Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal: Volume 5 Issue 3

Culture as an explanatory variable for the Japanese innovative processes

Paul Herbig, Lawrence Jacobs

Explores the influence of Japan’s culture on its innovative strengths and weaknesses. Indicates that Japan is good at evolutionary and process innovation but not so hot on…

Cultural classifications of societies and how they affect cross‐cultural management

Carl A. Rodrigues

Describes cultural classifications of societies, based on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, to form a basis of managerial styles which expatriate managers, in particular, can use as…

Negotiating with Chinese: a cultural perspective

Paul Herbig, Drew Martin

Talks about the cultural aspects of negotiating in China and compares this with Western approaches. Focuses on cultural factors (and the dominant role of Confucianism), followed…