While providing an overview of other titles in the Culture for Business series, this book presents a cross--cultural perspective on how companies meet the diverse needs of customers, investors and employees. The authors introduce the main ideas in business in a multicultural context and explain how they all fit together. Business Across Cultures is the keystone book in the Culture for Business series. It provides an overview of all subjects tackled in the other books of the series. Its particular aim is to provide executives with a cross-cultural perspective on how companies meet the diverse needs of customers, investors and employees; to introduce the main ideas in business in a multicultural context; and to show how they all fit together.