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Walking the cultura...
Walking the cultural distance: in search of direction beyond friction
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- Drogendijk, Rian (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen,international business
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- Zander, Lena (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen,international business
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- Bingley (UK) : Emerald, 2010
- 2010
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: The Past, Present and Future of International Business and Management. - Bingley (UK) : Emerald. - 9780857240859 ; , s. 189-212
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Abstract
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- What we know is that the concept of cultural distance is frequently used, hotly debated and for many intuitively appealing. Suffering from a series of illusionary properties, it is argued to have outlived its usefulness. What we need to know is how to conceptualize the complexity of culture as a multi-dimensional, multi-level concept, taking context into account to measure quality rather than quantity (or distance). It is our ambition to do justice to the idea that cultural diversity not only leads to friction or problem creation, but also to enrichment and to generation of solutions. We discuss cultural conceptualizations and suggest cultural profiling and cultural positioning as alternative ways of comparing and contrasting critical cultural differences.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- cultural profile
- cultural positions
- cultural distance
- Business studies
- Företagsekonomi
- Business Studies
- Företagsekonomi
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