Business Basics & Famous Companies
In Business, “CEO” stands for this.
What is Chief Executive Officer?
This British currency is called this.
What is a pound (or pound sterling)?
In Japan, this action is more common than a handshake when a greeting someone.
What is bowing?
Coca-Cola in France added this special drink to the market to adapt to their low sugar preferences.
What is Coca-Cola Light?
This platform has become a vital tool for virtual meetings and video calls around the world and was created by Eric Yuan in 2011.
What is Zoom?
This entrepreneur co-founded Microsoft and helped make Windows and household name.
Bill Gates
This international trade agreement, signed in 1994, created the world’s largest trade area, including the US, Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
This is what you do with the business card in Japan, instead of shoving it in your pocket.
What is accept with both hands and examine carefully?
McDonald’s does not sell this popular item in India due to religious dietary restrictions.
What is beef (or Big Mac)?
This country is called “the world’s factory” because it produces a significant portion of the world’s goods.
What is China?
Before introducing the iPhone, Apple dominated the digital music market with this device.
What is the IPod?
This island nation, located off the southeastern coast of China, is a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing, with companies like TSMC driving its economy.
What is Taiwan?
In Sweden, the small cabin or cottage, often located in the countryside, is popular retreat for families and represents a strong, cultural connection to nature and relaxation.
What is a stuga?
This company used pictures of babies on baby food jars in Africa, but in some areas of Africa, it caused confusion because they are used to food images instead.
What is Gerber?
This massive conglomerate, part of the chaebol system in South Korea, hold significant influence in the countries economy while controlling electronics, construction, insurance, and shipping building.
What is Samsung?
This image – sharing platform, confounded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp in 2010, allows users to ”pin” and organize visual content on visual boards.
What is Pinterest?
This complex global system, created in 1940s, was designed to regulate international trade in financial relations Post-WWII, with the US dollar as its anchor currency.
What is the Bretton Woods system?
In South Korea, it is customary to do this for others rather than oneself, particularly in social or business situations. This gesture reflects the importance of the cultural value of hierarchy.
What is pouring drinks for superiors?
When KFC entered China, it’s slogan “Finger-Licking Good“ was mistranslated as telling people to do this.
What is “Eat your fingers off”?
This controversial, Chinese, e-commerce giant, often dubbed the “Amazon of China“, made a dramatic shift towards cloud, computing, logistics, and entertainment, with significant investments in sectors like AI and Fintech.
What is Alibaba?
This fast-food giant, originally founded in 1940 by Richard and Maurice McDonald, revolutionized the industry with its ”Speedee Service System” and later expanded globally through Ray Kroc’s franchising model.
What is McDonald’s?
Known for its strategic location and neutral stance, this European country is a key global financial center and has long been a hub for trade, despite having no natural resources of its own.
What is Switzerland?
This Spanish concept of a relaxed approach to punctuality with meetings and appointments that may start later than schedule. Timing is also referred to as this.
What is “hora española”?
When BMW launched its X5 SUV in the Chinese market, they added this feature that aligned with the country’s family-oriented culture and value of social status and luxury.
What is a larger backseat?
Headquartered in Switzerland, the global food and beverage conglomerate, known for its profile of brand spanning from instant coffee to pet care, while maintaining a presence in over 190 countries.
What is Nestlé？