Therefore, there is a need for greater awareness of the impact of verbal and nonverbal behavior on international business communications, and if executives are to meet the challenges of an increasingly interdependent world, they will need to develop a better understanding of how cultural differences influence the operations of international business- (Dou 54). Culture can be defined as values, beliefs, ways of thinking, behavior, and customs that have been passed on from generation to generation. ...

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Suffice it for now to say that here culture means everything that human beings have created and transmitted socially across time and space." (32) In Culture as Given, Culture as Choice, Dirk Van Der Elst talks about how culture is everything that we are taught, that we make and give meaning to, and that we pass on to generation after generation. ... For example, you would not find Rowan University serving bugs for lunch, but in another country this is highly acceptable. ... "Culture can influence behavior even in areas that most people think are beyond learning." ...

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