The Russian Capitalist Experiment



Management International: Cases, Exercises and Readings

Marcic, Dorothy and Puffer, Sheila.

St. Paul, MN: West, 1994,460 pp.

Contents

List of Contributors

1. Developing global consciousness: Competitiveness and culture

Cases and Exercises:

- A way of getting at American values: exercise

- “ As if….” Exercise: exercise

- Cultural Stereotypes: exercise

- Dimensions of national culture and effective leadership patterns: exercise

- Alcot Sato Machine Tool Company: case

Readings:

- Cultural constraints in management theories

- Global corporate competition

- Adaptation from Michael Porter

2. Cross Cultural awareness and sensitivity

Cases and Exercises:

- Chinese, Indian and American values: exercise

- Understanding Japan: exercise

- The East-West game: exercise

- Critical incidents in cross-cultural understanding: exercise

- An exercise in international negotiations: exercise

- Lao Bao’s: case

- Duo Tsai Paint company: case

- International negotiations case: When cultures collide: case

Readings:

- Insights into international negotiations

- A linkage between Confucianism and Chinese family firm in the republic of China.

- A miss manners guide to doing business in Europe.

3. Ethics

Cases and Exercises:

- Bribery in international business: exercise

- Chicago Medical supplies Corporation: Explaining Sales in India: case

- A different situation: Maintaining sales in Japan: case

- H.B.Fuller in Honduras: case

Readings:

- The globalization of business ethics

- The foreign Corrupt practices Act

4. Human resource management

Cases and Exercises:

- Ellen Moore in Bahrain: case

- Comrade’s dilemma: From communism to free enterprise: exercise

- Management education and employee training at Moscow McDonald’s: case

- The international orientation scale: exercise and case

Readings:

- Entry shock, Culture shock

- Executive compensation in the international arena

5. Managing a diverse workforce

Cases and Exercises:

- Northern industries (US): case

- Women in management around the world: exercise

- Valentina on the verge: case

Readings:

- Women mangers in the USSR

- Women: world class managers for global competition

6. Multinational parent-subsidiary and joint ventures relationships

Cases and Exercises:

- Getting along with parents: exercise

- Rough times at Nomura: case

- Misr Acrylic and American Standard: case

- Ferox manufactured products: case

Readings:

- Joint ventures in Hungary

- The Japanese managers traumatic entry in US

7. Strategy

Cases and Exercises:

- Saab-Scania’s niche strategy: case

- Formulating strategy for a merchandising firm in Malaysia: case

- KNP, N.V. (Holland): case

- Critical incidents in international strategy: exercise

Readings:

- Global strategy, competence building and strategic alliances

- Great strategy or great strategy implementation: 2 ways of competing in global markets

8. Financial and political risk

Cases and Exercises:

- The wave that shook the world: exercise

- Textiles in Sudan: case

- GOMEP: A mangers day in a developing country ( Dominican Republic): case

- Belco Petroleum: case

- Hondo River Enterprises: case

Readings:

- What executives should know about political risks

- Managers views on potential investment opportunities

- Compettiveness and the “global capital shortage”

9. European and North American integration

Cases and Exercises:

- Cadbury Schweppes, PLC: case

- Mr. Jax Fashions Inc. (Canada): case

- The Mexican automobile industry and NAFTA: case

Readings:

- Strategic alliances: Gateway to the new Europe

- NAFTA strategies for Canadian manufacturers

- NAFTA: The fight and the facts

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