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  • An Austrian business contact I've met briefly on a conference call addresses me in email as Mr Smith rather than using my first name which I'm more used to. Are the Austrians more formal about these things? Should I do likewise and call him Mr Gruber and not Hans?

  • Yes, from my experience of working with people in Germany and Austria a lot (particularly senior staff) go by surnames. As Tester says, lots of Drs there too. I think about 50% of those I was dealing with were doctors (of business, not medicine).

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