Regional Cultures, Managerial Behavior, and Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective

by Joseph W. Weiss

Overview

In Regional Cultures, Managerial Behavior, and Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective, edited by Joseph W. Weiss, a group of international business and development specialists tries to isolate and analyze the subject. Offering both empirical analysis and experience-based case studies of eight nations—including the U.S. (Silicon Valley), Catalonia, France, Finland, Switzerland, India, West Germany and Belize—the authors explore the ways in which regional culture influences and is influenced by industrial and management practices. Entrepreneurial Economy Review

Although the spread of industrialization in both developed and less-developed regions has obvious importance worldwide, no systematic research has examined the reasons why entrepreneurship has succeeded in some settings and failed in others. The present volume, written by an international group of business and development specialists, is the first to isolate and analyze this subject. Offering both empirical analysis and experience-based case studies of eight nations, the contributors explore the ways in which regional culture influences and is influenced by industrial and management practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780899303277
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/24/1988
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1300L (what's this?)

About the Author

JOSEPH W. WEISS is an Associate Professor of Management, at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction by Joseph W. Weiss
Regional Cultures and High-Technology Management: Route 128 and Silicon Valley by Joseph W. Weiss and Andre Delbecq
The Business Culture of Silicon Valley: Is It a Model for the Future? by Andre Delbecq and Joseph W. Weiss
The Nine Nations of North America and the Value Basis of Geographic Segmentation by Lynn R. Kahle
Catalan Regional Business Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Management Behavior: An Exploratory Study by Nieves Martinez and Pedro Nueno
Regional Industrial Cultures and Entrepreneurship in a Centralized Country: The Case of France by Jean-Paul Larcon
Entrepreneurship and Local Government Strategies in Finland: A Regional Perspective by Henri J. Vartiainen
Local Cultures and Management: The Case of Switzerland and Its Societal Management Model by Max Daetwyler
Regional Culture, Entrepreneurship, and High-Technology Development in India by Raghu Nath
Industrial Competitive Development in Three Regions in the Federal Republic of Germany: The Case of Kassel, Bonn, and Duisburg by Horst Albach and Hermann Tengler
The Entrepreneurial Enterprise of Changing Capitals across Regional Cultures: The Case of Belize by Sam M. Hai
Concluding Comments by Joseph W. Weiss
Bibliography
Index