Word: tavistock
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International financier Robin Tavistock '62also criticized Americans. The British native saidAmericans often fail in foreign markets becausethey assume international businessman understandtheir culture and language...
...speaking English and nothingelse, you will very politely be shown to thedoor." Tavistock said, adding that nine out of 10European businessmen speak English and appreciatethe effort of others to learn their language...
...Tavistock said that some of America'sdifficulties in the international economy may comefrom a lack of understanding of foreign people'sethics. "Cheating taxes in Europe is a way oflife," he said. "You also take a terribly moralview that bribery is a dirty word. We love...
Spence concluded the symposium by comparing theeconomy to higher education, saying that whatkeeps Harvard great is its ability to handlecompetition from other exceptional universities.He said that the United States should take itsexample from Harvard.CrimsonAnh T. Nguyen-HuynhInternational financier ROBIN TAVISTOCK...