Deze auteur onderzoekt de complexiteit van de menselijke natuur en maatschappelijke normen door middel van boeiende verhalen. Zijn werken duiken vaak in thema's van culturele botsingen en aanpassing, waarbij levendige personages worden afgebeeld die zich in onbekende landschappen begeven. Een onderscheidende schrijfstijl combineert humor met diepgaande inzichten, wat lezers zowel amusement als contemplatie biedt. Zijn unieke wereldbeeld komt duidelijk naar voren in zijn verhalen, die zijn eigen uitgebreide reizen en internationale ervaringen weerspiegelen.
The story revolves around an old 50cc motorbike named Harley, which embarks on a unique journey through the backroads of Greece. The protagonist rides Harley to deliver a collection of Jeeves and Wooster stories to a Moldovan monk residing on Mount Athos, a self-governing monastic community. This adventure combines elements of travel, humor, and the exploration of cultural intersections, creating an engaging narrative filled with quirky encounters and scenic landscapes.
"A very clever management book." - John CleesePraised by Business Week as "invaluable political and psychological profiles of each nationality ... a wonderfully entertaining view of others as well a ourselves" and named a Financial Times Business Book of the Year, Mind Your Manners has become a 50,000-copy bestseller and the standard guide to European business cultures for over a decade. Now in a fully expanded and updated third edition, this practical guide contains a further fifteen country chapters including all the additional countries - from the Baltics to the Balkans - becoming a members of the European Union, the world's biggest global market. This major new edition comprehensively covers no fewer than thirty-three different business cultures including non-EU Norway, Switzerland, Russia and America.
Whith unforgettable characters coming to life on every page, this humorous story of one family's search for the Arcadian idyll speaks volumes about learning to live, laugh, and drink Ouzo together while turning a tumbledown ruin into a place to hold their hearts.
This major new edition of the bestselling practical guide for managers in the new Europe has been expanded not only to cover the three new members of the European Union-Austria, Finland and Sweden—but has also been generally revised and updated to reflect international developments, including a new section on Russia.
Praktický průvodce podnikatelským prostředím zemí EU. Soustřeďuje se na poznání a pochopení multikulturních rozdílů jednotlivých evropských zemí. Zaměřuje se na otázky legislativního rámce a podnikatelského prostředí, národní identity, místních zvyklostí ve společenském i obchodním styku, etikety a "dobrých mravů" vůbec.
