INT220 Business in a Foreign Country.docx INT220: Business in a Foreign Country INT220:

INT220 Business in a Foreign Country.docx  INT220:  Business in a Foreign Country  INT220: Global Dimensions in Business Southern New Hampshire University   Business in a Foreign Country  Doing business in a foreign country can be very overwhelming if you don™t prepare yourself beforehand for all the cultural and business etiquette differences. By diversifying your company by going global or international, you have to diversify yourself by taking the initiative to learn the culture of the country you are trying to do business with. Being that Republic of Korea is on the other side of the world from the United States, there are a lot of differences, as well as similarities, between both countries.  United States government is known as a constitutional federal republic. To understand this a bit better, the country is based on the laws of the constitution which limits the powers of both federal and state governments. Federal entails that there is a government in both national and all 50 states. Finally, republic states are that the people of that nation hold some type of power, but they elect other people in order to exercise that power that is bestowed on them. The Republic of Korea on the other hand œis a pluralistic, democratic and presidential system, the president is elected by popular vote every five years, for one term only (Seoul “ Republic of Korea, n.d.). Unlike Republic of Korea, the United States president is voted in for 4 years and is allowed to serve for at least two terms. Republic of Korea™s main languag