The need to study indigenousness and indigenous knowledge is growing in importance within cross-cultural management studies (Jack and Westwood, 2009) as emerging economies such as
Month: July 2012
Is the global North-South distinction still relevant today, in view of China’s and India’s rise to prominance?
I’m increasingly using the term South and North, particularly as I delve deeper into the relevance of Postcolonial Theory to cross-cultural management scholarship in terms
Culturalists versus Institutionalists: A False Debate?
There appears to be a continuing debate between ‘culturists’ and ‘institutionalists’. Differences across nations are either attributed to institutional arrangements, which are seen as fundament;

Management Studies as an Applied Social Science
I’m concerned that Management Studies as an applied social science lags behind the social sciences generally. It certainly does not provide a lead in any