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This article discusses the issue of hypermodernity, which was studied as part of the research project Poles in the World of Late Capitalism. The article presents biographical models of hypermodernity and strategies of coping with hypermodern ideology, that is, cyclothymias, conversions, and hypermodern episodes.

The article analyzes the relationship between the corporate culture of a multinational company headquartered in the United States, which enjoys great prestige worldwide, and the business environment and practices in Venezuela, where it has an operation. The prevailing culture in the corporation is North American and the top managers come from their country of origin. In Venezuela, on the other hand, most of the companies are family-owned, and personal contacts and influences prevail. The research is oriented to the elaboration of a qualitative diagnosis, through rigorous observation and semi-structured interviews. The results revealed that there is resistance on the part of Venezuelan managers to follow the culture of a strict company governed by rules set in a very different economic and political context. The ambiguity between acceptance and low identification with the values of the parent company leads to think of corporate culture as fragmented.

Based on extensive research and interviews with leading Indian organizations in different sectors, this primer to the Indian corporate culture and community outlines the rapid changes occurring in the country's business environment, illustrating their profound impact on the nature of its HR practices. Taking today's challenging economy into account, this reference demonstrates how developing diverse talent pipelines, fostering sustainable leadership competency, and appreciating the role of employer branding is a trying but vital priority for Indian businesses as well as international companies managing an Indian workforce.

3.2 Verhaltenskodizes in russischen Unternehmen als Resultat von Kulturtransfer3.3 Universelle Kodizes oder kulturelle Anpassung?; 3.4 Rekontextualisierung; 3.5 Kulturelle Grundannahmen zu wertefundierten Managementpraktiken in den USA und Russland; III. Methodenteil; 1. Erweiterte Fragestellung; 2. Fallauswahl; 2.1 Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse; 2.2. Ergebnisse der Inhaltsanalyse; 2.3 Analyse des Stils anhand kulturspezifischer Textsortenmerkmale; 2.4 Ergebnisse der Analyse des kulturellen Stils; 2.5 Diskussion der Ergebnisse beider Analysen; IV. Fazit und Ausblick; Literatur; Anhang.

Volume 14 of Advances in Financial Economics presents recent research on corporate governance from a number of countries across the world, including the United States, Spain, Malaysia, Israel and others. Many important corporate governance mechanisms are examined, such as board characteristics (size, independence, duality, staggered form), ownership structure, legal protection of shareholders, annual general meetings, and executive compensation. The findings have implications for mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, related party transactions, CEO pay, volume of trading and stock volatility, and underwriting. Thus, the implications of corporate governance for firm performance and shareholder experience are covered through the salient activities of firms.

This report discusses The U.S. economy is growing increasingly interconnected with other economies around the world, a phenomenon often referred to as globalization. As U.S. businesses expand globally, however, various groups across the social and economic spectrum are growing concerned over the economic, social, and political impact of this activity. Over the past 15 years, multinational corporations and nations have adopted voluntary, legally enforceable, and industry-specific codes of conduct to address many of these concerns. This report provides background on the issue and briefly examines options for Congress to address it.

This article argues, first, that new theoretical ways of thinking about companies are coming to the fore and, second, that these new ways of thinking are finding their way into some aspects of company law and regulation. Snider's device of tracking the emergence of new ideas as `journey from academic journal to economic policy to law' is employed in support of the article's main argument. In particular, it is submitted that the idea of the firm as a `nexus of contracts' is being replaced by the idea of the firm as a `behavioural entity'. While management and economics theorists have gone `inside the black box' in order to ask different questions and produce better theories, the law has arrived there via a much more pragmatic route. However, recent developments in two areas of company law and regulation, corporate criminal responsibility in the UK and Australia and corporate governance in the UK, can be seen in terms of a move away from a focus on the individual decision maker and towards the concept of corporate culture.