Dinner and a Deal

  By Terri Morrison© Copyright 2014, All Rights Reserved In the Harvard Business Review article “Should You Eat While You Negotiate?” Lakshmi Balachandra described an experiment she conducted with MBAs to ascertain whether negotiating a deal over a meal would increase the value of the theoretical agreement (vs. discussing it without food). Her tests showed […]

Dining Etiquette – Sushi and Soy Sauce

Questions on Global Dining Etiquette: Excerpted from a quiz in  Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands: Sales and Marketing Soy Sauce – 5,000 years and counting! Soy sauce is made from the soy bean, which is one of China’s five sacred grains. These have been quoted as: rice, wheat, barley, millet and soy beans. Experienced cooks […]