cavusgil_ib2_inppt04_Culture.ppt

The word “redundant” in the U.S. usually has very little to do with being fired as it does in England. * A person who is “sharp” is the U.S. is considered smart, but in they UK this person is considered conniving. * “To table” has completely opposite meanings in the U.S. and the UK. * “To bomb” also has completely opposite meanings in the U.S. and the UK. * “Windscreen” means a windshield in the UK, but is taken more literally in the U.S. * In the most advanced economies, firms engaged in services like lodging and retailing account for a greater share of FDI than firms that manufacture produc