UMSDPM-15-M Evaluating the Global Context - University of the West of England Bristol

Review of an Academic Paper
Critically review another paper, which has been discussed during EGC workshop

Your review should include a brief summary of the paper, and critical appraisal of its merits and shortcomings. You need to comment on theoretical approach of the paper as well as the methodology it adopted. Your discussion should be set within context of wider literature - you are expected to consult and use/refer to at least THREE other papers.

Paper 1: Conceptualizing and measuring cultures and their consequences: a comparative review of GLOBE's and Hofstede's approaches

Paper 2: National culture and human resource management: assumptions and evidence

Paper 3: Is cultural distance a bane or a boon for cross-border acquisition performance?

Paper 4: Multiple interpretations of "national culture" and the implications for International business: The case of Taiwan

Paper 5: The tortuous evolution of the role of culture in IB research: What we know, what we don't know, and where we are headed

Paper 6: Going beyond national cultures - Dynamic interaction between intra-national, regional, and organizational realities by Innan Sasaki, katsuhiko Yoshikawa