In 339 interviews we identified 449 time related and culturally determined critical incidents. We can clearly distinguish time behaviour of Anglo-German managers from that of managers from France and Italy and East Central Europe. These incidents with East Central European Managers can be...

Das Konzept des individuellen Kulturschocks ist bekannt. Es beschreibt psychische und mitunter auch physische Belastungen während des Aufenthalts in einer fremden Kultur, die durch die Konfrontation zwischen eigener und fremder Kultur ausgelöst werden. Nach der Meinung der Autoren gibt es...

This paper presents an analysis of the effects that Austria's accession to the EU had on several key financial ratios of small business firms in the retail and wholesale trade sectors. These two industries were selected because before 1995 they were protected in many respects, thus vulnerable to...