Food security is a big issue in the world today. It is second on the list of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, after ending
Category: Cross-cultural Management Studies
Indigenous Entrepreneurship
I knew there was something wrong when the then director of the Kenya Institute of Management co-published an article claiming that ‘African’ culture was not
Cross-cultural management in international development
Talking to international development professionals about cross-cultural management, many of whom are economists, often produces blank looks. Why should they be concerned about ‘management’, and
Why does cross-cultural management studies ignore the Majority World? Indigeneity, geopolitical dynamics, diversity and the influence of new media
Cross-cultural management studies appears to be stuck in a time warp, still largely influences by the cultural comparison school of thought. The ‘modern’ turn away
Learn From Africa: How to do Indigenous Research
I’ve argued extensively over the course of my work on Africa, that management in Africa is cross-cultural management. This is true for the context
Learn From Africa: Can’t Find indigenous African Management? – Look in the Informal Economy
There is a huge gap in the International Management literature: Africa. There is even a bigger gap within this literature: the informal economy. Okay, so
Terence Jackson 