scholarly journals Are the Chinese in Africa more innovative than the Africans ? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants‘ Cultures of Innovation

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Kohnert
Keyword(s):  
Max Weber ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Migrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Migration Transnationale ◽  
Innovative Culture ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Innovative Capacity ◽  
Cette Question

ABSTRACt & RÉSUMÉ : The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from established African entrepreneurs. Whether the Chinese have a competitive edge over Africans because of distinctive sociocultural traits or whether the Chineseʹs supposed effectiveness is just a characteristic feature of any trading diaspora is open to question. This comparative exploratory study of Chinese and Nigerian entrepreneurial migrants in Ghana and Benin provides initial answers to these questions. Apparently, the cultural stimuli for migrant drivers of change are not restricted to inherited value systems and religions, such as a Protestant ethic or Confucianism. Rather, they are continually adapted and invented anew by transnational migration networks in a globalized world. There is no evidence of the supposed superiority of the innovative culture of Chinese entrepreneurial migrants versus that of African entrepreneurial migrants. Instead, there exist trading diasporas which have a generally enhanced innovative capacity vis-àvis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the national culture in which they are embedded. In addition, the rivalry of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in African markets does not necessarily lead to the often suspected cut-throat competition. Often the actions of each group are complementary and mutual benefiting to those of the other. Under certain conditions they even contribute to poverty alleviation in the host country. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RÉSUMÉ: [Les Chinois en Afrique sont-ils plus innovants que les Africains? Comparaison des cultures d'innovation des migrants entrepreneurs chinois et nigérians] L'afflux remarquable des entrepreneurs migrants chinois en Afrique de l'Ouest a été heurté à la résistance croissante de la part des entrepreneurs africains établis. Que les premiers ont un avantage concurrentiel sur ce dernier en raison des traits culturelles distinctifs ou que la prétendue efficacité des Chinois est simplement une caractéristique de toute diaspora commercial est ouvert à la question. Cette étude comparative exploratoire de migrants entrepreneuriales chinois et nigérians au Ghana et au Bénin offre des premières réponses à cette question. Apparemment, les stimuli culturels des migrants pilotes du changement ne sont pas limités à des systèmes des valeurs hérité ou à des valeurs religieuses, comme l’éthique protestante (Max Weber) ou le confucianisme. Plutôt, ils sont continuellement adaptés et inventés de nouveau par les réseaux de la migration transnationale dans un monde globalisé. Il n'y a aucune preuve de la prétendue supériorité de la culture d'innovation des migrants chinois par rapport à celle des migrants africains entrepreneurials. Plutôt, il existe des diasporas commerciaux qui ont une capacité d'innovation renforcée en générale vis-à-vis des entrepreneurs locaux, indépendamment de la culture nationale dans laquelle ils sont intégrés. En outre, la rivalité des entrepreneurs migrants chinois et nigérians dans les marchés africains ne conduit pas nécessairement à la concurrence coupe-gorge souvent soupçonnée. Souvent, les actions de chaque groupe sont complémentaires créant un bénéfice mutuel. Sous certaines conditions, cette situation peut même contribuer à une réduction de la pauvreté dans le pays d'accueil.

Blurred Lines between Competitive Intelligence and Corporate Espionage

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Harish C. Chandan
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Weakest Link ◽  
Business Conditions ◽  
Globalized World

In today's globalized world, gathering Competitive Intelligence (CI) and using it strategically to gain a competitive edge has become a necessity. Integrating knowledge management and CI helps firms to respond quickly to changing business conditions. Organizational culture, ethics, and emotional intelligence influence knowledge sharing which enhances CI scanning. Employees, knowingly or unknowingly, can become the weakest link in a firm's efforts to protect business intelligence. There is reluctance in the organizations to address the issues of ethical and legal means to gather CI. Corporate espionage is a silent, enigmatic threat to the competitive position of firms and nations. Annual losses to corporate espionage are estimated to be US$300 Billion. A 3-step strategy of prevention, detection, and remediation helps to combat corporate espionage.

scholarly journals BOOK REVIEW Book Author: Kathleen Stein-Smith. Book title: The U.S. Foreign Language Deficit: Strategies for Maintaining a Competitive Edge in a Globalized World. Year of Publication: (2016). Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. Book pages: 123 pp. Book ISBN 978-3-319-34158-3

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Forough Rahimi ◽  
Gholam Shahisavandi
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Book Title ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Teaching Language ◽  
Language Deficit ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The U.S

Kathleen Stein-Smith’s The U.S. Foreign Language Deficit: Strategies for Maintaining a Competitive Edge in a Globalized World is an attempt to outline a comprehensive and organized model for one of the recent trends in the field of teaching language and the importance of language.

scholarly journals Investigating the Impact of Mobile Application on Learning Among Teachers Based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Naveed Saif ◽  
Irfan Ullah Khan ◽  
Gul Andaz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Learning Capabilities ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Advanced Tool

Mobile learning and digital communication are known as the most advanced tool to get competitive edge over other in the current globalized world. The current research study tries to investigate the adaptation of mobile acceptance model among teachers in District Bannu. Researchers try to investigate the teachers' attitude, performance and learning capabilities with the usage of mobile technology. Target population of the study is 2000 newly recruited teachers, while sample size of 220 was drawn based on the approach of (Sekran, 2004) known population. Data was analyzed through SPSS statistical procedure. Results depict that all the variables having significant association. However, teacher performance shows 51% increase in their knowledge due to Mobile application to their studies. Based on the findings it is concluded that performance and mobile application to education can further enhance the capabilities of teachers.

scholarly journals International Business Strategy in Selling Korean Pop Music: A Case Study of SM Entertainment

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Annisa Pratamasari
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Globalized World

In this paper, I argue that some entertainment companies of South Korea offer a distinctive business strategy in this globalized world; thus, they can widen their market share, increase profits, and sharpen their competitive edge. SM Entertainment,which is one of the Hallyu Wave pioneers in music industry, has showed its distinct way to succeed in the currently saturated market of idol groups in South Korea. Choosing Hallyu Wave from international business perspective as the main topic of this writing was due to its increasing importance in music industry and its growing influence in South Korean government policies. Therefore, I shall descriptively address the strategies formulated by SM Entertainment to compete in the domestic and international music industry from its way to groom their idol groups to its way to ‘sell’ them.This paper offers some business strategies of SM Entertainment of which some other companies could learn from; namely the distinct traineeship system, successful B2C strategy, and profitable B2B cooperation.

scholarly journals WE ARE ALL HERE TO STAY? INDIGENEITY, MIGRATION, AND ‘DECOLONIZING’ THE TREATY RIGHT TO BE HERE

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Legal Traditions ◽  
Migration Transnationale ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines issues of transnational migration in the settler-colonial context of Canada.  First, I review some of the recent debates about foregrounding Indigeneity and decolonization in anti-racist thought and work, especially in relation to critical and anti-racist approaches to migration.  The article then moves from this debate to the question of ‘our right to be here’, the relationship of this right to the treaties, and how migrant rights and treaty relations perspectives might interact in a context that must be informed by Indigenous laws and legal traditions. Le présent article se penche sur les questions liées à la migration transnationale dans le contexte du colonialisme de peuplement du Canada. Premièrement, j’examine certains des débats récents sur le traitement prioritaire de l’indigénéité et de la décolonisation dans la pensée antiraciste et les travaux de lutte contre le racisme, notamment par rapport aux approches critiques et antiracistes à la migration. L’article aborde ensuite la question de « notre droit d’être ici », la relation entre ce droit et les traités, ainsi que la façon dont les perspectives sur les droits des migrants et les rapports fondés sur des traités pourraient interagir dans un contexte éclairé par des lois et des traditions juridiques indigènes.

Transnational habitus: Educational, bilingual and biliteracy practices of Chinese sojourner families in the U.S.

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Chao ◽  
Xiufang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
English Only ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
One Year ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The U.S

Grounded in the perspectives of language socialization and transnational habitus, this one-year ethnographic case study explores two middle-class Chinese sojourner families’ educational, bilingual and biliterate practices after their arrival in the U.S. It addresses the process that their middle childhood children experienced, from the excitement of the new English-speaking environment to linguistic and social isolation, to their adaptation to the environment and, finally, to transnational uplift. The families’ transnational practices throughout the four phases are shaped by their economic, educational and sociocultural dispositions that link together their country of origin and the U.S. They tend to cross national borders in language, literacy and education as well as to circulate glocalized English–Chinese biliteracy. This study reveals the disjunction between the families’ “imagined world” of the U.S. and the reality of a language barrier and ideological conflicts underpinned in an English-only society. The families’ transnational migration is an educational practice with access to their children’s “imagined world”. This study suggests that ESL learning should be considered as a socialization practice, which is tied to and structured by transnational fields in today’s globalized world.

Culture From a Value Systems Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 208-237
Author(s):  
Cheryl Marie Cordeiro ◽  
Geir Sogn-Grundvåg
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Cultural Heterogeneity ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
A Value ◽  
Interdisciplinary Projects ◽  
Globalized World

International interdisciplinary projects (IDR) are a microcosm of multicultural landscapes. Through a culture theories perspective, in particular, viewing culture as a system of explicitly and implicitly coded values, this chapter conveys the processes and results of a study that investigates and uncovers the management strategies of an IDR project, CATCH. The study of culture from a value systems approach enables a more subtle and nuanced approach to the analysis and framing of cultural heterogeneity in the context of an IDR project, beyond the often dichotomous, cultural dimensions construct. Due to the multiple actors in an IDR project, the example of CATCH illustrates a more nuanced view of cultural filters that arise from each academic discipline. Using the culture as value systems perspective, this chapter shows how multicultural landscapes and different resulting knowledges can be leveraged towards an integrated worldview when solving challenges in a globalized world with limited resources.

scholarly journals Kultura gospodarcza cywilizacji zachodniej – jej istota, sprzeczności i znaczenie dla rozwoju w skali globalnej

1970 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 233-252
Author(s):  
Michał A. Michalski
Keyword(s):  
Max Weber ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Economic Culture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cultural Contradictions ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The Impact

The article presents an analysis of economic culture of the Western civilization in the context of its current shape and condition. Although this topic has already been chosen as the subject of research in the past, in this paper the stress is put on those aspects that do not seem to be very popular. To look at the uniqueness of the Western civilization in the context of a globalized world may seem incorrect to some extent, but in our opinion it is still necessary if we want to explore and to discover the sources of unprecedented growth and development that not only the West have benefited from. The article thereby contributes to the field of the research of the impact of culture on the socioeconomic order. The paper therefore seeks to offer an explanation of the specific path that the Western civilization has followed, because it is important in the context of the future dilemmas of global society, which needs to find solutions to its different challenges and problems. Besides discussing the contribution of such recognized authors as Max Weber and Peter L. Berger, the article analyses the role of mediating structures (with special reference to the family) and cultural contradictions which seriously influence the shape and condition of the West these days.

scholarly journals CONSTELAÇÕES PÓS-NACIONAIS E A QUESTÃO DA INTEGRAÇÃO SOCIAL

Caderno CRH ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (85) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emil Albert Sobottka
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
New Members ◽  
Intégration Sociale ◽  
Migration Transnationale ◽  
The Given

<p>A preservação da identidade cultural coletiva, em sua tensão com a integração de novos membros, foi objeto de discussão entre Taylor e Habermas em seus textos sobre política de reconhecimento. Para ambos, a ideia de nação deixou de ter força agregadora suficiente em estados modernos. Face à diversidade fática, surge a dupla pergunta: o que pode manter a unidade de uma comunidade política nas atuais sociedades e como novos membros podem ser nela integrados? O texto trata dessa questão, reconstruindo aquele debate e as alternativas propostas pelos dois autores, levando em consideração tanto a crescente individualização das formas de vida como a migração transnacional.</p><p><strong>POST-NATIONAL CONSTELLATIONS AND THE QUESTION OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION </strong></p><p>The preservation of collective cultural identity in tension with the integration of new members was the topic of a discussion between Taylor and Habermas in their texts on recognition policy. For both the idea of nation per se no longer has enough aggregating force in modern states. Faced with factual diversity, two questions arise: What could help to maintain the unity of the political community in the given society? And second, how can new members be socially integrated? The text addresses these questions, reconstructing that debate and the alternatives proposed by the two authors, taking into account both the increasing individualization of life forms and transnational migration.</p><p>Keywords: Recognition. Migrations. Social integration. Citizenship.</p><p><strong>LES CONSTELLATIONS POST-NATIONALES ET LA QUESTION DE L’INTÉGRATION SOCIALE </strong></p><p>La préservation de l’identité culturelle collective dans sa tension avec l’intégration de nouveaux membres, a été un objet des discussions entre Taylor et Habermas dans leurs textes sur les politiques de reconnaissance. Pour les deux auteurs, l’idée de nation n’a plus assez de force d’agrégation dans les États modernes. Face à la diversité des faits, se posent deux questions: qu’est-ce qui peut maintenir l’unité d’une communauté politique dans les sociétés d’aujourd’hui? Comment peut-on y intégrer de nouveaux membres? Le texte aborde ces questions en reconstruisant le débat et les alternatives proposées par les deux auteurs en tenant compte à la fois de l’individualisation croissante des formes de vie et de la migration transnationale.</p><p>Mots-clés: Reconnaissance. Migrations. Intégration sociale. Citoyenneté.</p>

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