From Marketing Education in a Developing Country to a U.S. Master's and/or Doctoral Degree in Marketing

2018 ◽  
pp. 850-859
Author(s):  
Matt Elbeck
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Perception Of Time ◽  
The U.S

This chapter outlines the pathway to advanced marketing education by students in a developing country. We begin by contrasting the similarities and differences in undergraduate marketing education in Saudi Arabia versus the U.S. The analysis includes the typical markers of language and access to secondary sources, and culture-specific differences in the perception of time and various cultural influences using Hofstede's cultural dimensions. This is followed with a description of the pathway students from Saudi Arabia take to pursue a Master's and/or Doctorate in marketing in the U.S. The chapter concludes with the unique insight - unlike a sizeable number of foreign students in the U.S., most students from Saudi Arabia return to Saudi Arabia and in so doing stem the ‘brain drain' so many other countries face when their brightest head to the U.S. for advanced study.

From Marketing Education in a Developing Country to a U.S. Master's and/or Doctoral Degree in Marketing

2016 ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Matt Elbeck
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Perception Of Time ◽  
The U.S

This chapter outlines the pathway to advanced marketing education by students in a developing country. We begin by contrasting the similarities and differences in undergraduate marketing education in Saudi Arabia versus the U.S. The analysis includes the typical markers of language and access to secondary sources, and culture-specific differences in the perception of time and various cultural influences using Hofstede's cultural dimensions. This is followed with a description of the pathway students from Saudi Arabia take to pursue a Master's and/or Doctorate in marketing in the U.S. The chapter concludes with the unique insight - unlike a sizeable number of foreign students in the U.S., most students from Saudi Arabia return to Saudi Arabia and in so doing stem the ‘brain drain' so many other countries face when their brightest head to the U.S. for advanced study.

First Insights on Peruvian Luxury Consumers

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 699-712
Author(s):  
Anne-Flore Maman Larraufie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Strong Potential ◽  
Analytic Process ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Peru is an emerging country showing strong potential for future luxury developments. It already holds luxury regular consumers, mainly in the Lima capital. However, it is currently approached in a standardized process by luxury firms, following what is done in other emerging markets for luxury. To be efficient, it is necessary to get more knowledge about Peruvian consumers. This is what this article aims at. After reviewing the historical background of the country along with its cultural dimensions, we present results from a two-stage analytic process based on data collected from secondary sources and interviews with consumers. We derive from that practical recommendations for luxury managers and propose some research questions and hypotheses to be further explored and tested.

scholarly journals Social and International Identity of Students’ Personality in the Globalized World: Vietnamese Students’ Experience

Upravlenie ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Куликова ◽  
O. Kulikova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Communications Networks ◽  
Interview Research ◽  
Social Communications ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
International Identity ◽  
Globalized World

This paper is based on the results of studying in Moscow higher educational institutions Vietnamese students’ depth interview. Research is devoted to how students from other countries build their identification, attracting their social communications networks. This research results allow understand how foreign students face and cross cultural distinctions to define new prospects of identity that gives them a chance to perform special social roles and increase their national and heritage identity. This paper suggests that international educational programs originators consider cultural diversity, recognizing social and cultural influences as defining factors in foreign students’ learning and everyday life, to make the curriculum and use pedagogical methods which give a chance to foreign students to develop self-knowledge, openness and citizenship.

Introduction

The Hijaz ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Malik R. Dahlan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
International Law ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Archival Theory ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Broad Overview

Provides a broad overview of the centrality of The Hijaz as well as Saudi Arabia and the Holy Land today. It explains why The Hijaz is relevant as Islamic statecraft, collective identity and statesmanship. It deals directly with methodology of the research and the problems of historiography and the encounters with international law. It provides an extensive treatment of statehood by explaining the negotiation between crucial ideas of the Westphalian nation-state and the Islamic worldview of the state and the caliphate. It maps out in detail the scope and value of modern literature and secondary sources and provides an extensive section on archival theory and literature review of The Hijaz. As a precursor for this “hidden narrative,” the study traces the origins of Islamic statehood over a thousand years back to find the “idealized state” in the venture of Islam- The Hijaz.

Factors Affecting Attitudes Towards Broadband Adoption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2011 ◽  
pp. 380-393
Author(s):  
Vishanth Weerakkody
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Slow Progress ◽  
Survey Approach ◽  
Main Influence

Utilizing a survey approach, this research set out to explore the reasons for the slow progress in broadband adoption and investigates the factors that may be affecting the adoption of broadband by KSA consumers. Particular emphasis was placed on individual-level factors such as social and cultural influences. The key findings were that the factors with the main influence on attitude towards adoption of broadband were: (1) usefulness, (2) service quality, (3) age, (4) usage, (5) type of connection, and (6) type of accommodation. Contrary to prediction, although socio-cultural factors such as regulation through filtration of broadband were found to have no significant influence on the adoption of broadband, consumers were aware and largely did not like the regulation. The chapter also provides a discussion on research implications, limitations, and future directions.

Arab Americans: Migration, Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elias T. Nigem
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
National Average ◽  
Arab Americans ◽  
Socioeconomic Characteristics ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Migration History ◽  
The Status ◽  
Recent Group ◽  
The U.S

This article examines the status of Arab Americans in the United States in light of their migration history and selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Using the “Ancestry question” to define this group, and data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census and other secondary sources, the findings indicate that Arab Americans, although a recent group, share similar migratory forces with other emigrant groups. However, they are above the national average in terms of socioeconomic status. Also, there appears to be a difference with respect to socioeconomic and demographic characteristics between those of single- and multiple-ancestry groups.

Does national culture influence management's accounting behaviour and strategy? – an empirical analysis of European IFRS adopters

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Reisch
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Legal Enforcement ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Strategy Variables

PurposeThis study examines, in a European context, whether a management-induced International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting strategy is affected by national culture. It analyses the association between management's accounting strategy and Hofstede's cultural dimensions of individualism and uncertainty avoidance, as well as institutional and firm-specific factors.Design/methodology/approachUsing hand-collected accounting decisions from 301 annual reports of firms from 14 European countries in 2017, a model is developed to identify two ordinally scaled accounting strategy variables, each representing the aggregated effect of the decisions on earnings and equity ratio. Afterwards, the effect of the cultural dimensions on these accounting-strategy variables is analysed by an ordered logistic regression.FindingsThe results do not support an association between management's accounting strategy and national culture, complementing the previous critical literature on values-based theories of culture. However, there is evidence that national legal enforcement, disclosure requirements and firm size explain differences in management's accounting strategy across countries.Research limitations/implicationsUsing the cultural value dimensions of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) project, the findings are robust and stable. However, the study is limited to a European data set and the sample year.Practical implicationsThis study contributes to the discussion on the transparency and comparability of IFRS accounting. The results imply that these issues are not affected by cultural differences but rather by differences in institutional and firm-specific factors. In order to bring about improvements, regulators should establish a uniform institutional setting, while the standard setter should reduce the number of implicit and explicit accounting choices embodied in the IFRS.Originality/valueThe paper advances the understanding of cultural influences on management's IFRS accounting behaviour by providing an alternative to the existing accruals approach.

scholarly journals Nepal-China-India: Prospects and Challenges of Trilateralism

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Bhim Nath Baral
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
International System ◽  
Geographical Proximity ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Competition And Cooperation ◽  
China And India ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Power

Competition and cooperation are the major characters of international system. China and India exactly are in the same position. They are in the race of being global power. They have very bitter experience of relation in the past as both countries fought the war in 1962 and several issues are still unsolved. However, time has come to be global players which is impossible without the support of immediate neighbors. Nepal, though is a small land- locked developing country, is located in strategically important place. A stable and prosperous Nepal can contribute to healthy relation between China and India. In spite of some issues of controversies, there is prospect of trilateral cooperation because of geographical proximity, culture, civilization, trade, investment, transportation tourism and similar other factors. This accounts to the need of joining hands and developing trilateral cooperation. So, this article aims to access the prospects and challenges of trilateralism between China, India and Nepal. The data required are obtained from secondary sources and are descriptive and analytical.

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