be one of the major approaches to settling the conflicts. Today this is especiallythe case with the globalization of the world's economy. To get more irreproducibleresources and high-quality goods at low prices, to establish plants in a foreigncountry to circumvent trade barriers, to gain in the overseas capital markets, thesecross-border business activities of varied sizes and forms are impossible withoutnegotiation.
1.1 Definition and Characteristics of International Business.
Negotiation
The world we are living in is full of conflicts. There are two ways to resolvethe conflicts: one is the use of force and the other is negotiation. In the field ofinternational business, the era when one party manipulated the other by means ofviolence and force has long gone. Instead negotiating has become an effectiveapproach to resolving conflicts and adjusting interests.
1.1.1 Definition and characteristics of negotiation
The word "Negotiation" derives from the Latin word "Negotiari", whichmeans "to do business". Now in a broad sense, negotiation refers to the actionand the process of reaching an agreement by means of exchanging ideas with theindention of dispelling conflicts and enhancing relationship to satisfy each other'sneeds.
From the time memorial, home or abroad, a numerous varieties ofnegotiations have been conducted. Though negotiations vary in forms andcontents, they all demonstrate the following characteristics:
(1) Every negotiation involves two or more than two parties
Even though you can role-play another person to negotiate with yourself, thecounterpart you role-play is bound to represent interest different from yours. Ineffect, there are at least two or more key participants in a negotiation. The numberof the major parties in a negotiation, from the debate of the United Nations withmore than 200 members to a talk about marriage arrangements, may be as many asover a hundred, but absolutely never less than two. 现代经济发展的实践表明,国际贸易是经济增长的强大推动力。第二次世界大战后,国际贸易的迅速发展在全球范围内引起了国际分工体系的革命性变革和福利分配格局的重组,极大地促进了经济增长。中国实行改革开放和加入世界贸易组织,加速了对外开放的步伐,外贸业务增长迅速,对外贸易对经济增长的贡献度不断提高,市场对外贸人才的需求急剧增加。
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