Evidence that attributes current environmental outcomes to historical and cultural origins has gained momentum in recent years. In this study, I construct a model demonstrate why the relation between economic growth quality hinges on deeply rooted traits govern attitudes towards corruption. Specifically, show transmission of determine corruptibility public officials, who are entrusted with insp...

A permanently increasing graphical power of commonly used computers opens a possibility to present highly detailed and richly textured three-dimensional models of cultural complexes using the web. Utilizing virtual reality paradigms, both experts and ordinary users can explore pieces of cultural heritage in a virtual environment. This paper introduces three different approaches to cultural heri...

In this paper, a house is assumedas an expression of culture. It has been tried to study a Qajar1 house in Tabriz, in terms of its ties with cultural context.Methods and viewpoints of Amos Rapoport have been used in order to identify and peruse the circumstance of this relationship. The main reason for using Rapoport's viewpoints to understand Salmasi House, as a case study, in addition to cont...

It has been claimed that a meaningful theory of cultural evolution is not possible because human beliefs and behaviors do not follow predictable patterns. However, theoretical models of cultural transmission and observations of the development of societies suggest that patterns in cultural evolution do occur. Here, we analyze whether two sets of related cultural traits, one tested against the e...

In recent years, marine cultural tourism, an emerging tourism mode, has become more and more popular among tourists, and demonstrates broad market prospects. However, Chinese marine cultural tourism is still in the development and growth stage, and the level of customer satisfaction is uneven. The improvement of the customer satisfaction level is conducive to meeting customers’ demands in marin...

ORGANIZATIONAL CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS: A Multiple-Case Study Of Chinese Firms Operating In The United States BY JING BETTY FENG APRIL 21, 2014 Committee Chairs: Dr. Leigh Anne Liu & Dr. Daniel Bello Major Academic Unit: Marketing I report on the findings of an inductive, interpretive multiple-case study of organizational cross-cultural adaptation and answer the questi...

This chapter discusses cultural diversity challenges in globally distributed software development and the implications for educating and managing the future global information technology workforce. It argues that the work practices of global software development are facing a variety of challenges associated with cultural diversity, which are manifested in and can be analyzed from three dimensio...