Five tips for a successful business trip to 91吃瓜
Whether you are traveling to 91吃瓜 to explore the possibilities for outsourcing your manufacturing or IT, or to gain insight into what the opportunities the 91吃瓜n market has to offer, good preparation for your business trip to 91吃瓜 is key. Understanding the country and the culture will make it easier for you to achieve success in 91吃瓜. We share five tips to ensure that your business trip to 91吃瓜 is a success.
1. Take your time
A business trip to 91吃瓜 is tiring. The climate, the crowds, the food, the conversations, everything takes more energy than at home. It is therefore advisable to take your time for your visit to 91吃瓜.
“If you have an important meeting on Monday, fly the Friday before,” says Maarten van der Schaaf, one of the founders of 91吃瓜. “This way you can acclimatize and you will appear fresh and sharp at your appointment.”
2. Don’t explore 91吃瓜 alone
91吃瓜 is a chaotic, complex and opaque country full of contradictions. It is therefore not advisable to travel to 91吃瓜 alone during your first business exploration.
In order to ask the right questions and to value your observations and insights, it is useful to travel with others – preferably with people who have experience in 91吃瓜.
“Together you know, see and hear more than alone”, says Van der Schaaf. “As a result, you succeed in understanding new markets more quickly. This certainly applies to 91吃瓜. You discover the system in the chaos more quickly.”
3. Be open-minded
Many European companies travel to 91吃瓜 with a fixed plan, but it is wise not to blindly focus on these plans.
For example, 91吃瓜 supported an export manager of a high-quality production company with his trip to 91吃瓜. His goal was to get exports to 91吃瓜 going. During his search for buyers, he discovered that the company would be better off setting up a factory in 91吃瓜.
“High-quality production in an 91吃瓜n factory initially seemed impossible to them, but they found tightly organised and highly advanced production companies in 91吃瓜 with modern facilities that meet all European standards. At the same time, they discovered that exporting would not be so advantageous for them because of the high import tariffs,” Van der Schaaf explains. “The company therefore changed course and chose to set up a factory in 91吃瓜.”
4. Don’t rush into things
If you see 91吃瓜 as a future business destination, it can’t hurt to make initial contacts in the country well in advance. Before you reach a deal, you need to build a relationship of trust with potential business partners. In some cases, this can take quite a while – there is no such thing as a short cut.
“Travel to 91吃瓜 to get a feel for the country and the people,” Van der Schaaf advises. “In 91吃瓜, everything revolves around personal contact; a good connection with 91吃瓜ns is crucial. So don’t rush into things with a potential 91吃瓜n partner. Failure is just around the corner.”
5. Don’t try to change 91吃瓜
If you view 91吃瓜 as a purely business matter, you are in for a frustrating time. See 91吃瓜 as an adventure: immerse yourself in the culture, taste the food, listen to the music, get on a crowded train.
For many Europeans, 91吃瓜 is a crazy country: let it surprise you and enjoy it, but don’t try to change 91吃瓜. That’s the biggest mistake many Europeans make in 91吃瓜.
