Assessment Finland Jeffrey Amley Baker College Bus 401: International Business Dr. Frank Bucaria May 03‚ 2013 Thesis The information provided in this paper will help us prepare an analysis of the risk issues that might be found in introducing the product into the specific country‚ utilizing the theories and concepts in the course material. We will be successful in achieving this by discussing the method of product entry. For this Paper I have chosen Finland as the country
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always influenced by someone‚ or group’s people‚ the U.S. and Finland do not escape this aspect either‚ however there are differences in their political persuasions. The U.S. has a multiple groups of people that help sway legislation of schools‚ Democrats‚ Republicans‚ teacher unions‚ and other groups. Just as we have such educational policy like No Child Left Behind‚ Finland also has certain policy that they adhere to. Before Finland was an educational leader they decided to borrow policy in order
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American vs. Finland Education In different continents the value of education is placed differently. Americans sets high standards for their nation‚ but do not set their educational value to where they are placed highly in international standards. Finland is a country that deeply believes in the rule of equality‚ so no one is better than each other. Finland’s educational system is the most different from all other educational system in the entire world. Every kids wants to move to Finland because
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Degree of identification with your organization McNeil’s Version of Hofstede (McNeill‚ 2007) Process vs. Results Employee vs. Job Parochial vs. Professional Open vs. Closed System Loose vs. Tight Control Normative vs. Pragmatic Trompenaars/Hampden-Turner’s Seven Orientations (Mind Tools) Universalism vs. Particularism Individualism vs. Communitarianism Specific vs. Diffuse Neutral vs. Emotional Achievement vs. Ascription Sequential vs. Synchronous Time Internal vs. Outer
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References: Hofstede‚ G. (1991) Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. McGraw-Hill‚ Maidenhead‚ Berks. Trompenaars‚ F and Hampden-Turner‚ C. (1997) Riding the Waves of Culture. Nicholas Brealey Publishing‚ London.
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This essay aims to explore benefits and disadvantages for managers to use sophisticated stereotypes. Stereotypes provide international managers an advantage of ‘first guess’ about cultural behaviors in countries and organizations so that they can develop appropriate strategies to cope with cross-cultural problems. However‚ it causes three drawbacks. If stereotyping is judging a group of people on the basis of theoretical concepts‚ it will be called ‘sophisticated stereotyping’ (Osland and Bird‚ 2000)
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There are a lot of definitions of culture‚ we can name some: “That complex whole which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ arts‚ morals‚ law‚ custom‚ and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” (Edward Tyler -1871). It could say too that culture involves two main human activities‚ what people think and what people do. Also culture is a symbolic of communication and style of this communication‚ which is socially transmitted or socially learning‚ so‚ it became in a
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Entering the 19th century‚ Finland was a part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Then‚ in 1809 it became a Grand Duchy under Russian rule‚ and finally‚ after periods of both greater and lesser degrees of independence‚ it becoming an independent country in 1917. Finland initially joined Sweden in the 13th century and then remained under Swedish control for about 600 years. Then‚ in the Finnish War of 1809‚ Russia captured Finland‚ which lead to Finland becoming a Grand Duchy in the Russian empire. During
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May 2010 Table of content Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………..3 Chinese and Western culture………………………………………………………..4 Using Geert Hosftede‚ theory analyze………………………………………………5 Professor Trompenaars’ model analysis…………………………………..………...12 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...15References……………………………………………………...……………………16 Appendix………………………………………………………………………….....16 Abstract Cultural related business
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with each other as Finland is country that does not have many natural resources therefore needing to depend on other things. Provide a summary of economic indicators of each country (at least 4) Economic indicators are key statistics that indicate the direction of an economy such as one’s GDP growth rate (how much its economy is growing per year)‚ Inflation rate (the changes in price)‚ Unemployment rate (amount of adult population looking for work) and Interest Rate. Finland has a GDP growth rate
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