InternationalBusinessStylesLead-inQuestionsThinkofanexampleofaparticularbusinessstylethatyouknowabout.Whatspecialfeaturesdoesthisbusinessstylehave?Trydescribingthestereotypesofsomenations?AmericanBritishFrenchGermanSwedenJapaneseKoreanRussianArabJewAfricanIndianRelatedExpressions•quarterlyearnings/dividends•layoff•lifetimeemployment•entrench•overhaul•crossholding•bankruptcy•productlines•conglomerate•excesscapacity•liquidity•vendorrelationRelatedExpressions•nationalculturehierarchysubordinatesauthority•delegateinitiativemanagementstyle•managementmodel•country-specificmanagementmodel•nationalculturalheritage•culturaldiversityEuropeanintegrationglobalculturalexchange•France:CentralizedManagement•TheU.K.:PragmaticManagement•Germany:ProfessionalManagement•Italy:DependentManagement•Sweden:ParticipativeManagementAnglo-SaxonsAnglo-Saxons•Anglo-SaxonsisthetermusuallyusedtodescribetheinvadingGermanic(德国的；日耳曼语的)tribesinthesouthandeastofGreatBritainfromtheearly5thcenturyAD,andtheircreationoftheEnglishnation,totheNormanconquestof1066.•TheBenedictine(本笃会)monk,Bede,writingthreecenturieslater,identifiedthemasthedescendantsofthreeGermanictribes.•TheAngles,whomayhavecomefromAngeln(inmodernGermany),andBedewrotethattheirwholenationcametoBritain,leavingtheirformerlandempty.ThenameEnglandoriginatesfromthistribe).•TheSaxons,fromLowerSaxony(inmodernGermany;German:Niedersachsen)andtheLowCountries低地国家（指荷兰，比利时，卢森堡）VEBA•VEBAAG(originallyfromVereinigteElektrizitätsundBergwerksAktiengesellschaft,i.e."UnitedElectricityandMiningCorporation")wasaGermanenergycompany.VEBAwasfoundedin1929asaholdingcompanyownedbythestateofPrussia,andwasprivatizedin1965.VEBAbecameapartofE.ONin2000.•普罗伊萨格（德语：PreussagAG）是德国一间从事多样化经营的企业。(VereinigteElekrizitätsundBergwerksAG)，简称费巴集团（VEBAAG）。•E.ON德国意昂集团（欧洲能源巨头）isoneofthemajorpublicutilitycompaniesinEuropeandtheworld'slargestinvestor-ownedenergyserviceprovider.•A...
