Passport Spain

Your Pocket Guide to Spanish Business, Customs, and Etiquette

By Himilce Novas and Rosemary E. Silva

ISBN 1-885073-35-6
96 Pages
Passport Spain contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in Spain. International businesspeople will discover a wealth of hard-to-find information to help them break through cultural barriers and ease their fears about doing business in Spain. The book is attractive, portable, easy to read, and short enough to digest in one sitting.

Table of Contents

Overview

Chapter 1: Country Facts

Chapter 2: Cultural Stereotypes
Chapter 3: Regional Differences

Business Environment

Chapter 4: Government & Business

Chapter 5: The Work Environment
Chapter 6: Women in Business
Chapter 7: Making Connections
Chapter 8: Strategies for Success
Chapter 9: Time
Chapter 10: Business Meetings
Chapter 11: Negotiating with the Spanish
Chapter 12: Business Outside the Law

Customs & Etiquette

Chapter 13: Names & Greetings

Chapter 14: Communication Styles
Chapter 15: Customs
Chapter 16: Dress & Appearance
Chapter 17: Reading the Spanish
Chapter 18: Entertaining
Chapter 19: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 20: Basic Spanish Phrases

Chapter 21: Correspondence
Chapter 22: Useful Numbers
Chapter 23: Books and Internet Addresses

About the Authors

Himilce Novas is the author of Everything you Need to Know about Latino History (Plume, 1994), The Hispanic 100 (Citadel, 1995), Remembering Selena (St. Martin's Press, 1995, co-authored with Rosemary Silva), and Mangos, Bananas and Coconuts: A Cuban Love Story (Putnam, 1997). She teaches multicultural American literature, speaks five languages, and has traveled extensively through Spain, where her father was born.

Rosemary E. Silva is the author of Latin American Cooking Across the USA (Knopf, 1997, co-authored with Himilce Novas). She speaks six languages, has traveled the world in every vehicle imaginable, and spends several weeks in Spain every year.