books on cross-cultural issues
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind - Geert Hofstede - 304 pages [New Ed.] (23 May, 1994) HarperCollins
Still the classic work on the subject.
Riding
the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business
Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden Turner - 275 pages (October 1997)
Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd; ISBN: 1857881761
Interesting, but read Hofstede first.
Building
Cross-cultural Competence: How to Create Wealth from Conflicting Values
Charles Hampden Turner, Fons Trompenaars, John Wiley and Sons Ltd; 2000, ISBN:
0471495271
Cultural Software: A Theory of Ideology [Amazon.com link - n/a in UK]- by J. M. Balkin, pub. Yale Univ Pr. 2003
I think that this is an important contribution to the debate.
When
Cultures Collide
Richard D. Lewis 468 pages 2nd Ed (10 December, 1999) Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Ltd
Overrated
Breaking
Through Culture Shock
Elisabeth Marx - 252 pages New Ed (8 March, 2001) Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Ltd
The
Cultural Imperative
Richard D. Lewis 256 pages (October 2002) Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Mind
Your Manners: Managing Cultural Clash in the Single European Market
John Mole, 1996) - Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd; ISBN: 1857880854
A bit old and also simplistic.
Globalization,
Regionalization and Cross-border Regions
Markus Perkmann, Ngai-Ling Sum 288 pages (July 2002) Palgrave Macmillan
Due
Diligence for Global Deal Making: The Definitive Guide to Cross-Border Mergers
and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Financings, and Strategic Alliances
Arthur H. Rosenbloom 336 pages (August 2002) Bloomberg Press
Hidden
Differences : Doing Business With the Japanese
Edward T. Hall, Mildred Reed Hall 172 pages Reprint (May 1990) Anchor Books/Doubleday
The
Corporate Culture Survival Guide
Edgar H. Schein, Warren Bennis 206 pages (2 August, 1999) Jossey Bass Wiley
Culture
Matters : How Values Shape Human Progress
Lawrence E. Harrison (Editor), Samuel P. Huntington (Editor), 2001
