Discusses the nature of business cultures between two European Union nations – Germany and the UK – and how these cultures affect their economic performance. Details the way takeover bids are conducted between the two countries and the ramifications for both management and employees of the...

Focuses on the problems of transferring western models of management to other cultures with specific reference to the UK and Egyptian technical education sector. Using Hofstede′s framework, a cultural overview of UK and Egyptian public sector education principals is provided. Reveals...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to systematically research and characterise the cultural response of a particular culture in the use of e‐commerce systems. The research paper highlights the roles of trust, uncertainty avoidance (UA), internet store familiarity, and reputation as the...

Explores the problems of manager development within the context of the move from a command to a free economy. Places particular emphasis on issues concerned with the education of manager educators and trainers, with reference to the Czech Republic. Proposes models of development for both large...