Comparative International Management

Arndt Sorge was François Sellier Professor of International Management, University of Groningen, and Director at the Science Centre Berlin for Social Research, 2006–11. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Potsdam. His work involved international comparisons of work, organization, human resources and technology, in the Netherlands, Germany, Britain, and France. Niels Noorderhaven is Professor emeritus of International Management at Tilburg University, and visiting professor at the University of Antwerp, LUISS University Rome, and Zhejiang University in China. His work focuses on issues of international interactions between firms, including alliances, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Carla Koen is Professor of Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at TIAS School for Business and Society, Tilburg, Netherlands. She is a member of the Sounding Board Value Creation and Earning Power of the TKI Agri and Food, the Netherlands. Her work focuses on the intersection of sustainability and innovation.

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

About the authors

General introduction

1 The approaches in comparative international management

2 National cultures and management – the etic approach

3 National cultures and management – the emic approach

4 Institutional diversity and management

5 Combining approaches

6 Corporate governance

7 Operations management

8 Human resource management and employment relations

9 National innovation systems

10 Multinational corporations: structural, cultural and strategic issues

11 Globalization: interdependencies, harmonization and societal specificity

Index