International Business Negotiation
国际商务谈判
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of International Business Negotiating
第一章 国际商务谈判概述
• 1.1 Concepts and principles of negotiation
• As the stakes in some of these negotiations are not so high, people need not have to get preplans for the process and the outcome. There are other cases like international business negotiations in which the stakes are too high to be ignored, people have to be more cautious.
Characteristics of business negotiation
• Some of the characteristics of business negotiation include:
• ① Negotiation is at the heart of every transaction and, for the most part, it comes down to the interaction between two sides with a common goal (profits) but divergent methods.
• In negotiations, both parties should know: • a. why they negotiate • b. who they negotiate with • c. what they negotiate about • d. where they negotiate • e. when they negotiate • f. how they negotiate