Global Collaboration: Intercultural Experiences and Learning

Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction and Overview; M.C.Gertsen , A.M.Søderberg & M.Zølner PART I: BACKGROUNDS State of the Art: Cross-cultural Management and Global Collaboration; D. C.Thomas Danish National Identity: An Historical Account; U.Østergård PART II: INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AND CULTURAL LEARNING State of the Art: International Human Resource Management and Cultural Learning; M.Festing Expatriation: Stories of Intercultural Face-work; M.C.Gertsen & A.M.Søderberg Knowledge Exchange and Intercultural Learning through Inpatriation: Some Chinese Experiences; M.C.Gertsen & A.M.Søderberg Short-term International Assignments: A Means of Developing Cultural Sensitivity and Building Networks in a Global Company?; A.M.Søderberg & M.Zølner PART III: WHEN CORPORATE CULTURES AND PRACTICES TRAVEL Cultural Translation of Corporate Values; P.d'Iribarne Reception and Recontextualization of Corporate Values in Subsidiaries; M.C.Gertsen & M.Zølner Winning Behaviours in East and West: Recontextualizing a Strategic Concept Within a Global Organization; M.C.Gertsen & A.M.Søderberg Managing 'in between': Dilemmas of Expatriate Managers; M.Zølner PART IV: DIFFERENT FORMS OF COLLABORATION ACROSS BORDERS State of the Art: Studying Multicultural Teams; M.Maznevski Learning from Difference: Born Global SMEs and Their Approaches to Intercultural Collaboration in Asia; M.C.Gertsen Global Teams: Exploring the Success of a Shared Services Centre in Bangalore; M.C.Gertsen & M.Zølner Virtual Communication and Collaboration in Global Research and Development Teams: A Case Study of an Indian R&D Hub; A.M.Søderberg Final Perspectives; M.C.Gertsen , A.M.Søderberg & M.Zølner Afterword; M.Y.Brannen Appendix