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Doing Biz Abroad | business in the global marketplace

August 23rd, 2008

iPhone to invade world, does anyone care?

A while ago I saw an article (which I unfortunately didn’t bookmark) touting the superiority of the European wireless network over the US, and essentially pitying us for getting all hot and bothered about the iPhone. Now, I’ll be the first to acknowledge that our wireless network is really quite pathetic, but I am dying […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

April 28th, 2008

Gesundheit!

 
The average number of days employees were sick went up in Germany last year from 15.4 (2006) to 16.3 (2007).
That’s a lot of sick days and I am happy to say that my company in Munich is significantly under this level.
The news item prompted me to look for a comparison table of average sick days […]

By Jean Mercedes -- 0 comments

April 21st, 2008

Behind boardroom doors

I’ve been reminded a lot recently that European males really have to be exceptionally careful when traveling to the US for business. Crime, perhaps? Or excessive shopping brought on by the abysmal dollar? No, although those may well be reasons for concern as well. European males have to be concerned about women or, more correctly, […]

By Chris -- 1 comment

January 13th, 2008

How well do you know Europe?

Lufthansa is running a promotion for their Miles-and-More members (frequent flyer club) and they have put together a nice interactive puzzle of Europe. It is pretty tricky to place all of the 45 countries (!) into Europe just based on their shape. To make it a bit easier, you can also have the country names […]

By Jean Mercedes -- 7 comments