The main aim of this book is to develop and implement an innovative tool: exchange-entitlement mapping, or E-mapping for short. This tool enables us to look at the economic and social opportunities to develop human capabilities for different groups of individuals, depending on their group...

Fiktion oder Realität? Die Global AG im Jahr 2015 -- So war es bisher -- Cultural Intelligence -- Fitness-Check für Cultural Intelligence -- „Yes, we can“ – because there’s no other chance? -- Reise zu den geistesgeschichtlichen Wurzeln -- Reisen bildet!.

China wird in naher Zukunft einer der wichtigsten Konsumentenmärkte für westliche Unternehmen. Bisher fehlt westlichen Managern jedoch ein „Consumer Insight“ in Bezug auf chinesische Konsumenten, weshalb zahlreiche Markteinführungen innovativer Produkte westlicher Firmen in China...

Der internationale Handel von Medienprodukten ist in der Praxis vermehrt zu beobachten. Die Frage, ob und wie ein Fernsehformat von einem Kulturraum in einen anderen erfolgreich übertragen und vermarktet werden kann, untersucht Birgit Bodenstein-Köppl anhand eines der größten Fernsehmärkte...

‘This extremely timely publication addresses an important knowledge gap in this era of shifting economic power and global imbalances. Entrepreneurship is central to the growing success of the wider African economy and understanding the importance of trust within developing relationships can...

Providing in-depth analysis, this book enables readers to understand the theoretical aspects of personal selling and explores the difficulties of selling services which are sensitive to cultural, age and gender differences, and to customers originating from diverse cultural zones. Agents and...

This book provides an original analysis of the economic success of Overseas Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia: The ethnically homogeneous group of Chinese middlemen is an informal, low-cost organization for the provision of club goods, e.g. contract enforcement, that are essential to...

This book examines survey data to consider the extent to which public support for immigration, international trade, and foreign direct investment exists in a cohort of 38 heterogeneous countries. With economic globalization shaping daily life, understanding the determinants of public opinion is...

This book introduces readers to a powerful method for cross-cultural due diligence in mergers and organizational collaborations. It employs the context of joint ventures between local communities and companies in the domain of hospitality in emerging tourism destinations. The book first analyzes...

This book explores the differences between Western and non-Western cultures to provide a more comprehensive understanding of psychological contract and its consequences on employees’ behavioral, attitudinal, and cognitive outcomes. Further, it discusses the culturally-relevant elements of HR...