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The Influence of American Culture on Globalization, 2002.
A detailed look at how America impacted the development of globalization.
2,935 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 11 sources, $ 86.95
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This report looks at the impact of American culture on the development and advancement of globalization. The author first examines the history of Americanization during the 20th Century and then provides an extended look at several components of the American culture that are exported on a global scale, including technology, telecommunications, economics, goods and services, language, media, entertainment, and religion. In addition, this report examines how these have impacted countries such as: Western Europe, Japan and Canada.
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"For centuries, monarchs, generals, explorers, and financiers have been creating an increasingly interdependent global economy. In today?s modern age, unprecedented advances in communications, transportation, and computer technology have given new impetus to the globalization process. As the economies and cultures of the world become integrated into the whole of the global information age, the concept and reality of globalization becomes more complex and far-reaching. One thing is for sure; globalization is challenging existing social identities across the planet in many important ways. A prime example of this process can be found in the influence that American culture is having in the modern world."
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Culture and Global Marketing, 2005.
Discusses, with examples, the impact of culture on global marketing.
3,485 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 35 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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As the forces of globalization create a movement towards product standardization, cultural issues seem to continuously emerge. Several authors and researchers such as Hofstede, Hall and Trompenaar, whose main theories are explained in the paper, try to respond to these issues. However, large multinational enterprises (MNEs) seem to always fall into the trap and disregard concepts such as differentiation, localities, and adaptation. This essay identifies the impact of culture on global marketing by investigating the existing theories with the aid of examples of large-scale marketing decisions.
Table of Contents:
1.0 Origins of Culture and Impacts in Global Marketing
1.1 Political and Economic Forces
1.2 Technology
1.3 Geography
1.4 Social Institutions
2.0 Hofstede's Framework for Understanding Cultures
2.1 Individualism vs. Collectivism
2.2 Power Distance
2.3 Uncertainty Avoidance
2.4 Masculinity vs. Femininity
2.5 Long Term vs. Short Term Focus (Orientation)
3.0 Critical Evaluation of Hofstede's Framework
4.0 High/Low Context Cultures
5.0 Cross Cultural Negotiations and Communication
6.0 Environmental Sensitivity: Globalization, Localization and Adaptation in Marketing
7.0 Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Although important, the work of Hofstede can be- and has been- criticized in many ways. There are many weaknesses in his theory with the most important being the lack of subjectivity. The number of countries selected, as well as the number of people and the conditions under which they were interviewed, did not constitute a qualified sample for drawing sound conclusions, but merely gave a ?snap shot? of how some cultures could behave. Likewise, while the framework successfully categorizes the different sets of cultural values, it fails to explain which of these is the most influential for the formulation of culture. In many instances the framework seems quite vague."
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Cultural Globalization in Literature, 2006.
A review of 'The Handmaid's Tale' in relation to the issue of cultural globalization.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how in 'The Handmaid's Tale', the issue of cultural globalization is evident through the situation that exists in the live of the characters. The seclusion that Offred and others are subjected to only serves to remind them of the lives that they once led leading them to grasp at any element of normalcy that they once knew in their previous cultures. Stealing food whispers in the night and the sharing of news about the outside world and the people that they once knew affects each of their lives.
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Cultural Globalization, 2005.
This paper discusses the effect of western cultural globalization on Islamic states especially Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
6,535 words (approx. 26.1 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 150.95
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This paper explains that the superimposing effect of western culture has been multi-focal and directed into several paradigms of the Muslim society, which has a rapid and widespread influence on the culture of these countries. The author points out that the popularity of Hollywood films poses an offensive threat in those Islamic countries where moderate governments are threatened by Islamic fundamentalism. The paper states that, even although American culture is seen as a seething immoral and unscrupulous influence, which lacks morality and values of family and tradition, it has had a very profound impact on the central values of the traditional world of Islam because more and more youth across the Muslim world are adopting American culture and lifestyles as a way of life.
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"Across the world, the United States of America is best regarded as a colonial force than a superpower. It is bent upon westernizing other parts of the globe to satisfy its selfish and devious agenda. In attacking Afghanistan, the United States may have toppled an oppressive regime that reigned in the form of the Taliban but it sure is a measure to install in place a more loyal and conforming mechanism that would report back to the United States in all forms and channels. America is doing nothing but extending its vicious presence across the globe in the hunt for valuable riches that will help it to sustain its economic drive and potential in the long run. It is busy creating a form of imperialism that can work out best to its won advantage irrespective of the pitiable condition of many economies. It is an all out war in all fields."
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Cultural Diversity in Global Firms, 2004.
Looks at cultural diversity in global firms and their positive impacts.
2,423 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 47 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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This paper explores the impact that cultural diversity is having on large businesses. It contends that the success of large firms depends upon their acknowledgment of cultural diversity within their employee and consumer base. It also asserts that companies must implement human resource management strategies that take this diversity into consideration. The paper looks at some of the challenges companies face when their work force is multicultural and suggests that companies must upgrade and enhance the cross-cultural skills of company executives and managers in order to maintain a competitive advantage. Also examined are various domestic diversity models developed in order to deal with some of the problems associated with cultural diversity and the ways in which they attempt to redress past grievances, cover the weaknesses of domestic diversity differences, and help organizations avert future problems.
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"The famous 'Fortune' magazine in its issue of 1994 notes that there has been a 2500 percent increase in the total volume of international trade between the period of 1960 and 1993, with numerous business organizations expanding their business portfolios from domestic to the international arenas. (Fortune, 1993) The same magazine in its issue of 1997 also noted that world trade witnessed a tremendous growth rate that was even faster that the world gross domestic product. (Fortune, 1997). It was further noted that the majority of chief executive officers of large national organizations expected that both employment and revenue generation would comprise largely from sources outside the organization's home country, and further that the success of such organization depended upon an effective management of human resources, and keeping an competitive advantage edge over their nearest competitors through such measures as alignment of human resource management strategies and diverse cultures."
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Cultural Diversity and Global Economy, 1999.
Examines the Impact of ethnic differences on global and national economies and corporate management strategies. Discusses values, mindsets, regionalism, global webs and communication.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 63.95
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"In the future, people of different cultures will draw closer together. This future is based on the existence of a New World Order in which economic forces, not culture, drive the global community. Nations are increasingly becoming interdependent, making communication between cultures an economic necessity.
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"In the future, people of different cultures will draw closer together. This future is based on the existence of a New World Order in which economic forces, not culture, drive the global community. Nations are increasingly becoming interdependent, making communication between cultures an economic necessity.
The main focus of global economic strategy is maximizing international efficiency. Products are manufactured wherever in the world the lowest cost can be achieved. With global strategies, managers produce standardized products. These products are manufactured in world-scale facilities using globally integrating operations. Unlike traditional managers, who design their products for the home market first, global strategic managers conceive and design their products for world markets from start to finish. The existence of global markets ..."
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"Edgewalkers: Defusing Cultural Boundaries On The New Global Frontier", 2002.
A critique of Nina Boyd Krebs' book.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 23.95
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Critique of Nina Boyd Krebs' book. Her thesis that the USA is undergoing a profound cultural crisis. Mainstream versus alternative ethnic, social or spiritual groups. Variety of individual experience. The paradox of multiple identities, and walking the edge between two cultures. Analysis of edgewalking and personal narratives of edgewalkers.
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"This research reviews the book Edgewalkers by Nina Boyd Krebs. Edgewalkers is Krebs's response to what she perceives as a profound cultural crisis in the United States. She refers to the "morass" of an American experience in which the dominant, or mainstream culture, seems capable of literally swallowing up the myriad individual cultures that contribute to it; the melting pot theory is one aspect of this (15f). But she takes the view that acknowledgment and even nurturing of the individual cultures of discrete contribution to the "pot" is a meaningful possibility, not least because the image of the pot has the effect of limiting outlook and perspective of the realities of lived culture. In order to establish a context for such acknowledgment and nurture, Krebs pursued the personal narratives of a number of people whom she describes as ..."
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Globalization and Culture, 2007.
This paper explores the impact of globalization on culture assimilation.
2,734 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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The paper attempts to analyze the implications of the Internet on the individual lives of people globally and the resulting impact on corporations. The paper explains that since businesses of all sizes and from all industries are striving to be more global than ever, this pushes individuals and cultures together in the pursuit of business strategies and initiatives. The paper explores globalization in Indian call centers and how the culture of the Schindler Elevator Company from Switzerland clashes with Indian ideas. The paper shows how westernization influences widely divergent cultures just as much as westernized nations fail in their attempts to accomplish business strategies in widely divergent cultures.
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Globalization of Business Forces an Entirely New Relationship Dynamic
Globalization in Indian Call Centers: Training to Talk Like a Westerner
Schindler's Swiss Precision Meets Indian Chaos: Exploring Cultural Bias
Key Findings on Globalization and Culture
Summary
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"The impact of the Internet on globalization is visible from the pervasiveness and visibility of brands globally to changes in the everyday lives of members of different cultures around the world. Globalization, while discussed as a business strategy, actually affects individuals far more often and with greater consequences than corporations. It could also be said that the collective experiences of individuals are what a corporation experiences from the context of globalization at a more macro socioeconomic level."
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Globalization and Culture, 2007.
This paper examines globalization and the influences cultures have on each other.
2,329 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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The paper illustrates how the impact of globalization on individual cultures is most apparent at the personal level of each nation's citizens and is becoming more visible with the globalization of business. The paper describes how cultures impact and are constantly being impacted by globalization. The paper emphasizes the reciprocal effects of one culture on another. The paper illustrates its thesis through case studies, empirical evidence, secondary research and primary research from interviews with people who attempted to assimilate into cultures radically different than their own.
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Westernization in India: Call Center Training in Bangalore
Cultural Bias with a Sense of Urgency: Meet Silvio Napoli
Key Findings on Globalization and Culture
Conclusion
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"The fact that businesses are now more global than ever is acting as a catalyst to push people together from widely varying cultures in the pursuit of business strategies and initiatives. To claim, however, that the globalization of business is forcing a westernization of the world's less prosperous nations is erroneous; in fact, the opposite is occurring. Workers in these third world nations want the same level of personalized, tailored products and services as they see in the world's wealthiest nations, only tailored to their religious and cultural beliefs, which are quite different from westernized nations."
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Globalization and Local Culture, 2006.
This paper analyzes the phenomenon of globalization and its effect on various local cultures worldwide.
1,729 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper defines globalization as the name given to the growing connection and dependence experienced by most countries, societies and local cultures in regards to economy, education and technology. The writer of this paper questions whether or not certain cultures should decide to remain individual societies in the face of world globalization. The writer discusses the effects of globalization to the very existence of culture. This paper examines culture and globalization from an anthropological view point while detailing its impact on the village of Ladakh in northern India. The writer contends that the people of Ladakh moved away to the larger cities for better paying jobs while turning away from their village and their sense or responsibility to the community and the land.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Definitions and Background
Hopes and Fears
Integrating Cultures
Trade
Language Change
Conclusion
References Cited
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"The way traditional lands are used is not the only change globalisation brings. Just as the form of change varies, so do the reactions by individual cultures. The way they react is determined by their cultural way of dealing with problems (Cobb 2005:563-574). These different reactions show part of the diversity among differing peoples around the globe. Some cultures choose to incorporate or adapt to forced change. The Trobriand islanders are an excellent example. The British missionaries frowned on the openly sexual and erotic celebrations of the Trobriand people at the conclusion of the yam harvest (Haviland et al. 2006:688). The ethnocentric reaction of the British missionaries was to introduce the game of cricket to replace the traditional celebrations (Haviland et al. 2006:688). Rather than fighting the change or accepting it completely, the Trobriand people incorporated the game into their celebrations and made it uniquely their own (Haviland et al. 2006:689). In this case the forced change did not replace the old ways, but rather, was absorbed into a new syncretic celebration."
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Globalization and Culture, 2007.
This paper looks at different cultures that are brought together due to globalization.
1,437 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that commerce and business are pushing people from different cultures together much more rapidly on a global scale than has ever been true in the past, and this is just accentuating culture shock. Throughout this assessment, two contrasting examples are provided. The writer first discusses Indian call center employees learning Western dialects and diction to be more accepted. Then the writer examines the story of Silvio Napoli and looks at his many challenges in trying to fit into the Indian approach to doing business. The writer notes these two examples are very topical given the current focus on India. Finally, lessons learned and a short series of observations are provided.
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"Taking from example one of the many stories in The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman notes that call center employees in India are taking voice training and diction courses to deliberately sound more westernized to inbound callers from the U.S., U.K., Canada and other English-speaking nations. Experiences of call center representatives who have gone through this training indicate that higher levels of customer satisfaction are achieved and less derogatory comments made about outsourcing in general occur when callers think they are more westernized. Just one of many examples of the dynamics of the Indian culture being influenced by western values and cultural norms, the ongoing training of Indians to sound more like westerners casts an unflattering light on the entire aspect of globalization. The elimination of regional differences in culture to "fit in" globally also highlights how strong ethnocentric behavior influences others, even half a world away, in a matter of minutes on a telephone call. This reaction to the world shrinking in terms of who each of us interact with every day to get things done personally and professionally is driving changes in behavior no government, organization or company can dictate."
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Globalization and Culture, 2002.
Discusses globalization and the move towards the assessing business environments according to culture.
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This paper shall investigate how the cultural environment of business has altered business practices in the face of increasing globalization.
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Globalization and Culture, 2004.
An analysis of the hip-hop culture, its origins and the effect globalization has on it.
1,254 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses the hip-hop culture that originated in the United States in response to the oppression of African-Americans. This paper explains that this art form is therefore deeply integrated with the social consciousness from which it arose. The paper examines how other cultures adopted this art form and then illustrates the subsequent implications.
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"On the surface, there are four physical aspects that can be attributed to hip-hop as a culture. These include deejaying, breakdancing, graffiti and rhyming. These, according to, Richardson, are not the heart of the culture. Instead, the central message is the platform from which the technical, teachable aspects arise. The message relates directly to the struggle, the poverty, the oppression and the hardship suffered by the African Americans who were refused the rights of other Americans as a result of their skin color. This is a very specific group of people who created a specific culture. The technical aspects merely exist as an outlet for a specific kind of creativity."
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