The relationship between organisation size, technology implementation, and organisational culture is examined. Thirty‐five American and Canadian manufacturing organisations were surveyed concerning their approach to implementing statistical process control (SPC) technology. Organisations were...

Purpose: Most international marketing studies, taking a sociological position, assume homogeneity within and heterogeneity between cultures. Taking a psychological position and based on the Mindscape Theory, the purpose of this paper is to support the hypothesis that there is intra-cultural and...

Purpose: This paper aims to replicate and expand an earlier study that constructed a measurement of international managers’ mindset. Design/methodology/approach: The paper used a test-retest statistical analysis to determine the reliability of the index of the managerial mindset developed by...

Purpose: Japanese American philosopher Magoroh Maruyama (1969) proposed the Mindscape theory, a macro model of cultural differences identification. The theory suggests inter-and intra-cultural heterogeneity and four major Mindscapes of H, I, S and G. He and his colleagues designed 64 graphic...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to discuss the new realities of global rivalry which has been elevated to include economic competition between nations, in addition to the more traditional forms of competitive interactions between firms. Design/methodology/approach – The Introduction...

Purpose – Since the fall of international communism, there has been a growing interest and a lively discussion on the shape and future of economic systems. Also, global economic crisis has rekindled the debate about the fate of capitalism. The purpose of this paper is to explore various...

Purpose – This paper aims to identifying managerial mindset by constructing a cognitive or integrative geocentrim index. Going international is either an extension of successful domestic business operations or a requirement for remaining competitive. It is imperative for firms to be a part of...

It was Weber's belief that bureaucracy and formalisation were the best methods of creating and maintaining a viable political structure independent of its leadership. The need for political stability and the necessity of performance efficiency in a traditional society plagued with inefficiency...