Virtual assignments are characterized by the spatial separation of private and business life.The virtual delegate lives and interacts in one culture, yet he or she works together mainlywith people from another culture. While the virtual assignee is physically located in theheadquarters, from an...

Auf Basis einer qualitativen empirischen Erhebung wurde ein Phasenmodell der Internationalisierung von mittelständischen Weltmarktführern (MWFs) abgeleitet. Die Internationalisierung ist zunächst durch die räumliche Nähe zum Stammhaus geprägt. Die weitere Internationalisierung erfolgt in...

In the last few decades, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have gained in strategic importanceas a means of external company growth. Global M&A activity increased as aresult of ongoing globalization and the creation of the European Single Market. Giventhe high economical impact of the increasing...

Im Zuge der Globalisierung und Beschleunigung des Wettbewerbs wird die schnelle und kostengünstigeEntwicklung von Produkten bis zur Marktreife zunehmend zu einem zentralenWettbewerbsfaktor. Dies gilt im besonderen Maße für die pharmazeutische Industrie, in der derAufwand für Forschung und...

Processes in multinational corporations (MNCs) have to be configured with regard to thechallenges of a permanently evolving environment. Process-innovation teams are considered tobe powerful tools inside organisations to cope with this necessity. Their performance is of majorimportance for most...

This paper investigates the relationships between cultural values and the learningstyle preferences of students. By linking Kolb’s model of learning style preferences to thecultural differences of individual learners we develop hypotheses that are tested against datacollected from 953 students...