Includes bibliographical references.

Globalization and human resources management: managing the diverse workforce in global organizations / Yasemin Bal, Serdar Bozkurt -- International diversity management: examples from the USA, South Africa, and Norway / Joana Vassilopoulou, Jose Pascal Da Rocha, Cathrine Seierstad, Kurt April, Mustafa Ozbilgin -- Business intelligence solutions for decision-making in global organizations / Yasemin Bal, Mert Bal -- Foreign market entry mode choice: internal and external perspectives / Ho Yin Wong -- Measuring the effects of advertising polysemy on branding / Ulysses J. Brown, Anshu Saxena Arora, Amit Arora -- Exploring the use of performance measurements in Arab manufacturing firms / Ahmed B. Abdel-Maksoud -- Making agile development and offshoring practice successful on global software development project / Edward Chen -- A synthesis of globalisation, business culture and e-business adoption in vietnam / Huong Le, Fung K. Koo, Jason Sargent -- optimizing international joint venture (ijv) ownership structures: a technology and knowledge transfer-linked productivity growth perspective / Alexander Wollenberg -- Promoting global virtual teams across the globe: cross-cultural challenges and synergies / Norhayati Zakaria, Ghadeer Al Safi -- Industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology: the roles and purposes of I/O practitioners in global businesses / Ben Tran -- Towards an integrated approach for leading and managing transcultural virtual teams / M. Reza Hosseini, Nicholas Chileshe -- The role of market orientation in internationalization of SMEs / Rosmeriany Nahan-Suomela, Satu Lautam�aki -- The role of culture in developing disruptive innovation in domestic firms / Birton J. Cowden, Morris Kalliny -- Work-groups conflict at PetroTech-Italy, S.R.L.: the influence of culture on conflict dynamics / Angelo Camillo, Loredana Di Pietro, Francesca Di Virgilio, Massimo Franco -- Knowledge management and its challenges in global business / Harish C. Chandan -- Culture and websites interaction: issues and perspectives / Ramazan Nacar, Sebnem Burnaz, Nimet Uray -- Qualitative research: ex cultura / M. Gordon Hunter -- The effects of culture on planning and technology in the internationalisation of Medell�in's SMEs / Luis Bustamante -- Evaluating UK intra-national outsourcing to North Staffordshire / Anthony S. Atkins, Bernadette Sharp, Lyn Atkins -- Managerial communication in the global cross-cultural context / Angelo Camillo, Loredana Di Pietro -- Local embeddedness and expatriates' effectiveness for knowledge transfer within MNCs: a cultural perspective / Fiona Xiaoying Ji, Mary L. Connerley -- Networking through cultures: communicative strategies in transnational research teams / Oxana Karnaukhova -- Cultural influence on global assessment of higher education service quality: the case of Central Queensland University, Australia / Parves Sultan, Ho Yin Wong -- Quality management: an evolutionary cross-cultural perspective / Alessandra Vecchi, Louis Brennan -- Tourism e-booking and 'e-purchasing': changes in a 5-year period / Nata�sa Slak Valek, Eva Podov�sovnik Axelsson -- Entry strategies and distribution channels of Italian SMEs in the Chinese market / Patrizia de Luca, Donata Vianelli, Fabio Claudio Marzano -- A comparative analysis of functionalities of Salesforce.com, mySAP.com, and SiebelCRM / Vandana Ahuja.

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