制卧爱分贸易+学 英汉商务翻译 in the country prior to the 1950s.During the 1980s and 1990s,the Egyptian government and business community have further aimed to deepen the country's relationship with the international business community.Today,foreigners are once again abundant throughout the country. Due to the historical influence briefly summarized above,one is tempted to refer to the country's economy and business culture as a hybrid model.While the senior executives in government and business elite in the country are pro-Western in mentality,the public sector is still dominant in business life.There are substantial differences between the work culture prevailing in each of the two sectors.Required qualifications and certificates of employees seeking to enter the private sector are higher than those required for the public sector.Business culture with public sector companies requires a lot of patience from a European point of view,as the amount of bureaucracy and red tape can be excessive.There generally tends to be less bureaucracy involved when dealing with the private sector,though many large Egyptian private companies are often headed by ex-government officials or military officers,meaning that one can also expect to encounter the public sector mentality in private firms.This applies especially in the case of large privatized enterprises. While the hybrid model essentially revolves around the public and private sector cross-over,one could also extend it to the generation gap which exists in the country,since much of the Egyptian population is under the age of 25.The energetic and highly entrepreneurial youth,as well as many younger businessmen in the country,tend to be highly adaptable and flexible in their approach to business,unlike much of the generation of managers and employees schooled in the rigid commercial culture in the public sector.The latter group is still pervasive in the country's commercial life and despite efforts by the Egyptian government to introduce sweeping economic reforms such as privatization,their presence further reinforces the hybrid model. 第3页共3页英汉商务翻译 in the country prior to the 1950s. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Egyptian government and business community have further aimed to deepen the country’s relationship with the international business community. Today, foreigners are once again abundant throughout the country. Due to the historical influence briefly summarized above, one is tempted to refer to the country’s economy and business culture as a hybrid model. While the senior executives in government and business elite in the country are pro-Western in mentality, the public sector is still dominant in business life. There are substantial differences between the work culture prevailing in each of the two sectors. Required qualifications and certificates of employees seeking to enter the private sector are higher than those required for the public sector. Business culture with public sector companies requires a lot of patience from a European point of view, as the amount of bureaucracy and red tape can be excessive. There generally tends to be less bureaucracy involved when dealing with the private sector, though many large Egyptian private companies are often headed by ex-government officials or military officers, meaning that one can also expect to encounter the public sector mentality in private firms. This applies especially in the case of large privatized enterprises. While the hybrid model essentially revolves around the public and private sector cross-over, one could also extend it to the generation gap which exists in the country, since much of the Egyptian population is under the age of 25. The energetic and highly entrepreneurial youth, as well as many younger businessmen in the country, tend to be highly adaptable and flexible in their approach to business, unlike much of the generation of managers and employees schooled in the rigid commercial culture in the public sector. The latter group is still pervasive in the country’s commercial life and despite efforts by the Egyptian government to introduce sweeping economic reforms such as privatization, their presence further reinforces the hybrid model. 第 3 页 共 3 页