September 8‚ 2012 from: http://www.cerdi.org/uploads/sfCmsContent/html/253/LI_Chen.pdf Pei‚ M Phillips‚ ME (1994). Industry Mindsets: Exploring the Cultures of Two Macro-organizational Settings’‚ Organization Science‚ vol. 5‚ no. 3‚ pp. 384-402. Trompenaars F.‚ & Hampden-Turner‚ C. (1998). Riding the waves of culture: Understanding diversity in global business (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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(Jackson & Kiersz‚ 2016) However‚ not only did students in Finland scored well but their students ranked world 5th in happiness level. More than 1 in 2 of the students reported life-satisfaction levels 9 or 10 out of 10. Fewer than 20% of the students other high-achieving countries reported similar satisfaction level
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Norway‚ Sweden‚ Denmark‚ Finland and Iceland are often referred as Nordic or Scandinavian countries. It is not only the geography uniting those countries. They share a common political and economic views. All Scandinavian countries are promoting high living standards‚ equal opportunities for all citizens‚ universal social services‚ a high level of trust and national solidarity. Those countries became well known in the whole word for their successful welfare state policy. For primary understanding
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Omnitel Pronto Italia Case Analysis Introduction Omnitel is a telecom company based in Italy‚ which had purchased the GSM license on Dec 1994. In a country where mobile phones are considered as a status symbol‚ Omnitel focuses on providing superior customer service and therby reducing churn rates. The company has a marketshare of 4% and is capable of giving Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM)‚ the market leader‚ a close run for their money. The vision of Omnitel is to position cellular phone in a manner
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The Educator ’s Room: http://theeducatorsroom.com/2012/09/the-exhaustion-of-the-american-teacher/ Partanen‚ A. (2011‚ December 29). What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland ’s School Success. Retrieved October 28‚ 2012‚ from The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/ Teal‚ A. (2009‚ Feb 9). 5 Reasons Why Standardized Tests Are Bad for Our Children. Retrieved October 28‚ 2012‚ from Yahoo.com: http://voices.yahoo
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July 2008‚ Nokia Corporation completed the acquisition of NAVTEQ Corporation‚ and Plazes‚ a privately owned start-up company. History The roots of Nokia go back to the year 1865 with the establishment of a forest industry enterprise in Nokia‚ Finland by mining engineer Fredrik Idestam. Elsewhere‚ the year 1898 witnessed the foundation of Finnish Rubber Works Ltd‚ and in 1912 Finnish Cable Works began operations. Gradually‚ the ownership of these three companies shifted into the hands of just a
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Survey (1992) – Embeddendness(鑲嵌) – (life come from social relation) vs Autonomy Intellectual Autonomy – creativity‚ phil. Argument Affective – ind. Postitive exp make ind feel gd (quality of life) Hierarchy vs Egalitarianism Mastery vs Harmony Trompenaars’ Dimensions of Culture (1993) – Universalism vs Particularism eg. Business contract (right or wrong) Ind. Vs Communitarianism = Collectivism Specificity vs Diffusion (How separate we keep private and working) Achievement vs Ascription(Prove to receive
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“CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES” By Lubomir Genov № 1223280 Presented to chief assistant professor Kiril Dimitrov‚ Ph.D Cross cultural issues in the European human resource management University of National and World Economy – Sofia‚ Bulgaria Nottingham Trent University – UK Great Britain & North Ireland Sofia‚ October 29‚ 2012 Contents Introduction The process of globalization‚ accompanied by the reduction of the obstacles in front of the free
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Critically evaluate the relevance of cross cultural management issues within international business and discuss why companies fail to underline the need for cross cultural understanding. Introduction In today’s world‚ culture is hard to ignore. It affects the way people dress‚ what they eat‚ what religion they follow and also the places they go. Culture is essentially a set of shared beliefs‚ social norms‚ organizational roles and inherited values (Lee‚ 2005) that affects everyday life in
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with their government in Finland‚ as any political instability such as a change in government or coalition may result in new laws being implemented‚ which will affect Nokia a lot Economical Nokia are vital to the Economy in Finland as it currently occupies a third of the market on the Helsinki stock exchange. The organisation is so important to the economy of Finland that the government had to step in when the business‚ earlier this year Nokia planned job cuts in Finland and with fears of what
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