scholarly journals Research on the reflection of cultural dimensions in international business

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Edita Leonavičienė ◽  
Aurelija Burinskienė
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Cultural Dimensions

scholarly journals Playing Global Monopoly in Cement: The Globalization of CEMEX

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Mark William Cawman ◽  
Patricia Fine-Skalnik
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Multinational Corporation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Political Implications

This research article is intended for use as a classroom case study with questions for discussion in International Business. This research analyzes CEMEX and their strategy for globalization. CEMEX is a Mexico founded building materials company that operates in more than fifty countries and maintains trade relationships in over one-hundred nations. In addition to CEMEX creating an international business, CEMEX embraces core values including ethics, integrity, and environmental sustainability. The literature review in this study, documents how CEMEX overcame cultural and political implications, and significant risk to become a significant multinational corporation. The topical focus and purpose of this research is to explore CEMEX critically as a specimen company representing cross-cultural and international business growth. The analysis includes the utilization of the Hofstede Cultural Dimensions framework and the PESTLEEG analysis.

scholarly journals Playing Global Monopoly in Cement: The Globalization of CEMEX

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Mark William Cawman ◽  
Patricia Fine-Skalnik
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Multinational Corporation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Political Implications

This research article is intended for use as a classroom case study with questions for discussion in International Business. This research analyzes CEMEX and their strategy for globalization. CEMEX is a Mexico founded building materials company that operates in more than fifty countries and maintains trade relationships in over one-hundred nations. In addition to CEMEX creating an international business, CEMEX embraces core values including ethics, integrity, and environmental sustainability. The literature review in this study, documents how CEMEX overcame cultural and political implications, and significant risk to become a significant multinational corporation. The topical focus and purpose of this research is to explore CEMEX critically as a specimen company representing cross-cultural and international business growth. The analysis includes the utilization of the Hofstede Cultural Dimensions framework and the PESTLEEG analysis.

EXPRESS: Geometrical Measurement of Cultural Differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 1069031X2110184
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Messner
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Simulation ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
International Business ◽  
Mahalanobis Distance ◽  
Distance Measure ◽  
Weight Vector ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Export Marketing ◽  
Geometrical Difference

Differences and similarities between countries, regions, and cultures lie at the core of international business, and they are often measured in the form of a distance index originally proposed by Kogut and Singh. Because research results using this index are ambivalent, critical observers have challenged the concept, and proposed partial remedies in the form of a standardized Euclidean or Mahalanobis distance measure. This article suggests a different avenue, construes culture as a weight vector based on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, and specifies a geometrical difference measurement using the angle of heterogeneity between two such vectors. Its performance is assessed using a mathematical simulation and an empirical example from the field of export marketing, which considers the effect of culture on bilateral export flows.

scholarly journals Cultural Differences in Interaction Goals between Malaysia-China Business Negotiations

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
Soo Hoo Pin Lick ◽  
Hassan Abu Bakar
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Business Negotiation ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Business Negotiations ◽  
Interaction Goals

As the world is getting more globalized due to digital world, cross-cultural business negotiation is getting more in demand and challenging compared to those days where most business involved mostly in domestic business negotiations. With such situations and environments, cultural intelligence is important to be learned. As many Chinese and Malaysian companies seeking the role as importer-exporter, international business negotiation skills and cultural awareness are much needed skills to meet the interaction goals of both parties. A lack of cultural awareness will lead to miscommunication and rejection from the other party during negotiations. The participants in this studies involve Chinese and Malaysians who are involved in real negotiation world. This paper used GLOBE model to compare the cultural dimensions between Malaysians and Chinese business negotiators. Questionnaires were sent by emails and through WeChat Apps to the participants who are based in China and Malaysia. Based on analysis, we found that between Chinese and Malaysian business negotiators, cultural norms influence the interaction goals between the two groups. As to the future research, we suggest that future research be directed towards developing theories and also focus on the application of GLOBE model in different research fields across different cultures, such as halal business management, digital marketing and business entrepreneurship. This study has contributed in enriching the knowledge on international business negotiations between Malaysia and China business literature context. On practical implication, this study has strengthen the negotiators’ knowledge on cultural norms of both Malaysians and Chinese in order to build better relationships with their business partners

Comparative Cross Cultural Study of Indian Managers' Perspectives On Doing International Business in Bedouin And Guanxi Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
International Business ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
International Expansion ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Chinese Business ◽  
Doing Business

The purpose of this research article is to comparatively study Indian firms' international cultural challenges of doing business in Bedouin and Chinese business cultures. In this research, the author based on in-depth exploratory qualitative personal interview with 22 Indian international business experts and explores the cultural nuances of international business operations. Specifically, the author content analyses and prepare a comparative analysis (similarities and dissimilarities) of Indian business culture with Bedouin and Chinese business culture. This article thus contributes to international business strategy (IBS) literature centric to Indian firms from a cultural dimension. Comparative analysis on Trompenaar's cultural dimensions, Hofstede's cultural dimensions, CAGE distances and EPRG aspects highlight the challenges of doing business for Indian business managers in Bedouin and Chinese business culture. This would help Indian business managers to take steps to improve international business expansion in China and The Gulf countries. This is one of the first comparative analysis of Indian firms' international expansion difficulties in Bedouin and Chinese business culture.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study on the Predictability of Export Behavior using Culture as a Guide

Ekonomika ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audra I. Mockaitis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
International Business ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Export Behavior ◽  
Baltic Countries ◽  
Hofstede’S Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Variable ◽  
The Baltic

This paper discusses the cultural variable of international business through a comparison of the cultural values of three Baltic countries, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland. Scores on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions for these and other countries are utilized in measuring the “cultural distance” between the Baltic countries and their main export partners. The intent of the paper is to test the appropriateness of the concept for predicting export behavior. Although the study is exploratory, it is seen that cultural distance plays a slight role in country export behavior.

scholarly journals Dimensions of Culture in Cross-Border Business Linkages

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-125
Author(s):  
Sarah Keck
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Cultural Bias ◽  
Monetary Value ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Impact ◽  
National Borders

Several macroeconomic measures of linkages across numerous national borders are used to explore the impact of cultural distance on international business linkages. Greater distances between Hofstede's (1980) cultural dimensions are associated with lower total monetary value of several linkages, especially for power distance and individuality. The work here suggests there is cultural bias or constraint in choosing destinations of cross-border linkages. Implications of that bias include costs associated with firms that venture outside established paths.

scholarly journals CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATION BETWEEN PETROVIETNAM GAS AND SOLAR TURBINES INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
AISDL
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business Negotiation ◽  
Business Partnership ◽  
Hofstede’S Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Negotiation Processes ◽  
Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Different Cultures

Cultural dimensions constitute the broadest influence on the international business. The international business representatives from different countries when preparing for a business Partnership or the transactions often are analyzing traditions, differences, and properties of other countries. Businesses in order to facilitate business process are trying to adjust to the peculiarities of the other party. In order to achieve this can be analyzed cultural dimensions which can convey the essential incompatibilities between the parties. Analyzing incompatibilities between different cultures there can be used the analysis of Hofstede's cultural dimensions. This can be very useful in the design of international business negotiation processes because it can convey the differences between the different cultural dimensions among the negotiating parties.

scholarly journals Culture in international business research

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Portugal Ferreira ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Nuno Rosa Reis ◽  
Fernando Ribeiro Serra
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Bibliometric Method ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
International Business Research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conduct a study on the articles published in the four top international business (IB) journals to examine how four cultural models and concepts – Hofstede’s (1980), Hall’s (1976), Trompenaars’s (1993) and Project GLOBE’s (House et al., 2004) – have been used in the extant published IB research. National cultures and cultural differences provide a crucial component of the context of IB research. Design/methodology – This is a bibliometric study on the articles published in four IB journals over the period from 1976 to 2010, examining a sample of 517 articles using citations and co-citation matrices. Findings – Examining this sample revealed interesting patterns of the connections across the studies. Hofstede’s (1980) and House et al.’s (2004) research on the cultural dimensions are the most cited and hold ties to a large variety of IB research. These findings point to a number of research avenues to deepen the understanding on how firms may handle different national cultures in the geographies they operate. Research limitations – Two main limitations are faced, one associated to the bibliometric method, citations and co-citations analyses and other to the delimitation of our sample to only four IB journals, albeit top-ranked. Originality/value – The paper focuses on the main cultural models used in IB research permitting to better understand how culture has been used in IB research, over an extended period.

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