25/04/2012 Cultural and communication barriers hold back international growth of companies

Cultural and communication barriers continue to impede international growth of companies, reveals new Economist Intelligence Unit study.

20/03/2012 Management Culture in Belgium

This handy guide from Expertise in Labour Mobility includes information on business hierarchy, negotiations, etiquette, and more.

14/02/2011 West can meet East, with a little effort

Western and Eastern values are very different. This article takes a look at the role of value dissimilarities in expat adjustment using practical input from expats working in a SE Asian context.

28/09/2010 Cross-cultural training: a waste of time, money and effort?

Whether expatriates can adjust to a new culture or environment can make or break an expatriate assignment. Researcher Ben van den Anker looks at whether cross-cultural training is the answer.

07/05/2010 Breaking old patterns across cultures

We speak to personal coach and trainer Peter Koijen on NLP, the system he is using to help people to break through old patterns and beliefs to improve their lives all round.