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Megatrends in World Cultures and Globalization
Journal of International Management 10 (2004) 515 – 518
Call for papers Megatrends in World Cultures and Globalization DEADLINE: December 31, 2004 One of the most significant challenges confronting global corporations is understanding the emerging issues in an increasingly interconnected and culturally complex world. Western concepts of international business assume that globalization proceeds without substantial hurdles. Although economic, political, social, and legal barriers are discussed in textbooks in international business, marketing, and management, emerging trends in world cultures has not received the attention it deserves. Prominent historians observed that, while the world might converge in terms of consumption values, there are persistent differences in cultural values reflected in some of the megatrends that are emerging. It has been suggested that non-Westerners might bite into the dMagna MacT, but it does not guarantee that they will accept the Western values as reflected in the Magna Carta. The focus of this special issue is to examine the various trends in world cultures and their significance for globalization. We encourage submission of papers along the following lines: 1. 2. 3.
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Major trends in the processes of cultural convergence and divergence in the new millennium and their implications for globalization. Role of technology and knowledge management in inducing uniform or divergent management practices. Beneficial and adverse effects of globalization on creating cultural shifts in different national contexts. Such shifts could be examined in terms of emergent issues in global marketing, strategy, and management. The role of multinational and global corporations in proactively discerning the major global culture trends. The evolution of the global mindset in multinational and transnational corporations in dealing with the intricacies and effects of cultural shifts on globalization.
The papers may be either theoretical or empirical. The papers should focus on increasing our understanding of the diverse effects of world cultures on globalization processes.
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Call for papers
The papers should conform to the style guide of the Journal of International Management and should be around 30 to 35 pages in length (double spaced). The deadline for submission of the paper is December 31, 2004. For additional information regarding submission, please contact: Dr. Rabi S. Bhagat Special Issue Editor Professor of Management Fogelman College of Business and Economics University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 Email: [email protected] doi:10.1016/j.intman.2004.08.005
Special issue: micro-politics and conflicts in multinational corporations DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: January 31, 2005 Guest Editors: Christoph Dfrrenb7cher, Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany, Mike Geppert, Center for Business Management, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom Papers are invited for a special issue of the Journal of International Management to be published sometime in Winter 2005/Spring 2006. Traditional research on multinational corporations (MNCs) has focused on strategies and structures of globally operating organizations in dealing with certain environmental characteristics, generally portrayed as the globalization of markets and competition. Other research has looked at the political or economic output of these organizations and analyzes their problem-solving capacity or profitability. However, emanating from comparative institutionalism there is a new look at the intertwining of the different contextual realities within the MNC which goes beyond traditional structuralist approaches and opens the door to alternative, more inward looking and process oriented, perspectives focusing on micropolitics, power and conflicts. The objective of the proposed Special Issue is to give a voice to studies providing an integrated view of the multifaceted perspectives that evolve from the different rationalities of actors. In the core of the papers should be questions such as: who are the key actors, what are their interests and micro-political strategies to resist, negotiate and influence decisionmaking in MNCs. The editors would like to invite papers from a wide range of areas, such as international management, organization studies, human resource management, industrial relations and socio-economics, applying both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
Call for papers Megatrends in World Cultures and Globalization DEADLINE: December 31, 2004 One of the most significant challenges confronting global corporations is understanding the emerging issues in an increasingly interconnected and culturally complex world. Western concepts of international business assume that globalization proceeds without substantial hurdles. Although economic, political, social, and legal barriers are discussed in textbooks in international business, marketing, and management, emerging trends in world cultures has not received the attention it deserves. Prominent historians observed that, while the world might converge in terms of consumption values, there are persistent differences in cultural values reflected in some of the megatrends that are emerging. It has been suggested that non-Westerners might bite into the dMagna MacT, but it does not guarantee that they will accept the Western values as reflected in the Magna Carta. The focus of this special issue is to examine the various trends in world cultures and their significance for globalization. We encourage submission of papers along the following lines: 1. 2. 3.
4. 5.
Major trends in the processes of cultural convergence and divergence in the new millennium and their implications for globalization. Role of technology and knowledge management in inducing uniform or divergent management practices. Beneficial and adverse effects of globalization on creating cultural shifts in different national contexts. Such shifts could be examined in terms of emergent issues in global marketing, strategy, and management. The role of multinational and global corporations in proactively discerning the major global culture trends. The evolution of the global mindset in multinational and transnational corporations in dealing with the intricacies and effects of cultural shifts on globalization.
The papers may be either theoretical or empirical. The papers should focus on increasing our understanding of the diverse effects of world cultures on globalization processes.
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Call for papers
The papers should conform to the style guide of the Journal of International Management and should be around 30 to 35 pages in length (double spaced). The deadline for submission of the paper is December 31, 2004. For additional information regarding submission, please contact: Dr. Rabi S. Bhagat Special Issue Editor Professor of Management Fogelman College of Business and Economics University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 Email: [email protected] doi:10.1016/j.intman.2004.08.005
Special issue: micro-politics and conflicts in multinational corporations DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: January 31, 2005 Guest Editors: Christoph Dfrrenb7cher, Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany, Mike Geppert, Center for Business Management, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom Papers are invited for a special issue of the Journal of International Management to be published sometime in Winter 2005/Spring 2006. Traditional research on multinational corporations (MNCs) has focused on strategies and structures of globally operating organizations in dealing with certain environmental characteristics, generally portrayed as the globalization of markets and competition. Other research has looked at the political or economic output of these organizations and analyzes their problem-solving capacity or profitability. However, emanating from comparative institutionalism there is a new look at the intertwining of the different contextual realities within the MNC which goes beyond traditional structuralist approaches and opens the door to alternative, more inward looking and process oriented, perspectives focusing on micropolitics, power and conflicts. The objective of the proposed Special Issue is to give a voice to studies providing an integrated view of the multifaceted perspectives that evolve from the different rationalities of actors. In the core of the papers should be questions such as: who are the key actors, what are their interests and micro-political strategies to resist, negotiate and influence decisionmaking in MNCs. The editors would like to invite papers from a wide range of areas, such as international management, organization studies, human resource management, industrial relations and socio-economics, applying both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.