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Structural approaches to the globalization process of firms tend to neglect cultural diversity as a momentous variable.
Despite their questionable history of internationalization, Japanese companies appear to have access to an organizational concept facilitating multicultural integration.
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Dirks, D. (1995). The Quest for Organizational Competence: Japanese Management Abroad. In: Kumar, B.N. (eds) Management and International Review. Journal of International Business. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90985-5_6
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