Business Diplomats for the 21st Century

Authors

  • S. M. Jameel Hasan

Keywords:

Cross-cultural study, globalization, competitive advantage, strategy

Abstract

This paper will provide many informative, illuminating, and illustrative examples of cross-cultural misunderstanding that cost literally hundreds of millions of dollars of busines to their rivals who are more culturally and cross-culturally nimble and savvy, enjoying a competitive sustainable advantage in the market place. The paper will examine the feasibility and applicability of two practical models - useful to all supervisory and managerial personnel from the foreman of the plant to the chairman of the board - to minimize cultural clumsiness in the global busines context of the 21st century - driven by the economic forves of liberalization, marketization, privatization, and the information revolution that drove democratization and globalization of the flow and content of information.

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Published

2010-12-14

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010)

Section

ABR Journal Articles

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