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Geert Hofstede identifies five cultural dimensions, which assign mathematical scores designating a particular country’s beliefs about each of the dimensions. The five cultural dimensions are power distance (PDI), individualism (IDV), masculinity (MAS), uncertainty avoidance index (UAI), and long-term orientation (LTO). These ideas were first based on a large …
The term holiday is derived from medieval Christian religious festivities that were collectively called “Holy Days.” General usage of the word has transcended from Christian days of religious observance to include other religions’ and secular celebrations and individual vacations. International business operations can be significantly impacted by national …
The home country is the country in which a firm was founded and/or is considered to be the firm’s traditional base. This is generally a simple concept and remains simple as long as the firm retains its headquarters in the original home country. Thus BMW considers Germany to …
The Home Depot, Inc., a large American retailer specializing in home improvement products, claims to be the largest retailer of its type in the world. Their stores offer building materials, home improvement supplies, and lawn and garden products that are sold to do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me customers, home improvement …
The growth of the Honda Motor Corporation is inseparable from the explosive surge of the Japanese automotive, truck, and motorcycle manufacturing sector in the aftermath of World War II. That expansion is remarkable. In 1950 the combined total for production of cars, trucks, and buses was around 29,000 …
Hong Kong is one of two special administrative regions of the People’s Republic of China. It is located on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta. The territory includes Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, the Kowloon Peninsula, and the New Territories. Its total area is 1,104 sq. …
International business is a scientific discipline that is rapidly evolving in parallel with the efforts of most firms to engage themselves in foreign operations. It researches business activity in an international context at the country, firm, or consumer levels. In particular, the international activity of firms presupposes the …
The hospitality sector of the economy comprises two distinct but related industries, the hotel industry and the restaurant industry. The term is also often used to describe a larger system of companies that are interrelated conceptually or operationally in the food, beverage, travel, tourism, transportation, cruise, casino, theme …
A hostile takeover is a corporate acquisition that is forcefully resisted by the target firm’s top management and board of directors. Although they constitute less than 3 percent of all merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, hostile takeovers have long garnered a disproportionately large share of attention from the …
Typically an allowance paid to expatriates on long-term international assignments, a housing allowance is a financial benefit included in an expatriate’s remuneration package to cover the costs of housing in a new location. With the possible exception of foreign taxes and school fees, housing is usually the most …
Promoting its slogan “the world’s local bank,” HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. While HSBC Holdings plc is incorporated in England and headquartered in London (although only from 1993; it was previously based in Hong Kong), it has operations throughout …
North America’s oldest continuously operating commercial enterprise, the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), officially known as The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson’s Bay, was founded on May 2, 1670, to trade with aboriginals in Canada, mostly for furs. At one time the HBC was …
Hungary is a small, landlocked, central European country, capital Budapest, with a population of 10 million. Although its international economic reputation suffered in the first decade of the new century, it has established a positive image as a progressive post-communist state. The modern Hungarian state is a product …
Hyundai was founded by Chung Ju-yung and became one of largest conglomerate companies in South Korea. As a family-run Korean business group (chaebol), the most well-known Hyundai organization is the Hyundai Motor Company, the world’s fifth-largest automaker. Hyundai Heavy Industries is the world’s largest shipbuilder, and Hynix is …
Iceland is an island in the North Atlantic, divided into eight regions by geographical orientation and/ or geographical characteristic, e.g., the Southwest Peninsula, all of which add up to an area of approximately 102,819 sq. km (39,698 sq. mi.). Its capital is Reykjavik (pronounced “rake-a-vik”). The climate is …
Impact financial statements, financial impact statements, or fiscal impact statements are documents prepared to analyze and summarize the financial impact of an event or decision. They are prepared not only by corporations, but by governments contemplating the foreseeable financial effects of a policy decision. Financial statements called for …
It has been argued that importing is simply the opposite of exporting. An organization or an individual in one country purchases goods and services from a seller in another country with the aim of making a profit in the transaction. There are certain aspects of importing that are …
Import substitution was a strategy for economic development that was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Advocates of import substitution development strategies believed that industrialization was the key to economic development and looked for policies that would encourage domestic industries to grow. Although it is now largely discredited …
One of the fastest growing of the world’s major economies, India witnessed rapid transformation from a socialist economy of the post-independence era to a globalized one from the 1990s. With a population of about 1.1 billion (July 2006 estimate), it is the second most populous nation of the …
The Indian Oil Corporation is India’s largest corporation, the 18th largest petroleum company in the world, and was ranked 116 on Fortune magazine’s 2008 Global 500. It is a public sector undertaking: an Indian term for a publicly traded company in which a majority share of the stock …
