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This paper examines the relationship between cross-cultural adaptation and job performance with expatriates who live in Berlin. A positive relationship between cross-cultural adaptation and job performance of expatriates is generally assumed, yet empirical studies do not consistently confirm this relationship. This cross-sectional study consists of a quantitative survey which will examine cross-cultural adaptation, cultural intelligence, and job performance among 58 participants.
This study will also address other variables that have may have an influence among expatriate adjustment and performance and include the following: gender, age, time spent in host country, and family presence.
This study does confirm the relationship between cross-cultural adaptation and job performance as well as the relationship between cultural intelligence and job performance as significant but only moderately correlated. The gender difference does show that females score statistically significant higher among males in cross-cultural adaptation and job performance; however, there was a weak correlation.
Age, time spent in host country, and family presence show a weak or non-correlation with cross-cultural adaptation, cultural intelligence, and job performance.
In this work the business case and model of a closed freelancer matching platform named COMATCH is introduced to explain the company’s internationalisation and growth prac-tises. Underlining the utmost importance of networks in today`s B2B environment of the consulting industry, the case shows where digitalisation is nevertheless gaining ground, and at which speed. Firstly, underlying principles are reviewed (the revised Uppsala model, the born global firm, the gazelle theory) and the current growth and change of the consulting industry displayed. Then, by generating an inside-out look of the two-sided marketplace based on qualitative research, the case companies perspective is developed. Both approaches are concluded to extract managerial implications. Lastly, possibilities and limitations of the work and approach are discussed.
The Central American countries made up of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama have shared a common electrical network for nine years through an agreement called the Electrical Interconnection System for Central American countries (SIEPAC). This regional project has generated many benefits for the consumers of each country since there are agreements and regulations, the establishment of a regional energy market, cost reduction, and incentives for renewable generation. However, SIEPAC's energy matrix has not managed to improve its diversification and has difficulties in accelerating and substantially increasing renewable energy options. The analysis indicates that considering some isolated efforts in the field of electromobility that some countries of the Central American region have carried out, it is feasible to connect or incorporate the topic of electromobility within the SIEPAC system, managing to accelerate the change in the Energy Matrix of the Electrical Interconnection System for Central American countries; Likewise, the challenges that must be overcome in the regulatory framework to materialize the expected benefits of the combined model of renewable energy and electromobility developed in this research are also indicated.
The shrimp sector in Ecuador is the second most important in the country and has begun a process of energy transition through the electrification of its operations, moving from the use of diesel for pumping water and aerating the farming ponds, towards the connection to the electrical grid. This energy transition leads to investments in infrastructure and generates an impact on different variables of the sector, such as its productivity, exports, greenhouse gas emissions, social impacts, among others. This study develops a methodology to analyze the energy transition of the sector through electrification scenarios.
In Chapter 1, an introduction to the study to be carried out and the motivation are presented. Chapter 2 shows a review of the literature on the energy transition and the energy situation of the country and the shrimp farming sector. Chapter 3 establishes the scenario analysis framework, as well as proposes the use of the Energy Transition Index as inspiration to analyze the energy transition of the shrimp farming sector. Chapter 4 indicates the methodology to carry out the specific analysis and evaluation. Chapter 5 develops the nine established dimensions of the energy transition applied to the sector. Chapter 6 highlights the critical findings, and finally, in Chapter 7 the conclusions, recommendations and limitations of the study are provided.
Considering the ongoing and omnipresent growth of multinational corporations
(MNCs) within the global context of business and with them also human rights
scandals, firms will inevitably come across the questions of how to manage and control
their international supply chains. The emergence of the so-called “global economy”
has led to a tremendous growth and complexity of international supply chains,
fragmented production processes and also created countless cross-cultural points of
contact. (Jüttner, 2005; Bai & Sarkis, 2020) It is a matter of fact that most MNCs have
multiple tiers in their supply chains around the countries in which they conduct
business. This fact imposes great challenges to comply with the parent company’s
production standards with regards quality, safety, and other crucial key factors. In
recent decades, countless firms from developed countries have found business
opportunities in emerging markets, among which also the Chinese market can be
found. This paper addresses the above scribed issues of supply chain transparency
(SCT) based on Sino-Western international joint ventures. This thesis aims to address
possible Sino-specific factors which need special consideration when Sino-Western
Joint Ventures aim to implement SCT regulations into their businesses. It will first
introduce the framework of supply chain transparency as a concept, then shed light to
the role of international joint ventures in China. Thereafter the author will give an
overview of traits specifically found in the context of Chinese business management
including their influence on Sino-Western Joint Ventures. This paper is then concluded
by describing the thesis findings including aspects of importance when China-specific
management characteristics are to be considered in a Sino-Western Joint Ventures and
which prerequisites might be necessary if a company aims for conducting supply chain
transparency activities within their business. Finally, limitations of this paper will be
outlined as well as potential future research possibilities mentioned.