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In this book we have analysed collaboration processes in globalizing companies of Danish origin, with a specific focus on cultural encounters between Western managers and employees and their foreign colleagues at headquarters as well as in Asian subsidiaries. By observing what happens when colleagues with different cultural backgrounds work together, both in person and in the virtual workplace, we have touched upon a number of different issues and approaches to intercultural collaboration.
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Gertsen, M.C., Søderberg, AM., Zølner, M. (2012). Final Perspectives. In: Gertsen, M.C., Søderberg, AM., Zølner, M. (eds) Global Collaboration: Intercultural Experiences and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137026064_16
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