Know the Law in Mexico - Contracts: Part 3
We have written on this subject twice in the past 14 months, but it continues to be a growing problem. In the past two months we have seen an increase in problems associated with contracts. We have bee...
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Personality and Adjustment - The Foreign Executive in Mexico
During the 16 years that I have been living in Mexico, I have worked with many International families. They were in our great city mostly as a result of the husband's work transfer. My contact with the...
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Mexico - The Social Perspective
Introduction
One of the ways to soften personality shock is knowing what to expect from the Mexican. In this chapter special attention will he placed on helping the foreign executive understand the ge...
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The New Mexican Executive
As a result of the personality inventories I use for my seminars, I have been able to get a glimpse of the modern Mexican professional, both at the executive and managerial levels. This data shows an e...
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How to export to and import from Mexico
Mexico is a large trading partner to both Canada and the US.
NAFTA has accelerated this exchange.
With the rules and regulations constantly changing,
finding your way can be cumbersome.
Mexico Co...
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Lloyd Mexico Economic Report February 2005
Table of Contents
Economy remains strong
Tax breaks
Rise in minimum wage
...
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Racism And Business In Mexico 2
In July, I wrote about racism and how this affects business in Mexico. The article provoked a
huge reaction. I got love mail and hate mail. This month I'll share some of the most thoughtful response...
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Racism And Business In Mexico
Although denied officially and, personally by many Mexicans, racism in Mexico is so evident that most foreigners notice it right away. All you have to do is look at Mexican-produced television programs...
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Internet And Business In Mexico
Cultural specialists, such as myself, often will tell you that Mexicans (and Latinos in general) do not respond well to impersonal technologically-oriented means of communication or of selling. Latinos...
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Feeling Nuts In Mexico
In Mexico, when you go to a traditional marketplace, or a store around the corner, it is not unusual that a number of things will be packaged in small plastic bags with a close-knit knot, and not a sho...
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Sensitive Mexicans
It has been said by many non-Mexicans such as Americans, Germans, French, among many others, that Mexicans are much too touchy: They don't seem to handle criticism very well, and are too easily hurt. S...
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Know The Law In Mexico - Labor Unions
Know the Law in Mexico is written monthly to help the foreign community with issues we see affecting peoples daily lives. The information we provide is simple, informative, and sometimes controversial....
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Mexico real estate: rental and sales contracts
We talked about this subject a few months ago, but recently we have worked with three cases of people being ripped off for their deposits on Mexico real estate. Two were deposits on purchasing a Mexico...
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Just The Facts Ma'am, Or Will My Hunch Do?
I get many inquiries from non-Mexicans interested in investing in or starting a new business in Mexico. The inquiries usually ask the normal "administrative" curiosities: What are the numbers for the i...
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Know The Law In Mexico - Employment Law And Practice
Because of the type of domestic help we hire, most of us do this "under the table", really not adhering to Mexican Law. We then suggested how to handle these "under the table" employment issues. We hav...
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Know The Law In Mexico - Employees And Labor Law
The labor laws for the Republic of Mexico vary for each type of employee, and each type of employer. Unfortunately, very few of us who hire maids and gardeners, hire them according to the law. We hire ...
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Know The Law In Mexico - Property Management
Knowing the law and your rights in Mexico is the most important step in protecting yourself in Mexico. This can be anything from dealing with the police, the courts, or even another individual. We try ...
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Know The Law In Mexico - Contracts
In our effort to keep the readers of this publication informed of their rights, and the law in general, we sometimes ruffle some feathers. In these efforts to keep you informed, we have been accused of...
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Mexican Business Lunches
Business people in Mexico will tell you, as most business people will, that business meals are important rituals considered well-spent perks, since often business people work long hours and are away fr...
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The Importance Of Team Building
Making teams more productive is a constant issue for most managers. Productivity is, of course, the essence of what makes businesses competitive, but it is particularly important in times of economic s...
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The Heavy Toll Of Culture Shock
Is culture shock, as experienced by many ex-pats and their families, a psychological or a cultural issue? I was recently involved in a discussion group where this issue was debated. All of us agreed th...
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Internal Customers
In the past, the term "customer" always meant the external public, those clients that justify the very existence of a corporation. It was a term especially important in service organizations, since the...
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Be Straight With Me!
In my experience as a cross-cultural consultant, the issue that seems to most bother non-Mexican businesspeople about their Mexican counterparts is their apparent lack of frankness in dealing with conf...
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No Trust
I recently attended a two-day seminar about the strategies Mexican companies should follow in order to compete successfully in a globalized economy. Economic globalization is creating new and stiffer c...
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El Buen Patron
In the 1980s, many companies in the United States, aware that their employees' personal problems were affecting their performance, began to create Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) to help workers dea...
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