The purpose of this article is to examine the cultural competences attributed to the Community, placing particular emphasis upon the cultural powers conferred by paragraph 4 of Article 151 EC, which entrusts the European institutions with the task of taking cultural aspects into account in their...

In Zeiten knapper öffentlicher Mittel und zunehmender Konkurrenz durch vielfältige "Zeitverwendungsangebote" benötigen Kulturanbieter mehr denn je ein professionelles Marketing. In diesem umfassenden und fundierten Handbuch vermitteln renommierte Experten einen Überblick über die relevanten...

This article examines the impact of different cultural standards on the processes and performances of Austrian, Spanish, German and Hungarian task groups. We therefore analyzed 201 qualitative interviews with Austrians, Spaniards, Germans and Hungarians, which were conducted from 1996 to 2001....

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Business First or Culture First? -- Chapter 3. Culture Shock, Work, and Study Abroad. Chapter 4.The Role of Technology in doing business across cultures -- Chapter 5. Accounting Practices -- Chapter 6. Financial Practices -- Chapter 7. Negotiation Practices. .

This book presents a methodological framework for the analysis of intercultural issues frequently misinterpreted by existing theories. It uses a challenge-and-response theory of cultural development to examine the relationship between different natural disasters and threats and the developments...