Cultural differences, convergence, and crossvergence as explanations of knowledge transfer in international acquisitions

Cultural differences , convergence , and crossvergence as explanations of knowledge transfer in international acquisitions

In spite of the proliferation of research on cultural differences in international mergers and acquisitions, we lack systematic analyses of the impact of cultural factors on knowledge transfer. In this paper, we argue that both national and organizational cultural differences and cultural integration in the form of cultural convergence and crossvergence affect knowledge transfer in acquisitions...

The Impact of Organizational and National Cultural Differences on Social Conflict and Knowledge Transfer in International Acquisitions

Cultural Differences and Communication Issues in International Mergers and Acquisitions: A Case Study of BenQ Debacle

BenQ, a Taiwanese-based company, grabbed the international headlines on June 7, 2005, when it acquired the money-losing mobile phone division of Germany’s Siemens and launched the brand, BenQ-Siemens. Subsequently the acquisition proved to be a strategic mistake, as the two companies could not successfully integrate. This article tracks BenQ’s acquisition of Siemens, from the perspective of Ben...

role of cultural iran in promotion of multilaieralism in central asia and caucasus

cultural iran is a scope that is more extended than the political territories of iran as a political unit. this concept means that cultural geography(mehdi moghanlo-1383-1) of iran is greater than its political geography which, according to history, has a long history extending west-east from kandahar to the euphrates and north-south from the persian gulf to the caucasus including transoxiana a...

ideological and cultural orientations in translation of narrative text: the case of hajji baba of isfahan

در میان عواملی که ممکن است ذهن مترجم را هنگام ترجمه تحت تأثیر قرار دهند، می توان به مقوله انتقال ایدئولوژی از طریق متن یا گفتمان اشاره کرد. هدف از این تحقیق تجزیه و تحلیل جنبه های ایدئولوژیکی و فرهنگی متن مبدأ انگلیسی نوشته جیمز موریه تحت عنوان سرگذشت حاجی بابای اصفهانی ( 1823) و ترجمه فارسی میرزا حبیب اصفهانی(1880) بوده است.