Cross-cultural economic management /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2009.
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Colección: | Global economic studies series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CROSS-CULTURALECONOMIC MANAGEMENT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPTS AND FACTS; 1.1. ETHNICITY; 1.2. LANGUAGE; Indo-European Phylum; Sino-Tibetan Phylum; Hamio-Semitic Phylum; Caucasian Phylum; Ural-Altaic Phylum; Finno-Ugric Phylum; Dravidian Phylum; Nilo-Saharan Phylum; Niger-Congo Phylum; Khoisan Phylum; Paleo-Siberian Phylum; Austro-Asiatic Phylum; Austronesian Phylum; Other Phylums; 1.3. RELIGION; 1.4. SUMMARY; CULTURE AND ECONOMICS; 2.1. A WORLD OF ECONOMIES; 2.2. CULTURES AND CULTURE AREAS; 2.3. CULTURAL DIVISION OF ECONOMIES; 2.4. DATA AND METHODOLOGY.
- 2.4.1. Estimating Multicultural Data2.4.2. Tips in Methodology for Comparative Analysis; (i) 'Patterns of Development' Analysis; (ii) In-Depth Case Studies; (iii) Large-Sample Case Studies; (iv) Analytic Narrative Approach; (v) Multivariate Statistical Analysis; (vi) Qualitative Comparative Analysis; (vii) Combining Quantitative and Quantitative Approaches; 2.5. SUMMARY; CROSS-CULTURAL ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES; 3.1. VALUES AND RULES; 3.2. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS; 3.3. WEALTH AND DISTRIBUTION; 3.4. CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; 3.5. MARKETING STRATEGY; 3.6 SUMMARY.
- MULTICULTURAL ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT AND POLICY4.1. HISTORICAL REVIEW; 4.2. A MODEL OF MULTICULTURAL ECONOMIES; Proposition 1; Proof; Proposition 2; Proof; Proposition 3; Proof; Proposition 4; Proof; 4.3. MULTICULTURAL RISKS AND CHALLENGES; Case Study 1; Case Study 2; Case Study 3; Case Study 4; 4.4. MULTICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES; Case Study 1; Case Study 2; Case Study 3; Case Study 4; 4.5. SUMMARY; MANAGING CULTURALAND ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES; 5.1. LITERATURE REVIEW; 5.1.1. Macroeconomic Effects of Cultural Diversity; 5.1.2. Macroeconomic Effects of Income Inequality; 5.2. AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK.
- 5.3. DIVERSITY AND INEQUALITY INDEXES5.3.1. Cultural Diversity Indexes; 5.3.2. Economic Difference Indexes; 5.4. A MODEL OF GROWTH IN CULTURALLY DIVERSE ECONOMIES; 5.5. INTEGRATING ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL POLICIES; 5.6. SUMMARY; DOING BUSINESS ACROSS CULTURES; 6.1. A CRITIQUE OF THEORIES ON TRADE; 6.2. CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON FOREIGN TRADE; 6.3. A GRAVITY MODEL; 6.4. CULTURAL SIMILARITY INDEX; 6.5. EVIDENCE FROM EAST ASIA; 6.6. SUMMARY; CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; 7.1. GLOBALIZATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY; 7.2. HOW CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICTS OCCUR.
- Hypothesis 1. Conflicts Grow with Respect to Resource Scarcityand Population GrowthHypothesis 2. Conflicts Occur More Frequently in Areas with LessDeveloped Political and Legal Systems; Hypothesis 3. Conflicts Occur More Frequently in Areas with DifferentPolitical Systems and Development Strategies; Hypothesis 4. Conflicts Occur Less Frequently in Areas with Higher AverageIncome Levels and in Areas with Lower Income Inequalities; Hypothesis 5. Conflicts Tend to be Less Serious between CulturallyHomogeneous Areas than Between Culturally Heterogeneous Areas.