Negotiating a business to business (B2B) transaction internationally has become muchsimpler with the advent of the Internet and its new technologies.

Immigration is rapidly changing the cultural makeup of the US. Over the last three decades, the number of people living in the United States who do not speak English as their native language has tripled.

At some point, if a manager must take periodic trips to a subsidiary in another country, it’s a good idea to learn the language fairly fluently.