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Whilst China is a major market for many companies, it is also often spoken of with fear. High as the rewards can be, so are …
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Are you familiar with the expression “China speed“? Whilst it was first coined to describe the exponential economic growth phase that the country was experiencing, …
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Whilst the Chinese market is huge, it also has a reputation for being challenging to enter, meaning that you should only start on this journey …
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One of my targets for this year is to do regular LinkedIn/YouTube lives with a variety of international professionals so I was really honoured that …
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International sales leaders usually like to feel like we are ready to deal with anything that the markets may throw at us. However when the …
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There are international business people who travel intensively whilst remaining based in their home market, & there are those who take overseas assignments as expats. …
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