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Patterns of Convergence and Divergence Among Industrialized Nations: 1960 - 1988
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This article examined similarities in macro-environmental characteristics of eighteen industrialized nations over a twenty-eight-year period and found that despite the increased communication, travel and trade between countries, physical distance remains an important determinant of macroenvironmental similarity.Abstract:
Increased communication, trade and travel between countries act to bring them together in many respects. The present study examines similarities in macro-environmental characteristics of eighteen industrialized nations over a twenty-eight-year period. Contrary to the initial research proposition, countries were found to be diverging, especially in the latter part of the time period. In spite of the increased communications, travel and trade between countries, physical distance remains an important determinant of macro-environmental similarity. Two measures of national culture, Power Distance and Individualism, were found to be related to change in macro-environmental factors.read more
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The international entrepreneurial dynamics of accelerated internationalisation
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Cross-cultural research on organizational leadership: A critical analysis and a proposed theory.
TL;DR: A review of the scope and domain of cross cultural organizational leadership research can be found in this paper, where several unresolved issues concerning cross cultural theory and investigation including appropriate ways of measuring cultural phenomena, processes by which cultural forces influence the members of collectivities, and the moderating influence of external variables such as international competition, military agression, external political pressures, exposure to international media, and technological forces.
The Achieving Society
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Does culture explain acceptance of new products in a country?: An empirical investigation
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Bounded Rationality, Planning, Standardization of International Strategy, and Export Performance: A Structural Model Examination:
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Culture′s Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values
TL;DR: In his book Culture's Consequences, Geert Hofstede proposed four dimensions on which the differences among national cultures can be understood: Individualism, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Masculinity as mentioned in this paper.
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The Achieving Society
TL;DR: This paper argued that cultural customs and motivations, especially the motivation for achievement, are the major catalysts of economic growth and proposed a plan to accelerate economic growth in developing countries by encouraging and supplementing their achievement motives through mobilizing the greater achievement resources of developed countries.
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The Achieving Society
TL;DR: This article argued that cultural customs and motivations, especially the motivation for achievement, are the major catalysts of economic growth and proposed a plan to accelerate economic growth in developing countries by encouraging and supplementing their achievement motives through mobilizing the greater achievement resources of developed countries.
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The Effect of National Culture on the Choice of Entry Mode
Bruce Kogut,Harbir Singh +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the influence of national culture on the choice of entry modes in the United States market by analysing data on 228 entries into the market by acquisition, wholly owned greenfield and joint venture.
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The cultural relativity of organizational practices and theories
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarized the author's recently published findings about differences in people's work-related values among 50 countries and pointed out that national and regional differences are not disappearing; they are here to stay and that these differences may become one of the most crucial problems for man- agement-in particular for the management of multinational, multicultural orga- nizations, whether public or private.