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Internationalmarketing 3 pageLanguage review Conditions Across 1 Safebiz.com is a very successful site which gets over 2,000 4 An even more popular.................................. is lnterbiz.com, with almost 20,000 visitors a week. (4) 6 The equivalent of paper junk mail is called........................................ (4) 7 The Internet still means fun to a lot of people, but on the other hand it 8 Businesses which.................................. to seize the opportunities offered by e-commerce might not be able to survive. (4) 9 Ordering.................. dramatically reduces the cost of a transaction. (6) 10 The registered title used by an Internet site is its.......................................... name. (6) Down 2 If you want your website to get a lot of.......................................... make sure you register it with all the major search engines. (7) 3 If you save information from the Internet into one of your computer files, 4 e-commerce means buyers with computers can now....................................... a global network of approved suppliers linked over the Net. (4) 5 Many e-mail programmes................................... files before sending them in order to make transmission easier and quicker. (6) 6 A................................ engine is a program that seeks out, visits and indexes websites. (6) Q Rewrite the following as conditional sentences. 1 Fortunately expense reports are filed via the intranet, so they can be paid within 48 hours. If expense reports .wPXPP.t.fl[p4.Ó.'éfP.t™n?t. ,th?t £QuJ.4n.'t.. 2 They promoted their website through TV ads, so they soon got over 2,000 hits a day. If they.......................................................................................................................................
3 They never listened to their customers' comments and suggestions, so they weren't able to improve their online services. If they.......................................................................................................................................
4 We have a competitive market for Internet access because our telecommunications environment has been deregulated. If our telecommunications environment..................................................
5 We invested so much in e-commerce development that our total online sales increased tenfold over a year. If we................................................................................................................................
6 Unfortunately we didn't understand the potential impact of e-purchasing early enough, so we are lagging behind our competitors. If we................................................................................................................................... I 7 e-commerce
ô Complete these sentences with the most appropriate word or phrase from the box. however much no matter otherwise 1 There will continue to be little trust between business partners on the web ..uf]{ppp.. a system for online guarantees is set up. 2 ...................................... how hard we work, we'll fail if we don't adopt the new technology. 3 Start-ups have to deliver on their promises,.............................................. there is no long-term future for them. 4 ...................... you see the web as a real world-wide opportunity, both your customers and competitors will soon be equally global. 5 ............................ the future holds, let's go digital and be on the winning side. 6 ................................. you work on your web site design, remember that having a really appealing business offer is the most important success factor.
Writing Linking ideas
Tip I The six linkers (in italics) are used to express conditional relations. Match these sentence halves. 1 We will be able to compete in the new global marketplace 2 e-commerce is unlikely to take off 3 It is all right to order goods online, 4 Many more businesses will get online 5 Europe will not lag behind the progress made in the US 6 m-commerce, or access to the Internet on mobile handsets, may take off in Italy first
a) provided that you have a guarantee they are available 'on site'. b) so long as more companies in EU countries embrace technology. c) unless there is a system for building confidence between business partners on the web. d) //Alfitel continues to lead the way in wireless telephony. ^■e) only if we seize the opportunities that new technologies present. f) providing access costs are brought down.
Complaints and suggestions ô Complete this e-mail with an appropriate form of the verbs from the box. accept arrive cause
From: pharmaco@mail.matav.hu To: iroda.vilaq@dunanet.hu Subject: Order No RS/050A
Dear Mrs Nagy, This is to... COmphin........ 1 about the late delivery of our order for 15 office chairs which.......... 2 today, twelve days later than you......................... 3. We cannot........................... 4 the possibility of such a delay................... s again as it has........................ 6 us a lot of inconvenience. If you can't................... 7 firm delivery dates, I'm afraid we'll have to............... 8 for another supplier. Yours sincerely, EJankov Pharmaco Int. 7 e-commerce
Q Reply to the e-mail in exercise  on page 30. • Follow these steps: (1) apologise (2) explain (3) reassure, promise. • Remember that business correspondence is typically direct and factual; e-mail messages may be even more so. • Remember to apply the 'KISS principle' (Keep It Short and Simple).
Useful language J • We would like to offer our sincere apologies for... • Please accept our apologies for... • The delay / mistake / damage was due to circumstances beyond our control. • We cannot understand how such a delay / mistake could have occurred. • Please accept our reassurances that... • We can guarantee that... • We can promise that... • Let me personally assure you that...
From: iroda.vilaq@dunanet.hu To: pharmaco@mail.matav.hu Subject: Order No RS/050A
Teambuilding Vocabulary
Q Make the following adjectives negative by adding the correct prefix. Mind your spelling! 1 ..101 polite 6 ...... experienced 2 ....... relevant 7 ....... responsible 3 considerate 4 mature 5 legible
8 decisive 9 practical 10 ........ efficient Which two adjectives cannot be used to describe someone's character? 0 In each line, cross out the word which does nor begin with a prefix. 1 2 3 4 5 6 a) discontinue a) miserable a) billboard a) reconnect a) predict a) irrational b) disincentive b) mismanagement b) bimonthly b) renowned b) premium b) irreversible c) c) misinform c) bilingual c) realign c) prepaid c) irritable
Vocabulary +
0 Complete the sentences with the appropriate words remaining in exercise B. 1 Experts . .ðã&&Ø............. that there will be a marked shift from financial and technological capital to human capital. 2 Executives who fail to meet the aspirations of their employees can be 3 The new measures restrict employees' autonomy and will undoubtedly act 4 The move towards the creation of a shared vision is..................................... and lies at the heart of a people-centred strategy. 5 There will be some drastic changes in the way our company is organised. For example, we're going to................................. all our marketing and sales activities. 6 Our project manager wants us to submit a detailed...................................... progress report. I don't really understand why we have to write reports so frequently.
ô Correct any sentences in which the phrases in italics are in the wrong order. hard and fast 1 At the moment we have no 2 All negotiations typically involve a certain amount of take and give. 3 Many people believe that wining and dining helps strengthen a team. 4 It was still a bit go and touch whether they would push ahead with the plan. 5 The pros and cons of a thorough reorganisation have been discussed at length. 6 By and large, news of the reorganisation of the department was welcomed by the staff.
Language review Modal perfect
1 Our next People Skills seminar will be held in Martonfa, far from the .butffe.&nd .wMk. of Budapest city centre. 2 The participants will enjoy the................................... of the countryside after a hectic week. 3 This new economic theory proposes that the laws of..................................... are obsolete. 4 Some of the best teams are built after a painful process of.......................................... 5 More and more people invest their savings in....................................... 6 The fact that he introduced so many................................... upon his appointment did not make him very popular with staff. Q Choose the best way to complete the exchanges below. 1 A: The people in Accounts often say they can't work well together. B: Well, we had a one-week seminar on team building last May. Maybe they a) had to attend it. b) must have attended it. (^should have attended it. 2 A: Pity Ron and Ken were always trying to settle their own personal disagreements. Â: I agree. I don't think the trainer a) may b) should r have spent so much time on such private matters. c) must 3 A: By the end of the seminar some people were still too shy to talk. Â: I noticed that, too. The trainer
a) must have encouraged b) had to encourage r everyone to express themselves. c) might have encouraged J 4 A: I particularly like the fact that we immediately had a clear sense of direction. B: Yeah. But I thought the overall objective a) could b) must r have been clearer. c) will 5 A: One thing I wasn't too pleased about is how the trainer handled the argument about overtime. B: Mm. How do you think she a) should have dealt b) had to deal Ó with that? c) must have dealt
8 Team building
Linking ideas 0 Match these sentence halves. 1 If possible, do not delay, take action 2 Once the aims of the session are clear to everyone, 3 We'll have finished all the tasks 4 It seems plain common sense to try to solve a conflict only 5 Tim will plan the next seminar tomorrow 6 It's a good idea to find out who each individual member is
a) after you have identified its real cause. b) as soon as you sense a conflict. c) before you meet them all as a team. d) by the time the first team settles its disagreements. e) do encourage frank and open discussion. f) while you write the report. ô Complete the sentences with the correct items from the box.
causal relations time relations purpose past present future 1 We use the six linkers in italics in exercise A to express............................. 2 Note that after those linkers, we use a.......................... tense to refer to the Summarising 0 Read Jeff Bagley's e-mail to the Sales Manager, Ron Fox, about a senior member of the sales team. From: Jeff Bagley Subject: Confidential - Problems with sales staff What's all this fuss about Alan Carter? Every second day I hear someone complain about him for one reason or another. What's going on in the sales team? Could you investigate? Find out what's wrong with him. See if you can put him back on track. Keep me posted.
8 Team building J
0 Summarise the notes Ron took during his interviews with his staff to complete section 1 of the e-mail below.
bales team comments: - 'Why is he always late for meetings? We'd never get away with it!' - 'Just because he has more experience, he thinks our ideas and suggestions are worth nothing.' - 7 Know my name sounds foreign, but that's no reason to tell me to"go back to where I come from". I'm so depressed I want to leave.' - ' I'm finding it difficult to work with someone who's so arrogant' - 'A nice chap deep inside. Too direct, though, borne of us find him rude, even.' - 'For him sales is a man's world and that sums it up.' - 'If I missed half of each meeting like he does, I'd have time to make as many calls as he does' - 'He had the cheek to ask me why I wasn't at home looking after the kids.' - 'We does not propose or suggest - he dictates.'
From: Ron Fox To: Jeff Bagley Subject: Complaints about Alan Carter
I had not realised that the problems with Alan had gone that far. At your request, I have looked into the matter. First, I talked to his colleagues within the team, and then I had a long chat with him. Finally, on the basis of the information gathered, I drew some conclusions. 1 What the team members had to say The. comments made by. sales staff, revolve around three.areas;. 2 What Alan had to say When I talked to Alan, he admitted he was 'probably not the most tactful person on earth', especially with female colleagues, but insisted his attitude was mistaken for rudeness. As regards his lack of punctuality, he explained he made more calls every day than anyone else, and that increasing sales, not attending meetings, was his priority. Finally, he complained about what he called the 'aggressiveness and competitiveness' of the younger sales staff, and said he found it difficult to make himself heard in meetings. 3 Conclusions and recommendations On the one hand, some of the complaints about Alan seem justified. In particular, he was reprimanded for his racist and sexist remarks and jokes. I have no doubt, however, that he is an asset to the department and extremely committed to the company. On the other hand, it is clear that there are problems within the team as a whole and that they need to learn to work together more effectively. I would like to recommend that part of our budget be put aside for the whole sales team to attend the kind of team building seminar admin staff attended last year.
Raising finance Vocabulary
Q Complete the sentences with the best word from the box. acquisitions administration assets venture business angel stake grants instalments invoice overdraft cash flow bankruptcy 1 Their company has .ÀÚØð... of £70 million and liabilities of £40 million. 2 Repayment of the loan will be in ten........................ at three-month intervals. 3 Their bank warned that unless they repaid the.......................... they could face legal action. 4 Unless the situation improves dramatically, our company will be forced to 5 We are a group of financial advisers specialising in mergers and............................ 6 Surprisingly, BLT Inc. is selling off its 30%........................ in Kommerz Bank. 7 The company has been put into....................... , and the chances that it will keep going are very slim. 8 Customers not paying bills on time caused a major.......................... problem. 9 You can raise finance against debts due from customers via........................... discounting. 10 We offered the...................... a 10% share in the profits and a seat on the board of directors. 11 The EU often awards development....................... to its poorer members. 12..................... capital is a general term for money that is lent to someone when they start a business.
0 Complete the text with the best word from page 37.
Microcredit The term 'microcredit' is used to describe the extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poorto Although definitions of microcredit......... ç fr0m country to country, there are a number of common essential characteristics. First of all, loans are very small in size, and the target users are always very small entrepreneurs and low-........ * households. Secondly, funds are used for income ............ 5, enterprise development or community use. Finally, most...... 6 and conditions for microcredit loans are......... f, easy to understand and suited to the local conditions of the community. Microcredit has proved an effective and popular measure in the ongoing struggle against poverty, enabling those without.......... 8 to lending institutions to borrow at bank......... 9 and start small businesses.
Language review
Q Complete the two texts with the prepositions given in the boxes. Prepositions
NEWSDIGEST
ersta said yesterday it had entered ... JPfP....1 exclusive talks with Lindcom for the sale of Deltelfone. Kersta acquired Deltelfone earlier in January and said then that it would dispose........................ 2 the business. Analysts say a flotation of 49.9 per cent of the business, which was scheduled.................... 3 April if an agreement could not be reached....................... 4 a trade sale, would probably have valued Deltelfone at 7 - lObn euros. Kersta refused to comment...................... 5 the size of the bid. The takeover of Deltelfone by Lindcom would
ne of the largest car makers is considering The proposal follows a spate of discounting by smaller rivals and the introduction of the government order aimed................... 8 opening up the new car market. Executives are studying how such a price initiative would impact................... 9 its fleet customers, who benefit.................. 10 discounts based on recommended retail prices. Any cut.................. 11 list prices would almost certainly force copycat action by other companies.
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0 Indicate where the missing prepositions belong. 1 The markets are suspicious^) the system's lack of transparency a) of 2 There is fierce competition in the growing market high-speed c) for 3 Some executives involved the deal argue that the competition d) in 4 They all agreed that weak management was largely to blame f) for 5 As the company had thrived rising property prices, so it suffered h) on 6 Public protests the cost of energy, as well as worries about i) about Q Insert the missing preposition in each sentence. 1 Although the traditional approach had its strengths, it became an excuse jjor avoiding the structural reforms the country needed. 2 The engineering company KNG first hinted a share buyback last month. 3 Such buybacks are rarely implemented, although many companies have sought permission them. 4 The CEO said the company would concentrate medium-sized acquisitions. 5 KNG's international division accounts just 23% of sales. 6 The company needs to increase production to generate the cash flow required expensive development programmes. Writing Emphasising Q Match these sentence halves. 1 Rarely do banks agree 2 Not once did he tell them he 3 Never before have so many people 4 Under no circumstances should we 5 On no account should you 6 At no time in the company's history did it end up
a) had requested a massive loan. b) becoming very dependent on lenders. c) take out a loan if you know you can't afford the repayments. d) asked for a loan for cosmetic surgery. e) to arrange loans over the telephone. f) extend their credit.
0 Cross out the two incorrect explanations. A special word order is used in the six sentences in exercise A in order to a) express time relations b) add emphasis c) sound more informal Editing Q Read this short text about European tax havens. • In most of the lines a-15 there is one extra word which does not fit. Some lines, however, are correct. • If a line is correct, put a tick (✓) in the space provided. • If there is an extra word in the line, write that word in the space. "^Bmi^a^id^theTf^^ 1 ..}/._____ begun writing to their clients for making them aware of a little-publicised European ) 2 .for..... Union savings directive, expected to come into force in July. i 3 ............ Under the directive, financial institutions and in EU member states will be required \ 4 ......................................... to hand over to the relevant tax authority an information about savings income / 5 ......................... received by EU individuals not resident in the country where the account is held, ë 6 ...................... The information will be handed to the tax authority where the account of holder is s 7 ........................ resident even so that it can be compared with what has been declared on their \ 8 .......... domestic tax returns. i 9 ........... Payments affected include interest on bonds, savings of certificates, term deposits, ( 10 ................................... current accounts and savings accounts. Other types of income, including company È ........................................... dividends, pensions and rents are not considered to be the savings income. ( 12 ................... The Inland Revenue says the directive ■ which may only applies to individuals and \ 13 ................................... not companies and most trusts will have any little impact on those who /14 ..................................................... legitimately declare their savings income received outside the UK. / 15 ................... FINANCIAL TIMES ) Requesting ô Complete this fax requesting payment of an overdue invoice with the correct payment form of a verb from the box. arrange assume have make
Adria Wines, 10 Trg Nikole Tesle, 81 000 Podgorica, Montenegro
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Message for: Ghislain Debacker, Vins & Liqueurs Address: 147, rue d'Assaut - 1040 Brussels - Belgium Fax number: ++322 689 98675 From:Zoran Lekic, Adria Wines Date: November 30 Number of pages including this page: TWO
Dear Mr Debacker; We . . to have to.............. 2 you that payment of the following invoice is now 30 days overdue. As we............... never................ 3 occasion to send you a reminder before, we..... 4 that this is just an oversight on your part. Could you please.......... 5 for payment to be.............. 6 within a week
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