Global Business Perspectives

Understanding a business region can be a complex process.  You have to know people in the country, how business works there, the culture, the language and YES, geography.

Understanding the region you are doing business in can provide the extra benefit to help you get more customers, deals and ultimately be more success in global business.

Don’t put your business in jeopardy (I know I am pushing the cheesy theme here) Do your homework about the region you are interested in as this may help you find the region’s center and will make further expansion easier.

Do you know which countries make up the Asia Pacific Region? 

Per Wiki Answers the following countries generally make up the Asia Pacific Region: 

• Australia
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• People’s Republic of China
• Hong Kong
• Macau
• Fiji
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Kiribati
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Marshall Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Nauru
• New Zealand
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Samoa
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Tonga
• Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam
• United States Territories –
• American Samoa
• Guam
• Northern Mariana Islands

Sometimes included –

• India (member of the East Asia Summit)
• Mongolia (landlocked country in East Asia)
• Myanmar (Burma) (member of the ASEAN)
• Russia (the Russian Far East borders the Pacific Ocean)

I was surprised by a few of the countries that were included.  Were you?

How do you feel about Australia, New Zealand and the Sometimes included countries?  Did you know they were part of this region?  Why do you feel they should be a part or separate from what is known as Asia?