Essays about: "Cultural clashes"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the words Cultural clashes.

  1. 21. The Process of Identity Formation in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club : Amy Tan´s The Joy Luck Club

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Simin Golchin; [2011]
    Keywords : identity formation process; cultural clashes; language discrepancies; generational gaps; cultural hybridization; hybrid identity;

    Abstract : Like most ethnic and multicultural narratives, Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club revolves around the development of an identity in which immigrant experience and all the questions of ethno- cultural identity that attend to it play central roles. The aim of this essay is to investigate the process of identity formation of the second-generation Chinese immigrant daughters who encounter Chinese culture at home while having the immediate experience of living in America, with a focus on the cultural, language and generational gaps that exist between the Chinese mothers and their American- born daughters. READ MORE

  2. 22. Long distance design-manufacturing interaction: Perspectives from Chinese manufacturing site

    University essay from JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion

    Author : Bei Sun; Mehdi Poosti; [2011]
    Keywords : Design Manufacturing Interface; Product Development; Inter-cultural Cooperation; Communication; Production Transfer; Dispersed Settings;

    Abstract : After opening of China‟s borders to foreign trade and investment, over the last decades, a growing number of foreign company‟s attention has been drawn to China due to the immense market potential, and a huge source of cheap labor. Swedish industry, however, is not an exception from this tremendous trend in the world, as their recent acquisitions have given access to production facilities in China. READ MORE

  3. 23. The influence of national culture on cross-border M&A

    University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU

    Author : Marc Laneve; Thomas Stüllein; [2010]
    Keywords : merger; acquisition; national culture; cross-border; M A; culture; clash; post-merger integration; culture integration; cultural leadership; Daimler; Chrysler; Pharmacia; Upjohn; Volvo; Renault; 7th wave; M A wave;

    Abstract : In theory, the phrase "mergers and acquisitions" (abbreviated M&A) refers to buying, selling and combining different companies in order to gain improved financial performance, create a global presence, and face the global competitive market. Nevertheless, many researches have underlined the high rate of failure among M&A, and the difficulty to achieve expected results and synergies. READ MORE

  4. 24. What Would Gunnar Myrdal Say? Sweden, the Right to Health and Ethnic and Racial Minority Migrants

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Shannon Alexander; [2009]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the 1940s, Swedish Nobel laureate Gunnar Myrdal noted a disconnect between the American creed (liberty and justice for all, equality) and the status of African-Americans (marginalization, disenfranchisement, segregation). Decades later, a similar disconnect is currently reflected in Myrdal's Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 25. How Swedish companies operating in Southeast Asia overcome trade obstacles

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi

    Author : Karl Hagström; Annika Stengard; [2008]
    Keywords : Trade obstacles;

    Abstract : As the globalization continues to intensify, companies around the world are increasingly looking for business opportunities outside the borders of their home country. In order to be successful and take advantage of low cost opportunities offered in other countries the need for free trade agreements is something all companies should be lobbying for. READ MORE