International Management: Cases and Exercises Book

Ch. 1	Developing global consciousness: Competitiveness and culture
	A way of getting at American values	1
	"As if ..." exercise	5
	Cultural Stereotypes	7
	Dimensions of national culture and effective leadership patterns: Hofstede revisited	10
	Alcot Sato Machine Tool Company (Japan, Germany and Russia)	16
	Cultural constraints in management theories	21
	Global corporate competition: Is the large American firm an endangered species?	28
	Summary of the theory of competitive advantage	40
Ch. 2	Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity
	Chinese, Indian, and American values	45
	Understanding Japan: A series of exercises	48
	The East-West game (Emperor's pot)	54
	Critical incidents in cross-cultural understanding	61
	An exercise in international negotiations	65
	Lao Bao's (China)	69
	Duo Tsai Paint Company (China)	71
	International negotiations case: When cultures collide (Switzerland)	73
	Insights into international negotiations	75
	A linkage between Confucianism and the Chinese family firm in the Republic of China	78
	A Miss Manners guide to doing business in Europe	84
Ch. 3	Ethics
	Bribery in international business	93
	Chicago Medical Supplies Corporation: Explaining sales in India	97
	A different situation: Maintaining sales in Japan	102
	H.B. Fuller in Honduras: Street children and substance abuse - when there is no answer but "no"	105
	The globalization of business ethics: Why America remains distinctive	118
	The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Revisited and amended	125
Ch. 4	Human resource management
	Ellen Moore in Bahrain	135
	Comrade's dilemma: From communism to free enterprise	147
	Management education and employee training at Moscow McDonald's	151
	The International Orientation Scale	159
	Entry shock, culture shock: Socializing the new breed of global managers	168
	Executive compensation in the international arena: Back to the basics	178
Ch. 5	Managing a diverse workforce
	Northern Industries (United States)	191
	Women in management around the world	193
	Valentina on the verge: A case of a Russian woman's career choice	196
	Women managers in the former USSR: A case of "too much equality"?	202
	Women: World-class managers for global competition	215
Ch. 6	Multinational parent-subsidiary and joint venture relationships
	Getting along with parents: A look at subsidiary relations	227
	Rough times at Nomura (Japan)	229
	Misr Acrylic and American Standard (Egypt)	237
	Ferox manufactured products (Czech Republic)	241
	Joint ventures in Hungary: Key success factors (includes three case studies)	255
	The Japanese manager's traumatic entry into the United States: Understanding the American-Japanese cultural divide	274
Ch. 7	Strategy
	Saab-Scania's niche strategy: International management in the American automotive environment (Sweden)	287
	Formulating a strategy for a merchandising firm in Malaysia	294
	KNP, N.V. (Holland)	301
	Critical incidents in international strategy	311
	Global strategy, competence-building, and strategic alliances	314
	Great strategy or great strategy implementation - two ways of competing in global markets	326
Ch. 8	Financial and political risk
	The wave that shook the world: An exercise in global interdependency	333
	Textiles in the Sudan: Financial and political problems faced by developing nations	335
	GOMEP: A manager's day in a developing country (Dominican Republic)	344
	Belco Petroleum (Peru)	353
	Hondo River Enterprises (Belize)	355
	What executives should know about political risk	358
	Managers' views on potential investment opportunities	364
	Competitiveness and the "global capital shortage"	371
Ch. 9	European and North American integration
	Cadbury Schweppes, PLC (UK)	379
	Mr. Jax Fashions Inc. (Canada)	388
	The Mexican automobile industry and the North American Free Trade Agreement	404
	Strategic alliances: Gateway to the new Europe?	414
	NAFTA strategies for Canadian manufacturers	418
	NAFTA: The fight and the facts	428
	Epilogue: The future
	Management in the year 2200	435
	App. a Comrade's dilemma - Chapter 4	441
	App. b Understanding Japan - Chapter 2	456
	App. c H.B. Fuller - Chapter 3