This chapter begins by noting that culture as an element in economic development in the Third World has been largely … neglected in traditional development economics, most writers either seeing culture as an obstacle to development or ignoring it … altogether. Recently a shift in thinking has occurred whereby culture is now more widely seen as being more central to the …

Purpose: Culture plays a role in international trade much as it does in any other human activity. Attitudes and ways of … which aspects of culture give countries competitive edge in terms of bilateral trade performances. Specifically, do … countries and 29 years combined with the nine "Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE)" culture …