |
1-885073-34-8 |
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| Elizabeth Ann Herrington |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Brazil |
1998 |
O'Reilly & Associates Inc |
1885073186 |
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| Jenny Li |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: China |
1996 |
World Trade Press |
188507316X |
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| Nadine Joseph |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: France |
1996 |
World Trade Press |
1885073291 |
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| Andrew Grzeskowiak |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Hong Kong |
1996 |
World Trade Press |
1885073313 |
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| Claudia Gioseffi |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Italy |
1996 |
World Trade Press |
1885073348 |
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| Dean Engel, Ken Murakami |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Japan |
Year |
World Trade Press |
1885073178 |
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| Kevin Keating |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Korea |
1997 |
O'Reilly & Associates Inc |
1885073399 |
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| Natalie Kissel |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Poland |
1999 |
O'Reilly & Associates Inc |
188507333X |
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| Charles Mitchell |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Russia |
1996 |
World Trade Press |
1885073321 |
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| Himilce Novas |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Spain |
1997 |
O'Reilly & Associates Inc |
1885073356 |
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| Naomi Wise |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: Thailand |
1997 |
O'Reilly & Associates Inc |
1885073267 |
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| Timothy Harper |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: United Kingdom |
1996 |
World Trade Press |
1885073283 |
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| Dean Engel |
Passport - Pocket Guide to Business, Customs and Etiquette: USA |
1996 |
World Trade Press |
1885073151 |
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| Nicki Grihault |
Culture Smart: India, A quick guide to customs and etiquette |
2003 |
Kuperard |
1857333055 |
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| Stephanie Faul |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Americans |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825160 |
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| Ken Hunt |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Aussies |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825179 |
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| J.C. Yang |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Chinese |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825225 |
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| Anthony Miall & D. Milsted |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: English |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825225 |
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| Nick Yapp, Michel Syrett |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: French |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825284 |
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| Stefan Zeidenitz |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Germans |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825292 |
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| Ewa Lipiacka |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Poles |
2000 |
Oval Books |
1902825403 |
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| Vladimir Zhelvis |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Russians |
2001 |
Oval Books |
1902825411 |
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| David Ross |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Scots |
1999 |
Oval Books |
190282542X |
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| Drew Launay |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Spanish |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825438 |
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| Paul Bilton |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Swiss |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825454 |
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| John Winterson Richards |
Xenophobe's Guide to the: Welsh |
1999 |
Oval Books |
1902825462 |
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| Peggy Kenna & Sondra Lacy |
Business series i.e. Business Japan |
1994 |
Passport Books |
0-8442-3552-0 |
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| Audrey Perera |
Simple guides series - i.e. Simple Guide to Customs & Etiquette in Singapore |
1994 |
Passport Books |
1-860-34040-7 |
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| Author |
Title |
Year |
Publisher |
ISBN |
Order from the UK (£) |
Order from the US ($) |
| Piero Morosini (Editor) |
Managing Cultural Differences |
1997 |
Pergamon |
0080427626 |
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| Author |
World Class Service |
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Intercultural Press |
0 933662 77 7 |
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| Frank L Acuff |
How To Negotiate Anything With Anyone Anywhere In The World |
1997 |
AMACOM: New York |
0814479502 |
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| Dean Allen Foster |
Bargaining Across Borders |
1995 |
McGraw Hill Companies: New York |
0070216568 |
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| Roger E. Axtell |
Do's and Taboos of Hosting International Visitors |
1990 |
John Wiley & Sons: New York |
0471515701 |
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| Krystina Carter |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Poland |
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1873411308 |
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| David Short |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: The Czech Republic |
1996 |
Global Books Ltd |
186034075X |
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| Lazlo Jotischky |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Hungary |
1995 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340350 |
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| Helmut Morsbach |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Japan |
1997 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340210 |
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| Carolyn Mason, Geoffrey Murray |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: China |
2000 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340563 |
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| James Hoare |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Korea |
2000 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340717 |
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| Derek Tonkin, Visnu Kongsiri |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Thailand |
1998 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340261 |
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| Irene Slatter |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Russia |
2000 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340415 |
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| Hugh Shankland |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Italy |
2001 |
Global Books Ltd.(UK) |
1860340865 |
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| Waltraud Coles, Uwe Koreik |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Germany |
1999 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340318 |
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| David Shankland |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: Turkey |
1999 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340016 |
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| Danielle Robinson |
Simple Guide to Customs and Etiquette: France |
2001 |
Global Books Ltd |
1860340768 |
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| Jane Walmsley, Gray Jolliffe (Illustrator) |
Brit-Think Ameri-Think |
1993 |
Harrap |
0245547215 |
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| Mark Hempshell |
Live and Work in France |
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1854580507 |
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| Nigel Holden, Cary Cooper, Jennifer Carr |
Dealing with the New Russia |
1998 |
John Wiley and Sons |
0471964565 |
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| Tim Kelsey |
Dervish - the Invention of Modern Turkey |
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Hamish Hamilton |
0241132894 |
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| Christalyn Brannen |
Going to Japan on Business |
1997 |
Stone Bridge Press |
1880656191 |
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| Diana Rowland |
Japanese Business Etiquette |
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Warner Books |
0446395188 |
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| Author |
Title |
Year |
Publisher |
ISBN |
Order from the UK (£) |
Order from the US ($) |
| Deborah Duarte, Nancy Tennant Snyder |
Mastering Virtual Teams |
2001 |
Jossey Bass Wiley |
0787941832 |
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| John Whitmore |
Coaching for Performance |
1996 |
Nicholas Brealey |
1857881702 |
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| James Creighton, James Addams |
Cyber Meeting - How To Link People And Technology In Your Organisation |
Year |
Amacon |
0814403522 |
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| McDermott, Brawley, Waite |
World Class Teams working across borders |
1998 |
John Wiley & Sons Inc. |
0471292656 |
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| Farrol Kahn |
Arriving in Better Shape - the long haul passenger handbook |
Year |
Thorsons |
0061009598 |
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| Camille Schuster, Michael Copeland |
Global Business - planning for sales and negotions |
1995 |
Thomson Learning |
0030105196 |
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| Francis Fukuyama |
Trust - the social virtues and the creation of prosperity |
1996 |
Free Press |
0684825252 |
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| Author |
Title |
Year |
Publisher |
ISBN |
Order from the UK (£) |
Order from the US ($) |
| Wess Roberts, Bill Ross |
Make It So - Leadership Lessons from Star Trek |
1996 |
Pocket Books |
0671520989 |
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| Kenneth Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi |
Leadership and the One Minute Manager |
2000 |
HarperCollins Business |
0007103417 |
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| R. Meredith Belbin |
Management Teams - Why They Succeed Or Fail |
1996 |
Butterworth Heinemann |
0750626763 |
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| Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse |
Essence of Leadership |
1998 |
International Thomson Business Press |
1861523688 |
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| Andrew Leigh, Michael Maynard |
Leading Your Team - how to involve and inspire teams |
1995 |
Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd |
185788101X |
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