Professional Documents
Culture Documents
SWEDEN
Intercultural Management
Cyril DACLIN
Mme LABAERE
Maylie BERNARD
SUMMARY
I. ACCESSIBILITY CONDITIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Geographical aspects
Economic aspects
Political aspects
General and business cultural aspects
IV. PAYMENTS
1. Means of payment
2. Payment incidents
Video : Swedishness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8_7yPocGPg
I. ACCESSIBILITY CONDITIONS
1. Geographical aspects
2. Economic aspects
(2014)
3.Political aspects
. Constitutional Monarchy
. Prime Minister : Stefan Lfven
. Parliamentary democracy
. Member of European Union
1.Commercial balance
. Positive balance: 1,3 billion
- imports: 122,4 billion
-. exports: 123,7 billion
. Exportations from France to Sweden: 4,97
billion
. French Importations from Sweden: 5,62
billion
. Market share of France in Sweden: 4,4%
70,7%
26,3%
1,8%
3. Suppliers countries
Main clients :
- Norway (10,4%),
- Germany (9,7%)
Main suppliers :
- Germany (17,2%)
- Norway (7,9%)
III.COUNTRY RISK
Business
Public finances
Political consensus
around the Scandinavian
model
WEAKNESSES
IV. PAYMENTS
1. Means of payment
Current use
Company cheque
Bank cheque
Swift electronic
network
Bill of exchange
Promissory note
Documentary
remittance
Documentary
credit
2. Payment incidents
To do
Punctuality is very important, be on
time !
For business appointments you should
dress formally
Verbal agreements are binding
When an agreement is reached and is
sealed by a handshake, its a deal !
Not to do
Do not use a lot of superlatives when
speaking
Do not get too personal.
Do not criticize their way of life,
welfare system, economy, government
or culture
Racist or sexist jokes are not tolerated
Data sources
Country risks :
http://
www.coface.com/Economic-Studies-and-Country-Risks/Sweden
General data :
http://
export.businessfrance.fr/suede/001B1501726A+fiche-pays-suede
.html
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/
http://
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/suede/presentation-de-la
-suede
/
Cultural aspects :
http://sibc.se/swedish-business-culture/
http://work.sweden.se/living-in-sweden/swedish-business-culture/