acquisition	buying or taking over another company
Joint venture	two or more companies joint temporarely to carry out a large project
Consortium	a group of companies in similar business working together
Franchising	giving someone the exclusive right to sell products in a certain area
Licensing	selling the right to a manufacturer's trademark, usually in a foreign market
Local partner	a person or company who cooperate with a foreign company who wishes to enter the market
Subsidiary	a company partly or wholly owned by a parent company
duall-career marriege	a marriage where both partners have careers
niche	a market for an unusual product, or with unusual customers
standarisation	when things are done the same way everywhere
commitment	beliving in doing something in a particular way
welfare benefits	money paid by the government to people in need, for example, the unemployed
infrastructure	basic facilities and services of a country, for example water, power, roads
issues	important subjects that people discuss
profitability	the ability of a business to make money
flight of capital	a movement of large sums of money out of country