Practical Solutions To Global Business Negotiations

Practical and user friendly, the author describes all the key elements needed to negotiate deals that are doable, profitable, and sustainable. Based on decades of teaching and consultancies around the world, the author provides a useful guide for business executives operating in today’s digitalized global economy. This latest edition will help readers enhance their preparation, anticipate objections, create value for tangibles/intangibles, and avoid cultural blunders to reach mutually beneficial outcomes. By sharpening negotiation skills, business executives will be able to interact more effectively with their counterparts in the fast changing global business environment and the rising influence of third parties. Practical and user friendly, the author describes all the key elements needed to negotiate deals that are doable, profitable, and sustainable.

One of the most significant developments in recent years has been the emergence of global markets, which has triggered opportunities for multinational firms to seek business across national borders. Global markets offer unlimited opportunities. But competition in these markets is intense. To be globally successful, companies must learn to operate and compete in multiple environments which may be different from the home environment. One important prerequisite for success in foreign markets is the ability to negotiate properly. Global business negotiations are affected by the cultural backgrounds of the negotiators, comprising language, cultural conditioning, negotiating style, approaches to problem solving, implicit assumptions, gestures and facial expressions, and the role of ceremony and formality. Therefore, negotiators assigned to deal with their foreign counterparts need a lot of learning and skills. With training and practice such learning and skills can be enhanced. The proposed book offers a practical guide to acquire negotiating skills. The purpose of this book is to provide consistently effective strategies and systematic approaches to negotiations that will dramatically improve international managers as negotiators. The book provides sufficient familiarity with negotiating styles that will help managers identify their unique strength and weaknesses, thus enabling them to interpret and comfortably use the latest advances in the field of negotiation in dealing internationally.

Known for its accessible approach and concrete real-life examples, the second edition of Practical Business Negotiation continues to equip users with the necessary, practical knowledge and tools to negotiate well in business. The book guides users through the negotiation process, on getting started, the sequence of actions, expectations when negotiating, applicable language, interacting with different cultures, and completing a negotiation. Each section of the book contains one or two key takeaways about planning, structuring, verbalizing, or understanding negotiation. Updated with solid case studies, the new edition also tackles cross-cultural communication and communication in the digital world. Users, especially non-native English speakers, will be able to hone their business negotiation skill by reading, discussing, and doing to become apt negotiators. The new edition comes with eResources, which are available at https://www.routledge.com/Practical-Business-Negotiation-2nd-Edition/Baber-Fletcher-Chen/p/book/9780367421731.

This insightful new textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the theories and practices key to negotiating business deals in the twenty-first century. Employing a holistic framework, it offers an understanding of the factors that influence the negotiation process, the challenges associated with negotiating across borders and the strategies used by negotiators.

Expertly blending theory and practice, this accessible and up-to-date textbook offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to international business negotiation. The book draws on the practical experiences of managers, consultants and entrepreneurs who have successfully conducted business negotiations around the world, offering practical and realistic guidelines for improving negotiation practice in a wide range of international and cross-cultural contexts. It covers the key negotiation theories, concepts, strategies and practices needed to succeed in contemporary business negotiations. Thoroughly updated throughout, this edition contains new content on ethical, cross-border M&A, and international joint ventures negotiations. With engaging pedagogy and rigorous coverage of key theories and research findings, this textbook is an essential companion for modules in negotiation and international negotiation at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA modules. It is also suitable for managers and practitioners who are interested in, or participate in, international negotiation.

Starting by demonstrating the importance negotiation plays in both commercial and interpersonal relationships, Business Negotiation then takes the reader through 20 developmental steps which cover: objective setting and planning; the first phases of negotiation; managing movement; and completing the deal. Each step features a knowledge and skill building exercise, tips and techniques including: example scripts; negotiation tactics; practical exercises; dilemmas and suggested solutions; key points.

"Communication in Global Business Negotiations: A Geocentric Approach presents college-level business and communications majors with a new approach for studying communication and negotiation in international business, using a geocentric cross-disciplinary framework. Chapters cover intercultural communication, provide students with a view of the world and how to negotiate with others from different cultures, and uses practitioners' perspectives to inject real-world case studies and scenarios into the picture. College-level business collections will find this an essential acquisition." —THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW "Authors Jill E. Rudd and Diana R. Lawson uniquely integrate communication and international business perspectives to help readers develop a strong understanding of the elements for negotiating an international setting, as well as the skills needed to adapt to the changing environment." —BUSINESS INDIA Presenting a new method for the study of communication and negotiation in international business, this text provides students with the knowledge to conduct negotiations from a geocentric framework. Authors Jill E. Rudd and Diana R. Lawson integrate communication and international business perspectives to help readers develop a strong understanding of the elements necessary for negotiating in a global setting, as well as the skills needed to adapt to the changing environment. This geocentric orientation is an evolution of global learning resulting in effective worldwide negotiation. Key Features: Offers a cross-disciplinary approach: The fields of communication and business are integrated to provide a macro-orientation to global business negotiation. Devotes a chapter to intercultural communication competency: Scales are included to help students assess their potential to become a successful global business negotiators. Provides students with a view of the world in negotiating with others from different cultures: Up-to-date information about current international business contexts gives insight into the challenges experienced by global business negotiators. Discusses alternative dispute resolution: Because of differences in culture and in political structure from one country to another, a chapter is devoted to this growing area of global business negotiation. Presents practitioners' perspectives: These perspectives illustrate the "real world" of global business negotiation and reinforce the importance of understanding cultural differences. Intended Audience: This is an ideal core text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Negotiation & Conflict Resolution and International Business & Management in the departments of Communication and Business & Management.

Making deals globally in the digital revolution is disrupting business operations. To successfully conduct deals abroad, executives need skills to negotiate with counterparts who have different backgrounds and experiences. This 3rd edition provides executives with the savvy they need to negotiate winning solutions no matter where they are. It offers valuable insights into the fine points of negotiating, and guidelines on delicate issues that can influence a promising deal. This book is an indispensable tool that provides know-how and expert strategies for striking favorable deals. The book emphasizes the importance of preparation and offers basic rules and checklists for staying on top in negotiations.