...' perceptions of environmental uncertainty. Subsequently, this cultivates associated entrepreneurial behavior profiles, which ultimately enhance (inhibit) venture survival rates. Further, the authors discuss the boundary conditions of this regarding how the national culture serves to moderate each of these key...

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... that knowledge of this type extends a powerful yet subtle influence within an organization, akin to a type of unconscious motivation in the Freudian tradition (cf. Triandis, 1983). Anchored deeply in one's national culture are those timeless truths, mediated in their raw state through one's emotive...

... and loyalty (Chan, 2002). China National cultures Construction industry Dispute resolutions The business of construction has changed a great deal resulting from the effects of growing globalization and competition (Ofori, 2000). The fast‐growing international trade and developments...

... foundation which considers more management, while active factors are value added part which considers more development and contribution. Multinational companies China National cultures Employees More and more foreign companies, including multinational companies, open business in China...

.... Originality/value Several propositions are developed and it is hoped that the model is applicable in both eastern and western business environments. National cultures Knowledge management Learning organizations China Western hemisphere Nowadays business organizations are facing increasingly...

... be accepted and implemented by all concerned, the expatriate manager notes: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Expatriates Cross cultural studies Managers National cultures When expatriate managers return before the official completion of their overseas assignments, the stress...

... and voluntary. The limited amount of UK research on whistleblowing is catalogued. Considerations of national culture are then discussed, and the conclusion takes stock of the period and the future. The British character has been ambivalent to whistleblowing, and still is, but the lead provided by legislation...

.... We are not going to teach people Japanese discipline, rather become acquainted with the techniques per se. I don’t see any problems in that (Production manager). © MCB UP Limited 2002 Human resource management Kaizen National cultures Sweden The Japanese human resource...

... Singapore culture appears to be one based predominately on Chinese culture, there remain differences between the two, which, if not properly understood, can lead to ineffectiveness and misunderstandings. Using the four dimensions of a national culture established by Hofstede, this exploratory study examines...

...? 2. 2 Is it possible for structural models of national culture to complement the more modern and prevalent poststructural models? References Friedan , B . (1964), The Feminine Mystique , 10th Anniversary Edition, W.W. Norton , New York, NY . Kroeber , A.L . (1915...

... given from management to workers and from assemblers to suppliers and the reverse is not the case. Ultimately, decisions are made by management and the purchaser. National cultures Management Organizational change Japan United Kingdom The asymmetry of the intercultural transferability...

... Japan United Kingdom Multinationals National cultures Through budgets, transfer of managers and other formal and informal processes of control the center reduces – up to a certain extent – the autonomy of the subsidiary. The subsidiary has little space to maneuver and tackle the issues...

... into a conceptual learning‐based model of cross‐cultural marketing. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Marketing Corporate culture Trust National cultures It has been suggested that international marketing needs to re‐conceptualise around group‐type networks (Dunning, 1995; Prasad and Ghauri, 1993...

... of a national boundary as a limit to business has been rendered meaningless by ongoing changes in demographics and in the world economy. Equal opportunities Gender Globalization Harassment National cultures © MCB UP Limited 1999 Especially relevant is the idea of cultural relativism...

... strategy China Markets National cultures © MCB UP Limited 1999 However, the data in Table II also suggest that, in spite of the efforts by overseas Chinese firms to enter modern manufacturing industries in China, their number among the top players in each industry is still smaller than...

... country plans whenever possible (Carey, 1993). © MCB UP Limited 1998 Employees National cultures USA While considerable literature exists regarding the issues surrounding expatriation of employees by US firms, little research has been conducted related to the reverse inpatriation...

... Management styles National cultures Professionals South Korea Redding (1997) comments of these dominant organisation structures that: large power distance, and authoritarianism; collectivism and communitarianism (associated with family and clan membership); strong uncertainty avoidance...

... to compete, the Japanese government will take action to limit that firm’s market growth through such items as procurement procedures, administrative guidance, or product approval procedures. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Economy Innovation Japan National cultures The nineteenth‐century...

... theoretical and practical value. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Marketing National cultures Product management Sales promotion Strategy Marketing theorists and practitioners are interested in understanding how products which are marketed using homogeneous strategies are, nonetheless, consumed...