For centuries‚ ancient astronomers supported the geocentric theory‚ the belief that a motionless Earth was the center of the universe and all the other planets and sun were orbiting around it in circular paths. However‚ as studies of the heavens continued‚ this theory grew increasingly unsatisfactory and
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Europe may have had. With this advantage and his many observational instruments‚ he collected much data about the stars and the planets. He concluded‚ like other astronomers‚ that all planets revolve around the sun. BUT to pacify the ardent Christian geocentric theorists‚ Brahe said that while the planets make an orbit around the sun‚ they then make a simultaneous loop around the earth. This way‚ the earth is still special but it was also acceptable to admit what really happens in space. Through the aforementioned
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social factors. ZARA collects information about its customers via staff members‚ by different observations and also directly from the buyers. Since ZARA is a centralized brand it focuses on the global trends‚ though it has decided to move towards geocentric orientation and started to adopt local solutions‚ too. It is also seen that the income factor is one of the biggest determinants as the brand has relatively high prices. However‚ it provides value to customers; still not every social class could
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of finding Uranus was that it was the first planet discovered since the beginning of recorded history. Up to that point‚ it was only believed that Mercury‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ Jupiter and Saturn were the only planets (Earth withstanding because of the Geocentric beliefs of the time period). How did the discoverer(s) rely on the work of
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1 Organizational control and combination is maintained and facilitated. The need to maintain good communication‚ coordination and control links with corporate headquarters. Especially for the firms at starting stage of internationalization‚ an ethnocentric approach can reduce the perceived risk. Example: when the MNCs open a new foreign market‚ the trust person from parent country can reduce concerns and risks from foreign activities. 2 Promising managers are given international experience The
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INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS B. Sebastian Reiche & Anne-Wil Harzing Version September 2008 Published in A.-W.K. Harzing‚ & A. Pinnington (Eds.)‚ International Human Resource Management (3rd ed.). London: Sage. Copyright © 2007-2010 Sebastian Reiche and Anne-Wil Harzing. All rights reserved. B. Sebastian Reiche‚ PhD Assistant Professor IESE Business School Department of Managing People in Organizations Ave. Pearson‚ 21 Barcelona 08034‚ Spain Tel: +34 93 602 4491 Fax: +34 93 253 4343 E-mail:
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Midterm Revision Strategic International Marketing Chapter 1 Reason for ’International Marketing’ International marketing is defined as "the process of planning and undertaking transactions across national boundaries that involve..."EXCHANGE" WTO (World Trade Organization) is an international agency which encourages trade between member nations‚ administers global trade agreements and resolves disputes when they arise The predecessor of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was: General
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FUNCTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Paolo Carlucci Atanas Atanasov Aneta Cholevová Content FUNCTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1 THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS 2 The Growth of International Business 2 HR and the International Business Challenge 3 How Intercountry Differences Affect HRM 4 IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS THROUGH SELECTION 5 Why International Assignments Fail 5 International Staffing: Sources of Managers 5 International
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article: Ethnocentrism is‚ according to Bennett‚ “the assumption that one’s own culture is central to all reality”. To move “away” from this‚ he suggests three “Ethnocentric pitfalls” to overcome (Denial‚ Defence‚ and Minimisation) and then three “Ethnorelative approaches” (Acceptance‚ Adaptation‚ and Integration) to achieve this: “Ethnocentric pitfalls” I. Denial A denial of difference is the purest form of ethnocentrism. Even in the face of seemingly obvious differences in human behaviour associated
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individualistic vs collectivist‚ ethnocentric and eurocentrism. These are examples of Theoritical Bias. Individualistic is a term used by psychologists to describe alot of western cultures where a culture emphasises the importance of an indivudal wheras collectivist cultures (who are more specifically eastern societies) emphasise the importance of the group. Evaluate this as being too oversimplistic and ignoring individual and culturral differences. Ethnocentric bias occurs when the views of one’s
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