Heinz Josef TÜSELMANN Frank MCDONALD International Business Unit Metropolitan University The Business School Manchester UNITED KINGDOM   ABSTRACT: The article examines whether German multinational companies operating in Anglo – Saxon setting are exporting their country – of – origin emphasis on a collective approach to employee relations to their subsidiaries, or whether there is evidence […]

Janez PRASNIKAR Andreja CIRMAN Ajoša VALENTINCIC University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics Anuska FERLIGOJ University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences SLOVENIA ABSTRACT: Results to date do not entirely confirm the hypothesis that privatized enterprises in transition economies, including Slovenia, operate more efficiently than before privatization. Some of the factors influencing restructuration are: adverse economic […]

Maaja VADI University of Tartu School of Economics and Business Administration Tartu ESTONIA   ABSTRACT: John Berry, the well – known professor on the field of cultural studies, started his speech in Tartu on the 6th of May: Most countries are now culturally plural, with more than one ethnicity and language represented in their population […]

Norhayati ZAKARIA School of Management University Utara Malaysia Kedah MALAYSIA     ABSTRACT: In the first section, an introduction of trends in the formation of international joint venture and the underlying relevance of marriage metaphor are presented. Then, the next section highlights on two main concepts used in the paper – culture and IJV. The […]