China

  • Travels and works regularly in China.
  • Director, and one of the founders, of the Sino-American Management Institute (SAMI), a joint venture between Valparaiso University, representing the State of Indiana, USA, and Zhejiang University, representing Zhejiang Province, China.
  • Director of Roosevelt Institute, a Chinese/USA joint venture.

Has published and presented the following on cross-culture management in China:

  • “Cultural Implications of Accounting Education in China,” Advances in Accounting Education
  • “Cross-Cultural Management in China: An Application of Hofstede’s Model,” in Advances in Chinese Industrial Studies, JAI PRESS
  • “Cross-Cultural Management Insights on China — Understanding High Power Distance,” Trade and Culture
  • “Chinese Retailing — Year 2000: Observations and Research Questions,” West Lake International Conference on Business, Hangzhou, China
  • “Burning Platform Consultant’s for Baggin’s Corporation: A Cross-Cultural Management Case Study of a U.S. Quick Service Restaurant Chain in China,” MBAA, Chicago
  • “Marketing the Small Business: A Panoramic View of the Early Research for Chinese Scholars,” West Lake International Conference on Business, Hangzhou, China
  • “Cross-Cultural Management Education and Training in China: An Application of Hofstede’s Model,” MBAA, Chicago
  • “The Dutchman and the Chinaman: Applications of the Hofstede Model for Cross-Cultural Management in China Today,” China Conference, Beijing, China