Mexican-Anglo staff meetings: Meetings halfway
A reality of any manager's life is attending and calling staff meetings. Another reality is that most managers complain staff meetings are a "waste of time."
When meetings involve Mexican and Anglo-Am...
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In the dark: Without reliable information, Mexican managers get in touch with their feelings
Anyone who has ever worked in Mexico realizes that one of the biggest differences between doing business in this country and its two Nafta partners concerns information. Whereas in the U.S. and Canada ...
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Double standard: What's right for Mexico's business world?
I received various emails on my recent column dealing with management standardization. Many people were concerned that my column suggested that standard procedures are not necessarily the best way to m...
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Eye of the beholder: Perceptions of Mexican job performance
More often than not, when foreigners simply refuse to engage in the human aspects of the working world, they tend to see the more negative aspect of the Mexican experience.
When I talk with non-Mexica...
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Family affair: The family business in Mexico
Both friends and enemies of Nafta predicted the treaty would bring increased investment crossing national borders, and in the case of Mexico, a significant new presence of U.S and Canadian firms. This ...
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New and unimproved: A resistance to change in Mexican business
"The problem in Mexico is that workers, and generally speaking all people, resist change." This was the opinion expressed to me recently by a successful (at least, rich) entrepreneur in Mexico City. Be...
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Stuck in the middle: Cultural differences in Mexico's business world
I've discussed cultural differences and clarity in Mexico's business world. But dealing with Mexican realities is not the only challenge faced by U.S. executives on Mexican assignments. Inevitably, as ...
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Supply Chain Reaction
Four years ago, if you had asked people in the transportation industry about their logistics, you would have been greeted with blank stares. Times are changing, though, and now even the word "logistics...
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Update On Economic Development In The Yucatan Fall 2002
It has been several years since I last wrote about the business climate in the Yucatan. Many changes have taken place in Mexico and the Yucatan since then. First, there was the historic election i...
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Mexico '95 & beyond - Up against the wall, once again
In recent time, we have all been inundated with news about the financial crisis. I don't know anyone who has not been affected by
the devaluation, the increase in interest rates, and the uncertaint...
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Canadian Chamber Of Commerce In Mexico
IntroductionMexico is Canada's most important trading partner in Latin America. Trade between the two countries was worth more than CDN $5 billion in 1994 and has grown significantly since the mid 1980...
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The North American Free Trade Agreement: Nafta at five
Critics said it would never work. Supporters augured prosperity for all. Today, five years after the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect, perhaps neither forecast was entirely on the mark, ...
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