Cross-cultural management (What do I know?)

Author: Qiao Teng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: How do multinational corporations of developed countries expand globally? How does Japan make its products enter Western and European markets? Can the cultural gap between the East and the West be bridged? This book integrates dozens of classic papers from the field of management studies around the world, featuring numerous compelling cases and insightful perspectives, making it a rare gem in cross-cultural management. The purpose of this book is to introduce a simplified view derived from the complexity of interactions among various cultures, primarily emphasizing the influence of different national cultures on management behavior. Subsequently, it naturally needs to be combined with other changing contextual variables. The world-famous "Je sais quoi?" series is a popular encyclopedic knowledge series compiled and published by the Presses Universitaires de France since 1941. Over more than half a century, with the continuous development of scientific knowledge, the scope of topics in the series has expanded, and the content has been constantly updated, covering all fields of social sciences, natural sciences, and various aspects of human life. Since the authors of the series are all renowned experts and scholars in their respective fields, each book is written in an accessible yet profound manner, blending knowledge with interest. To date, the series has published over 3,000 titles and has had a significant impact worldwide, translated into more than 40 languages. "Je sais quoi?" originally comes from a quote by the 16th-century French philosopher Montaigne, which not only illustrates the boundless nature of knowledge but also reflects the thirst for knowledge during the Renaissance. In 1941, France was in a critical period. The Presses Universitaires de France chose this phrase as the name of the series, publishing it not only to meet the needs of university teaching and student reading at the time of the war but also, undoubtedly, to promote knowledge, inspire people's enthusiasm for reading, and revitalize the French nation. Today, our country is in a new era of advancing toward modernization, and the entire nation is striving to build it into a prosperous and strong socialist country. We believe that selectively translating and publishing this series will also play its due role for us.