If citizens of different countries belonging to an economic union adhere to different and deeply rooted cultural norms, when these countries interact their leaders may find it impossible to agree on effi cient policies, especially in hard times. Political leaders’ actions are bound to express policies that do not violate these norms. This paper provides a simple positive theory and a compelling...

Vol. XLII (August 2005), 291–301 291 *Haipeng (Allan) Chen is Assistant Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, University of Miami (e-mail: hchen@miami. edu). Sharon Ng is Assistant Professor of Marketing, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (e-mail: [email protected]). Akshay R. Rao is General Mills Professor of Marketing and Chair of the Department of Marketing and ...

A common form of embodied social engagement involves acting as an ensemble, with all participants aware of each other and mutually engaged. In this naturalistic comparative study, we term this kind of triadic socio-cognitive activity ‘fluid collaboration’. Fluid collaboration occurs when participants establish the pace of ensemble activity mutually, with their moves flexibly adjusted and respon...

Integration of immigrants into their host society is at the core public debate in most OECD countries. Immigrant integration includes two distinct dimensions: cultural and economic integration. This paper investigates interplay between these processes presents three main results. First, it documents that from more culturally distant countries earn lower wages when they enter German labor market...