The Sources of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Individuals & the Environment Doctoral Research Paper 2 of 5 Nikolina Fuduric Doctoral Supervisor: Professor Anne Lorentzen February 2008 Department of Planning and Development Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark 1.0 INTRODUCTION No extensive empirical study on the sources of entrepreneurial opportunities included the individual, the environment and the individual’s start-up activities in a post-socialist periphery
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may also have negative and positive aspects. Hofstede (1980) looked for global differences between over 100,000 of IBM's employees in 50 different countries and three regions of the world, in an attempt to find aspects of culture that might influence business behavior. He suggested about cultural differences existing in regions and nations, and the importance of international awareness and multiculturalism for the own cultural introspection. Cultural differences reflect differences in thinking and
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Applied Cross Cultural Management Course Code: INTL 3350 [A] Date: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 Page 0 of 12 Image Credits: http://www.almrsal.com/post/122253/detroit-resources A Naï Sahib in India ve Weiting Xu INTRODUCTION Dear Executive Board of Aspen Automative, In the report enclosed, I have gone through an exhaustive review of the new acquisition between Aspen Automative (Aspen) and Bindi Break Company (Bindi) involving Managing Director, Brian Moseley, and Bindi‟s management
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Amazon is one of the largest online retailers in the world and was one of the first to sell goods over the internet. The effects of economic, cultural, trade environment and political and legal factors have varying influences upon Amazon’s international marketing mix. The economic impacts of market characteristics and competition are vital information for the growth of Amazon. Internet retailing industry will continue to see positive growth and expand. The online retailer industry sales increased
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Hofstede’s ideas: Values of Morocco and Spain: Hofstede recently identified five variables on which he has claimed that country cultures, even those with considerable diversity, can be compared. For the case of today, I have chosen to take Morocco and Spain as main target samples. Why? Simply because even though they are few miles apart, there cultural diversity makes them different and special. Let’s see first the 5D model of Morocco and Spain’s dimensions: Comments: After analyzing the
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LEADERSHIP ACROSS CULTURES: THE ROLE OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE Dr. Alexi Matveev College of Staten Island New York, NY, USA Dr. Elena Lvina Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada Abstract New theoretical frameworks are needed to better understand effective transformational leadership in different cultural contexts. In this article we illustrate the relationship between transformational leadership and the cross-cultural communication competence frame. We show how
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LEADERSHIP ACROSS CULTURES: THE ROLE OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE Dr. Alexi Matveev College of Staten Island New York, NY, USA Dr. Elena Lvina Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada Abstract New theoretical frameworks are needed to better understand effective transformational leadership in different cultural contexts. In this article we illustrate the relationship between transformational leadership and the cross-cultural communication competence frame. We show how
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Norges Handelshøyskole Bergen, Spring 2011 Master Thesis within the main profile of International Business Thesis Advisor: Professor Svein Ulset Title: International Modes of Entry Subtitle: The Case of Disney By, Carlos Gonzalez Hernandez This thesis was written as a part of the master program at NHH. Neither the institution, the supervisor, nor the censors are -through the approval of this thesis- responsible for neither the theories and methods used, nor results and conclusions drawn in this
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Assignment 1: Global Business Today – The Hofstede Study Professor David Holness MKT505011VA016-1146-001 International Marketing 7-23-2013 As companies compete for the consumers’ loyalty and purchasing power, much research must go into determining if a product will succeed or fail in its given target market area. Azure Tea Company has experienced continuous growth in their respective market region, and because the focus of the brand will cater to almost any age group, it is just a matter
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order fulfilment manager with the Seattle based company „Western Novality“. As they outsource their office to Gharapuri, India Mr Anderson has to travel there and train his replacement. During the film there are a lot of misunderstanding concerning cultural differences. As the film goes on Mr Anderson starts to accept the Indian culture and the Indian worker engage more in the American culture. In this paper I am introducing two scenes from the film that hold misunderstanding and analyse and explain
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