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Alex Pospekhov's avatar

Great article about the difference. Especially the sales process. E.g Russians more like Americans in terms of sales timelines we can meet each other for the first time & strike the deal in an hour. Which is impossible in Europe. But on other hand it's very rare in the EU when you counter-party would like to change your business partnership.

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Nicolas Colin's avatar

Thanks Alexey, absolutely—there's a fascinating book about those cross-cultural differences and how much they matter in business. It's called "The Culture Map", by Erin Meyer. My wife Laetitia Vitaud wrote about it here: https://laetitiaatwork.substack.com/p/-why-the-french-are-coconuts-and

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Alex Pospekhov's avatar

Thnx!

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