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India's Outsourcing Firms
Select the appropriate answer from the list and briefly discuss your reasons
The strategy behind attempts by Indian software and outsourcing companies to enter the Japanese market could be termed (c) global integration.
The Indian software and outsourcing companies have worked to enter not only the Japanese economic and business market, but to do so with a level of cultural integration in mind. This is a highly important component of global expansion in business (Wager, 2009). Indeed, the business person must be able to communicate at a certain cultural level in order to make a success of the business (Nelson, 2011). This is something that Indian companies have been highly aware of,...
It is only with a high level of cultural sensitivity that foreign companies can successfully enter a new global market. This is particularly true in the case of Japan, which has been notorious for its parochial, traditional outlook. The eventual success of Indian companies in this market has shown the wisdom of the cultural sensitivity approach.
2. One particular trait of Japanese firms that Indian software and outsourcing companies have noticed is (c) a parochial outlook on global competition.
Japanese companies have traditionally been closed to influences from the outside world. Businesses are family oriented and homogeneous. It is a culture that has grown…
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