Purpose ? This paper aims to examine the role and limitations of relationships between buyers and sellers of grape wine in China. Although networks are believed to be critical for market entry in Confucian societies, they may also dampen the entrepreneurialism necessary to build a sustainable...

This paper examines the issue of diversity in Chinese identity and how it impacts on the operations of multinationals in China who recruit Overseas Chinese to handle cross-cultural issues. China’s rapid economic development and entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 made her a...

Cultural factor is recognized as a vital influence to communication as well as the key to success for a business. Cultural awareness helps organizational firm more efficient while behave cross-culturally to the international market. Meanwhile, the global business’s environment has become...

Abstract The examination of the behavioural responses of the reciprocal first name exchange as a policy in firms in Nigeria was the main objective of this research. It was also the intent of this empirical work to highlight the challenges and issues of the transferability and applicability of...

To study the phenomenon of cultural difference and diversity and to establish its influence on efficiency of the international business is the most important problem. The present problem occupies a wide space in the theory and practice of management of the international companies. Within last...

Cultural factor is recognized as a vital influence to communication as well as the key to success for a business. Cultural awareness helps organizational firm more efficient while behave cross-culturally to the international market. Meanwhile, the global business’s environment has become...

This dissertation investigates whether cultural competence, defined as a person’s ability to interact effectively with others from a different cultural background or in a cross-cultural setting, predicts expatriate adjustment and job performance more effectively than other individual-level...

Die Zusammenarbeit rum?nischer und deutscher F?hrungskr?fte in rum?nisch-deutschen Joint-Ventures und deutschen Tochtergesellschaften in Rum?nien wird durch Konflikte erschwert. Diese Konflikte lassen sich auf die kulturell gepr?gten unterschiedlichen Verhaltenserwartungen und divergierenden...

Die fortschreitende Globalisierung der Weltwirtschaft und Internationalisierung des Managements bringen eine steigende Migration der Weltbev?lkerung mit sich. Der dadurch entstehende Multikul?turismus und die hohe Diversit?t der Arbeitskr?fte stellen neue Anforderungen an die F?hrung von...