STUDY OF CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AS ONE OF THE FACTORS OF INFLUENCE ON DOING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Petrushenko Yu.

Sumy State University,
Sumy, Ukraine

Kirilieva A.

Sumy State University,
Sumy, Ukraine

Tuliakova A.

Sumy State University,
Sumy, Ukraine

Tatarchenko Iu.

Sumy State University,
Sumy, Ukraine


Pages: 116-121


Original language: Ukrainian

DOI: 10.21272/1817-9215.2021.4-14

Summary:

The article determines that the modern internal and external environment of successful and long-term international activities is undergoing constant change. In order to ensure the efficiency of economic activity, it is necessary to form and apply modernized methods of doing business. A significant number of factors influencing the activities of companies on the world stage determines the interest in their study and structuring.

It is proved that the key drivers of the impact of globalization on international business in hypercompetition are lowering barriers, increasing cross-border trade and investment, increasing global product production for global consumers, use of Internet and information technologies, the role of emerging economies in the world market. global quality systems and product standards. It should be noted that international business is focused on the implementation of specific measures to expand markets, services, capital, labor, search for new sources of production and financial resources, diversification of economic activities and more. Factors influencing business efficiency are investigated. The authors have identified the most important factors influencing international business and considered them in terms of three groups: domestic, microeconomic and macroeconomic factors. This is the way to structure the factors of influence will allow you to most effectively determine their positive effect and possible risks. The degree of influence of each group of factors is determined. In the framework of this research, the emphasis is on the characteristics of communicative cultural differences and their impact on international business. The problem of intercultural interaction has become one of the key areas of research on the effectiveness of international relations.  The role of intercultural functions in the global business network is revealed. The company's success in the foreign market depends mainly on how well established professional communication with a foreign business partner and how well he knows the details of local culture for effective and professional negotiations.

Keywords:
international business, cross-cultural features, culture, communications, effective business, structural changes

Reference:
  1. Soares, A. M., Farhangmehr, M., Shoham, A. (2007). Hofstede’s dimensions of culture in international marketing studies. Journal of Business Research, 60(3), 277–284. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.10.018
  2. Szkudlarek, B., Osland, J. S., Nardon, L., Zander, L. (2020). Communication and culture in international business – Moving the field forward. Journal of World Business. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2020.101126
  3. Bunina V. (2008). Kross-kul'turnyy menedzhment i mezhkul'turnaya kommunikatsiya. Moskva: GUU,.
  4. Makarchuk K. O. (2013). «Mizhnarodnyi biznes v umovakh hlobalizatsii: teoretychnyi aspect», Visnyk Kharkivskoho natsionalnoho universytetu im. V. N. Karazina, № 1086,. pp. 28-31.
  5. Êfímova A.G. (2012). Rozvitok kros-kul'turnogo menedzhmentu na pídpriêmstvakh Ukraí̈ni. Upravlínnya rozvitkom. № 6. S. 44–45.
  6. Geert Hofstede , Cu lture ’s (1980). Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values. Beverly Hills CA: Sage Publications,
  7. Karmanova T.I. (2014). Problemy kross-kul'turnykh razlichiy v mezhdunarodnom marketinge. Molodoy uchenyy.. № 10. S. 245–248
  8. Palekha YU.Í. Yetika dílovikh vídnosin. Kií̈v : Kondor, 2008. 356 s.
  9. Petrushenko YU.M. (2009). Kros-kul'turní aspekti pídvishchennya yefektivností mízhnarodnogo bíznesu. Vísnik Khmel'nits'kogo natsíonal'nogo uníversitetu. № 5. S. 146–148.
  10. Romanukha O. (2017). Rol' kros-kul'turnikh komuníkatsíy u menedzhmentí organízatsíy. Yekonomíka í suspíl'stvo. Vip. 9. URL: http://www.economyandsociety.in.ua/journal/9_ukr/103.pdf.
  11. Todorova N. (2008). Kros-kul'turniy menedzhment. Donets'k: DonNTU,. 330 s.
  12. Guang, X., (2020). Charoensukmongkol, P. The effects of cultural intelligence on leadership performance among Chinese expatriates working in Thailand. Asian Business and Management, URL: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-020-00112-4
  13. Howard V. Perlmutter, The Tortuous Evolution of Multinational Enterprises, Columbia Journal of World Business, 1/1969, pp. 9-18.