* 1) Introduction Work – related attitudes go along with cultural differences and with regard to business in multinational companies varying cultural behaviour plays an important role. Geert Hofstede, a famous Dutch management researcher, recognized the high explanatory power of these differences in his famous “national influences” – study (survey of 160,000 managers and employees of 60 countries). In compliance with Hofstede’s studies the most important results are the following: * Even
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ARTICLE IN PRESS International Journal of Intercultural Relations 28 (2004) 577–594 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijintrel Learning styles and their impact on cross-cultural training: An international comparison in France, Germany and Quebec Christoph I. Barmeyerà ´ IECS—Ecole de Management de Strasbourg/Universite R. Schuman, CESAG (Centre d 0 Etude des Sciences ´es ` ˆt Applique a la Gestion), 61, Ave de la Fore Noire, F 67085 Strasbourg, France Abstract Every person has his or her own individual
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Cultural Challenges When Entering the Global Market Prepared by: Dennis M. Reilly, Regent University, LDSL 724, Cultures & Values I. Executive Summary Globalization can be defined as the inevitable integration of markets, nation-states, technologies and people in a way that is enabling individuals, organizations and nation-states to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before. Culture has become a highly significant factor in determining the success
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| Cross-cultural Issues in International Business | Siemens Cross-cultural Issues in China | | | 12/8/2011 | | Table of Contents 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………p. 3 2. National culture …………………………………………………………………..p. 3 3.1. Influence of national culture on an organization……………………………..p. 3 3.2. The effect of cultural values on management ………………………………..p. 4 3. Key Dimensions to analyze culture ………………………………………………p
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Journal of Business Ethics (2007) 75:273–284 DOI 10.1007/s10551-006-9252-9 Ó Springer 2007 Cultural Values and International Differences Bert Scholtens Lammertjan Dam in Business Ethics ABSTRACT. We analyze ethical policies of firms in industrialized countries and try to find out whether culture is a factor that plays a significant role in explaining country differences. We look into the firm’s human rights policy, its governance of bribery and corruption, and the comprehensiveness, implementation
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national culture by citing approvingly the work of Geert Hofstede who claims to have successfully 'uncover[ed] the secrets of entire national cultures' (1980b: 44). Whilst Anderson has vividly described nations as ‘imagined communities’ (1991) and Wallerstein states that he is ‘skeptical that we can operationalise the concept of culture ... in any way that enables us to use it for statements that are more than trivial’ (1990: 34), Hofstede claims to have identified the four (later five) 'main dimensions'
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ABOUT THE FRENCH CULTURE. France has a great image around the world, generally speaking. But what is the French culture in reality ? To give you a view of that culture, I will first make a brief description of the country. I think that the culture is linked with the geography, the weather and the history. Then, I will talk about the behaviour of the French people to each other in their own country, and to other persons abroad. Finally I will give you my opinion about all of this and about the
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Mexico: Cultural Analysis This paper is a cultural analysis of the Mexican culture through the lens of the 5-D Model developed by Professor Geert Hofstede. The five dimensions of the model include: Power Distance (PDI), Individualism versus Collectivism (IDV), Masculinity versus Femininity (MAS), Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI), and Long term versus short term orientation. In recent years a sixth dimension named Indulgence versus Restraint has been added. There are no rankings for this dimension as
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different cultures act based on these dimensions, they come up with solutions to solve conflicts. However, Hofstede’s model is not as efficient as perceived by most people across the world. Although Fernandez et al. (1997, p. 52) resonates with Hofstede, he highlights why the managers should exercise caution while using his findings to manage workforce in the modern day life. In his recent study on reexamination of Hofstede’s country classifications, Fernandez et al. (1997) reveals that significant
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evaluation, the most suitable type of FDI will be decided on. In this report, academic references are used to provide a basic understanding of internationalization and the purpose of analytical frameworks such as the STEEP analysis, the SWOT analysis as well as the PEST analysis. Abstract This report is meant for Japanese SME Elecdyne and by the use of analytical frameworks to analyse the internal and external business environment of the electronic industry, aims to provide Elecdyne with and conclude
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