1st Edition

Global Mindsets Exploration and Perspectives

Edited By John Kuada Copyright 2016
    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    216 Pages
    by Routledge

    Global Mindsets seeks to tackle a topic that is relatively new in research and practice, and is considered by many to be critical for firms seeking to conduct global business. It argues that multiple mindsets exist (across and within organizations), that they operate in a global context, and that they are dynamic and undergo change and action. Part of the mindset(s) may depend upon place, situation and context where individuals and organizations operate. The book examines the notion of "mindset" is situational and dynamic, especially in a global setting, why it is important for future scholars and managers and how it could be conceptualized.

    The book includes conceptual chapters that push the current boundaries of research on the topic and empirical chapters that demonstrate how different organizations in different countries apply mindset perspectives in their management practices. It seeks to help academics, consultants, and researchers understand what has been said and studied about global mindsets in action and gain insights into possible directions and challenges that the field may face in the future.

    1. Mindsets and Global Organizational Strategies

    John Kuada

    2. Two Decades of Global Mindset Research: Approaches and Issues

    Andreea Ioana Bujac and John Kuada

    3. Moving Toward Global Mindset: An Exploratory Process Framework

    Nancy K. Napier and Kelsey Crow

    4. Globalization, Regionalization and Global Mindset: Shifting Perspectives in the 21 Century

    Nigel J. Holden

    5. Global Mindset: From Strategic Choice to Situational Capability

    Olav Jull Sørensen

    6. Incipiency of Global Mindset among Smaller Manufacturing Enterprises

    George Tesar and Hamid Moini

    7. Smaller Manufacturing Enterprises: Managers and Their Global Mindset

    George Tesar and Hamid Moini

    8. Global Mindset as Integrability of Emerging Socio-cultural Values through Mindsponge Processes: A Transition Economy Perspective

    Quan Hoang Vuong

    9. Mindsets, Culture and Danish-Ghanaian Interfirm Collaborations

    John Kuada

    10. Building Global Mindset in a Danish Multinational Corporation

    John Kuada, Olav Jull Sorensen, Nigel Holden, Nancy K. Napier, George Tesar

    11. Culture’s Consequences of Danish Expatriates’ Global Mindset

    John Kuada

    12. Advancing Global Mindset Research: Opportunities and Challenges

    John Kuada

    Biography

    John Kuada is Professor of International Management in the Department of Business and Management at Aalborg University, Denmark.