Cross-cultural economic management / Rongxing Guo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guo, Rongxing.

Series:

Global economic studies series.

Global economic studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Sociological aspects.

Economics.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title sets out to examine the economic effects of various cultural factors (including, but not limited to, ethnicity, language and religion), as well as to present a methodological framework for the management of cross-cultural economic activities that could be misinterpreted by existing economic theories.

Contents:

Intro

CROSS-CULTURALECONOMIC MANAGEMENT

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CONCEPTS AND FACTS

1.1. ETHNICITY

1.2. LANGUAGE

Indo-European Phylum

Sino-Tibetan Phylum

Hamio-Semitic Phylum

Caucasian Phylum

Ural-Altaic Phylum

Finno-Ugric Phylum

Dravidian Phylum

Nilo-Saharan Phylum

Niger-Congo Phylum

Khoisan Phylum

Paleo-Siberian Phylum

Austro-Asiatic Phylum

Austronesian Phylum

Other Phylums

1.3. RELIGION

1.4. SUMMARY

CULTURE AND ECONOMICS

2.1. A WORLD OF ECONOMIES

2.2. CULTURES AND CULTURE AREAS

2.3. CULTURAL DIVISION OF ECONOMIES

2.4. DATA AND METHODOLOGY

2.4.1. Estimating Multicultural Data

2.4.2. Tips in Methodology for Comparative Analysis

(i) 'Patterns of Development' Analysis

(ii) In-Depth Case Studies

(iii) Large-Sample Case Studies

(iv) Analytic Narrative Approach

(v) Multivariate Statistical Analysis

(vi) Qualitative Comparative Analysis

(vii) Combining Quantitative and Quantitative Approaches

2.5. SUMMARY

CROSS-CULTURAL ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES

3.1. VALUES AND RULES

3.2. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS

3.3. WEALTH AND DISTRIBUTION

3.4. CONSUMPTION PATTERNS

3.5. MARKETING STRATEGY

3.6 SUMMARY

MULTICULTURAL ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT AND POLICY

4.1. HISTORICAL REVIEW

4.2. A MODEL OF MULTICULTURAL ECONOMIES

Proposition 1

Proof

Proposition 2

Proposition 3

Proposition 4

4.3. MULTICULTURAL RISKS AND CHALLENGES

Case Study 1

Case Study 2

Case Study 3

Case Study 4

4.4. MULTICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES

4.5. SUMMARY

MANAGING CULTURALAND ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES

5.1. LITERATURE REVIEW

5.1.1. Macroeconomic Effects of Cultural Diversity

5.1.2. Macroeconomic Effects of Income Inequality.

5.2. AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

5.3. DIVERSITY AND INEQUALITY INDEXES

5.3.1. Cultural Diversity Indexes

5.3.2. Economic Difference Indexes

5.4. A MODEL OF GROWTH IN CULTURALLY DIVERSE ECONOMIES

5.5. INTEGRATING ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL POLICIES

5.6. SUMMARY

DOING BUSINESS ACROSS CULTURES

6.1. A CRITIQUE OF THEORIES ON TRADE

6.2. CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON FOREIGN TRADE

6.3. A GRAVITY MODEL

6.4. CULTURAL SIMILARITY INDEX

6.5. EVIDENCE FROM EAST ASIA

6.6. SUMMARY

CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

7.1. GLOBALIZATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

7.2. HOW CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICTS OCCUR

Hypothesis 1. Conflicts Grow with Respect to Resource Scarcityand Population Growth

Hypothesis 2. Conflicts Occur More Frequently in Areas with LessDeveloped Political and Legal Systems

Hypothesis 3. Conflicts Occur More Frequently in Areas with DifferentPolitical Systems and Development Strategies

Hypothesis 4. Conflicts Occur Less Frequently in Areas with Higher AverageIncome Levels and in Areas with Lower Income Inequalities

Hypothesis 5. Conflicts Tend to be Less Serious between CulturallyHomogeneous Areas than Between Culturally Heterogeneous Areas

Hypothesis 6. Conflicts Tend to be Less Tensional Between Cultures thatPrefer Passive Strategies than between Those that PreferConfrontational Strategies

7.3 CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION

7.4. A TACTICAL GUIDE TO GLOBAL LEADERS

7.4.1. Round Table Negotiation

7.4.2. Third-Party Mediation

7.4.3. Shelving Disputes Strategy

7.4.4. Neutral, Buffer and Demilitarized Zones

7.5. SUMMARY

APPENDIX 1. ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICSOF THE WORLD

APPENDIX 2. LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUSDIVERSITY INDEXES OF THE WORLD

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61324-324-3

OCLC:

733057083