...Chpt 3 Country Differences in Culture Learning Objectives: (课堂教学目标) • Know What is Culture of a Society • Identify the forces that lead to differences in Social Culture • Identify the Business and Economic Implications of differences in Culture • Understand How differences in Social Culture influence values in work place • Learn some cross-cultural analysis frameworks. Content and Schedule : (本章主要内容与学时计划) • Case study 15’ What is Culture文化 10’ ● Social Structure社会结构 20’ ● Religious and Ethical System宗教和伦理15’ ● Language语言15’ ● Education教肓15 ● Culture and the workplace文化和工作场所 45’ ● Culture Change文化的变化10’ ● Implication For Business商务含义25’ • Summary and assignments 总结和作业 10’ Special Attention(重点与难点) 重点: Determinants of Culture 文化的构成 Implication For Business 商务含义 难点: Cross-cultural analytical frameworks( 文化分析框架) Teaching Design (主要教学方法) • Instructing • Case study • Group Discussion in the class • Invite French student to join discussion (邀请法国留学生Brigitte参加案例讨论,她在 “巴黎Disney”工作过 Opening case(开篇案例) : Disney in France |案例讨论题 | |1.What assumptions did Disney make about the tastes and preferences of French consumers? Which of these assumptions were | |correct? Which were not? ...
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...Connecticut. This article received the Holmes-Cardozo Award for Outstanding Submitted Conference Paper as well as the Ralph J. Bunche Best Paper Award at the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, August 2007. Our thanks for comments and support go to Jayashree Watal, Peter Yu, Douglas Lippoldt, and the other participants at the University of Connecticut’s Center for International Business Education and Research Conference, ‘‘The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation, Knowledge Diffusion, and Foreign Direct Investment in the Global Economy,’’ Storrs, CT, May 2007. Additional thanks to Anthony Kwasnica and Larry Cata-Backer for helpful comments. nn Associate Professor of Business Law, Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University. My research was supported by funding from the 2007 Smeal Competitive Research Grants Program. 1 The term ‘‘compulsory license’’ can refer to any compelled relaxation of an intellectual property owner’s right to exclude in exchange for a licensee’s...
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...enterprises to run their strongly ordered activities. ------------------------------------------------- Generally, illicit activities of a conspiratorial group of criminals are known as Organized Crime (OC). Criminal actions are surreptitiously synchronized through a nexus or syndicate for making money. Structured in a pyramidal hierarchy, criminals employ violence and bribery in carrying out operations. Threats of grievous consequences are made to the targets for internal and external control in their connections. ------------------------------------------------- Among the numerous types of political crimes, secret killing, violent politics, campus violence and militant actions are salient in Bangladesh. Organized crime in arms, drugs, humans, cattle, and other commodities takes place with India and Myanmar. Organized financial crimes include public sector corruption, domestic and transnational bribery, money laundering and so on. Organized social crimes include extortion, fraud, robbery, abduction, theft, etc.2 ------------------------------------------------- 1. United Nations General...
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...Discovery in Labor Arbitration Laura J. Cooper University of Minnesota Law School, lcooper@umn.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.umn.edu/faculty_articles Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Laura J. Cooper, Discovery in Labor Arbitration, 72 Minn. L. Rev. 1281 (1988), available at http://scholarship.law.umn.edu/ faculty_articles/307. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Minnesota Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in the Faculty Scholarship collection by an authorized administrator of the Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact lenzx009@umn.edu. Discovery in Labor Arbitration Laura J.Cooper* The mere statement of the topic, discovery in labor arbitration, suggests a paradox. Is not the essence of the arbitration process an effort to avoid the procedural complexities that make litigation comparatively slow and costly? More than forty years ago, Learned Hand admonished a litigant distressed with the procedural failings of an arbitration proceeding: Arbitration may or may not be a desirable substitute for trials in courts; as to that the parties must decide in each instance. But when they have adopted it, they must be content with its informalities; they may not hedge it about with those procedural limitations which it is precisely its purpose to avoid. They must content themselves with looser approximations to the enforcement of their rights than those ...
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...Berkeley Journal of International Law Volume 26 | Issue 2 Article 5 2008 Corporate Governance as Social Responsibility: A Research Agenda Amiram Gill Recommended Citation Amiram Gill, Corporate Governance as Social Responsibility: A Research Agenda, 26 Berkeley J. Int'l Law. 452 (2008). Available at: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bjil/vol26/iss2/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals and Related Materials at Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Berkeley Journal of International Law by an authorized administrator of Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact jcera@law.berkeley.edu. Gill: Corporate Governance as Social Responsibility: A Research Agenda Corporate Governance as Social Responsibility: A Research Agenda By Amiram Gill* In the post-Enron years, corporate governance has shifted from its traditional focus on agency conflicts to address issues of ethics, accountability, transparency,and disclosure. Moreover, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has increasinglyfocused on corporate governance as a vehicle for incorporating social and environmental concerns into the business decision-making process, benefiting not only financial investors but also employees, consumers, and communities. Currently, corporate governance is being linked more and more with business practices and public policies that are stakeholder-friendly. This ...
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...Chapter 1 expanding abroad: motivations, means, and mentalities Case 1-1 Cameron Auto Parts * Alex Cameron got the family biz when graduated in 2001, when the American economy fell into a recession * History * Auto Pact, big three ship car parts between Canada & US, with tariff free * Cameron focus on small engine parts and auto accessories * Car Sales dropped in 2000, because declining North America and entry of Japanese * High pressure for modernization and cost reduction * Operational survival: cut workforce, overtime, part-time, subcontracting * Recovery and diversification * The short-term future seemed positive, but the popularity of Japanese car forced it to diversify * Working as an OEM Cameron did little to be innovative * Alex brought in a team of designers, concentrating on developing products with a wider ‘non-automotive’ market appeal * The first year no progress, Alex lured away a key engineer from the Canadian firm, and mid-2003, developed its own line of flexible couplings * Marketing the new product * Hired eight field sales representatives, stress product quality, service and speed of delivery, but not price. * Financing plant capacity * Increasing sales of flexible couplings required a new separate plant, but the financial position is not strong enough to support it * Foreign markets * Took a European Patent * A licensing opportunity ...
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...IBUS%3100%–%TEXTBOOK%NOTES% CHAPTER%1%–%GLOBALIZATION% WHAT%IS%GLOBALIZATION?% • Globalization:+ shift% towards% a% more% integrated% and% independent% world% economy% –% away% from% distinct% national% economic%units,%towards%one%huge%global%market% Merging%of%historically%distinct%and%separate%national%markets%into%one%huge%global%marketplace% Argument%–%tastes/preferences%of%consumers%in%different%nations%beginning%to%converge%to%some%global%norm%% Standardized%products%such%as%CocaTCola,%McDonald’s%and%iPods%help%create%a%global%market%% Significant%differences%still%exist%between%national%markets%along%many%dimensions,%i.e.%tastes/preferences,%distribution% channels,%value%and%business%systems,%and%legal%regulation% Most%global%markets%–%markets%for%industrial%goods%and%materials%that%serve%universal%need% Sourcing%of%goods/services%from%locations%around%the%globe%to%take%advantage%of%national%differences%in%cost%and%quality% of%factors%of%production%+ Aim%is%to%lower%overall%cost%structure%of%an%entity%and/or%improve%quality/functionality%of%product%offering%+ Impediments% to% global% production% include% –% formal/informal% barriers% to% trade,% barriers% to% foreign% direct% investment,% transportation%costs,%and%issues%associated%with%economic%+%political%risk+ Regulation,%management,%and%policing%of%global%marketplace%necessary%as%markets%globalize%further% General+Agreement+on+Tariffs+and+Trade+(GATT):+international%treaty%that%committed%signatories%to%lower%barriers%...
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...Center of Science and Education Globalization, Transnational Corporations and Human Rights – A New Paradigm Jennifer Westaway1 1 School of Business Law and Taxation, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Correspondence: Jennifer Westaway, School of Business Law and Taxation, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6957, Western Australia. Tel: 61-892-666-3945. E-mail: jennifer.westaway@cbs.curtin.edu.au Received: February 13, 2012 doi:10.5539/ilr.v1n1p63 Abstract The growth in power and influence of the transnational corporation under the forces of globalization has been touted as being one of the most significant developments both domestically and internationally. Changes to economic, political and financial barriers by many developing countries with the hope to attract international investment have seen the move by transnational corporations to exploit these opportunities. There are many who argue that the impact of transnational corporations has been positive, providing employment and income opportunities as well as country wealth. There are however, many who argue that the power and influence of the transnational corporation brings with it the ability to directly impact adversely on human rights and that as the transnational corporation operates outside human rights obligations assumed by each state pursuant to their status under international conventions, there needs to be a new human rights dialogue. This paper addresses the significance of the transnational corporation...
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...PROGRAM ON THE GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING Working Paper Series Population Dynamics in India and Implications for Economic Growth David E. Bloom January 2011 PGDA Working Paper No. 65 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/working.htm The views expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health. The Program on the Global Demography of Aging receives funding from the National Institute on Aging, Grant No. 1 P30 AG024409-06. 1 Population Dynamics in India and Implications for Economic Growth1 David E. Bloom Harvard School of Public Health January 2011 Keywords: Age structure China-India comparison Conditional convergence Demographic dividend Demographic transition Economic growth Economic growth in India Policy reform Population health Population of India Abstract Demographic change in India is opening up new economic opportunities. As in many countries, declining infant and child mortality helped to spark lower fertility, effectively resulting in a temporary baby boom. As this cohort moves into working ages, India finds itself with a potentially higher share of workers as compared with dependents. If working-age people can be productively employed, India’s economic growth stands to accelerate. Theoretical and empirical literature on the effect of demographics on labor supply, savings, and economic growth underpins this effort to understand and forecast economic growth in India. Policy choices...
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...EAS6211: Investing in East Asia (as 28 September 2015) Dr Harald CONRAD (Japan, Module Organizer) Dr ZHANG Zhong (China) MODULE OBJECTIVES: This module will introduce students to key theoretical issues relating to globalization, foreign direct investment and the activities of multinational corporations. The module will then consider in detail foreign direct investment, business culture, employment and human resource management, seen from the perspective of multinationals investing in Japan and China. The module will provide students with a well-rounded knowledge of the issues facing firms seeking to establish global networks and the managers within those firms charged with the task of running the overseas operations and managing workers in a different cultural context. The module will encourage students to think more deeply about the process of overseas investment and the challenges of managing and working in the global economy, thus equipping them with some of the key skills and knowledge required of managers in global firms. Dr Harald Conrad – Contact Details: 6/8 Shearwood Road, Room B-07 Ext: 28431 Email: h.conrad@sheffield.ac.uk Dr Zhang Zhong – Contact Details: 6/8 Shearwood Road, Room A-02 Ext: 28339 Email: zhong.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk The lecturers’ office hours will be posted on their office doors during Week 1 of Semester 1. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Regular attendance is required at all lectures and seminars; students should read the...
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...(now more commonly called the Affordable Care Act [ACA]) are fully implemented by 2014, approximately 32 million Americans who currently do not have health insurance coverage will be covered, and coverage will be more affordable for many millions more. The ACA makes vital improvements to health care access, quality, and services for millions of Americans with health and behavioral health needs. Social workers practice as part of health caretailing the factors necessitating health care reform in the United States. Second, it analyzes whether a constitutionally protected right to make personal health care decisions exists under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' Due Process Clauses. Finally, the article analyzes the susceptibility of government-sponsored health care-specifically proposals which include a public option-to due process challenges and makes suggestions to avoid any potential fundamental rights violations. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] quirement to purchase health insurance. It also examines some recent Canadian constitutional law cases to anticipate possible future legal challenges to health care reform in the United States. INTRODUCTION The question of the reform of the American system of financing health care has, of course, recently been a central focus of debate in American politics. Because the author of this paper is something of a "political junkie" and keeping current on this issue seemed a desirable part of being a law professor at the current moment, I...
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...Company Profile and History Founded in the year 1985, MediTech Global (MTG) is a United States based limited liability company operating for the past 27 years specializing in the manufacturing and distribution of high end medical equipment to health care providers. It was founded in Boston Massachusetts, where the current head office of the company is located. It operates in United States, Canada, London and China. Manufacturing plants are based in the United States and China and it operates as joint ventures and foreign direct investments the other countries. MTG ventured into the medical equipment industry with a sole intention of providing durable, affordable medical equipment for growing needs of medical attention of the United States and the world. The company has, since grown tremendously and has started producing different kinds of medical equipment ranging from everyday usage equipment, diagnostic equipment, and therapeutic usage equipment to life saving equipment. MTG currently employs around 5000 employees all over the world that includes technical personnel, researchers, factory workers and executives. The company has grown to be the third largest medical equipment manufacturer and provider in the United States with annual sales of $2.5 billion dollars. Currently the company acquires 15% (8% from China and 7% from China) of its revenue from international sales and looks forward to doubling that to 30% and increasing overall growth by 20%. Management Bios Perdita...
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...25-29 amongst host countries in 2010 10 Figure 3: Monthly Wage Levels in Asia (US$) 15 Figure 4: Vietnam’s Private Sector Minimum Wage, 2008-2014, and 2015-2020 (est) 16 Figure 5: Global competitive Index 17 Figure 6: Main competitors of Vietnam in attracting foreign investment 18 List of tables Table 1: Regulatory Quality – Worldwide governance indicatiors (Percentage Rank (0-100) ). 6 Table 2:Vietnam's workforce by ecnomic component and by economic sectors,1990-2010 10 Table 3: Facts of Vietnam 2012 13 Table 4: Foreign equity ownership indexes (100 = full foreign ownership allowed) 14 Table 5: Corruption Percentage Index 2012 20 Table 6: Indicators of starting a foreign business 21 Table 7: Indicators of the right to lease land 22 Table 8: Comparison in Investment promotion in some countries 23 ABSTRACT Developing...
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...7 Balance of Payments 7.1 Global Economic Review The global economy was facing two major threats at the start of FY13: the possible demise of the Euro, and a big fiscal contraction in the US, caused by the ‘fiscal cliff’.1 However, timely policy actions were taken to address these issues. In the EU, for instance, Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) were launched to lower the long-term yields on sovereign bonds; there was a restructuring deal of Greek public debt; and the agreement on Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) was reached, to help restore confidence in the viability of the European Union.2 Similarly in the US, a partial extension of Bush tax cuts was given under the American Taxpayer Relief Act 2012 (ATRA), to eliminate the revenue side of the fiscal cliff.3 Although these policy measures were able to restore some business confidence, these were, nonetheless, insufficient to pace up the economic recovery (Figure 7.1). In the EU, growth was constrained by fiscal consolidation; deleveraging; and tight credit conditions to repair balance sheets by financial institutions and households. In the US, growth remained lackluster throughout 2012 and early 2013, despite a pick-up in credit and housing following the launch of the third round of quantitative easing (QE3) in September 2012.4 Figure 7.1: Global GDP Growth World Emerging economies 8 6 percent Advanced economies 4 2 0 2011Q1 2011Q2 2011Q3 2011Q4 2012Q1 2012Q2 2012Q3 2012Q4 2013Q1 Source: World Economic...
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...consecutive year of 5% or higher comparable store sales growth, prompting its founder and chairman, Howard Schultz, to declare: “I think we’ve demonstrated that we are close to a recessionproof product.”1 Day, however, was not feeling nearly as sanguine, in part because Starbucks’ most recent market research had revealed some unexpected findings. “We’ve always taken great pride in our retail service,” said Day, “but according to the data, we’re not always meeting our customers’ expectations in the area of customer satisfaction.” As a result of these concerns, Day and her associates had come up with a plan to invest an additional $40 million annually in the company’s 4,500 stores, which would allow each store to add the equivalent of 20 hours of labor a week. “The idea is to improve speed-of-service and thereby increase customer satisfaction,” said Day. In two days, Day was due to make a final recommendation to both Schultz and Orin Smith, Starbucks’ CEO, about whether the company should move forward with the plan. “The investment is the EPS [earnings per share] equivalent of almost seven cents a share,” said Day. In preparation for...
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