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Crossing Borders (crossing + border)

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Humanities and Social Sciences40%

Selected Abstracts

Museum Practices Crossing Borders

CURATOR THE MUSEUM JOURNAL, Issue 1 2005
Elaine Heumann Gurian
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Crossing Borders: Globalization as Myth and Charter in American Transnational Consumer Marketing

AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST, Issue 2 2000
Kalman Applbaum
In this article, I explore the strategic practices and cultural theories of marketing managers in three U.S.-based transnational corporations (TNCs) as seek to meaningfully direct their products across national borders. While cultural anthropologists have lately focused on local adaptation and appropriation of TNCs' products to local meanings, the reverse process by which TNCs co-opt local meanings to a universalizing evolutionary paradigm,in what they have come to regard as a consumption-led new global order,has not been examined. Globalization is explored as a key cultural concept driving marketing managers' practices,the myth and charter behind large TNC border crossings. [consumer marketing, globalization, transnational corporations, United States] [source]

Crossing borders of religious difference: Adult learning in the context of interreligious dialogue

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ADULT & CONTINUING EDUCATION, Issue 104 2004
Nadira K. Charaniya
Two adult and religious educators,a Muslim and a Jew,demonstrate the impact of interreligious dialogue on personal transformation and democratic social change. [source]

International venture capital research: From cross-country comparisons to crossing borders

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT REVIEWS, Issue 3 2005
Mike Wright
Venture capital (VC) has become an international phenomenon, and VC firms are a specific kind of service firm whose characteristics have distinctive implications for international behaviour. There is now a disparate body of research on international aspects of VC across a number of disciplines comprising finance, economics, strategy, entrepreneurship, international business and economic geography. A novel aspect of this paper is that we review and synthesize this disparate literature. A number of research gaps and limitations in the theoretical and methodological approaches involved in previous studies are identified and suggestions made for further research. We show that the vast majority of the literature relates to cross-country comparisons; that is, macro-level comparisons of VC industries across different countries and micro-level comparisons of VC behaviour across countries. From our review of the literature, we argue that an under-researched area concerns the influence of institutional contexts, especially the role of social networks and cultures. Furthermore, our review of the literature indicates that there is a major research gap in relation to work dealing with the crossing of country borders by VC firms. We suggest that resource-based, capabilities, institutional and network theories may be offer insights to further our understanding of the behaviour of VC firms in this area. [source]

Occupational health crossing borders,Part 1: Concept, teaching methods, and user evaluation of the first international summer school in Munich, Germany

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, Issue 10 2009
Katja Radon PhD
Abstract Background Occupational health and safety (OHS) is relevant for occupational health professionals (OHP) throughout the world. However, training opportunities are often limited and exchange between OHP from industrialized and developing countries is sparse. We aimed to contribute to the international exchange of OHP through a 2-week summer school program. Methods Twenty-three OHP from 11 countries participated. Teaching methods included interactive lectures, participants' presentations, case-based e-learning, enterprise visits, and hands-on sessions. After completion, participants evaluated the course. Results OHS systems of 18 different countries were presented using the same set of clinical cases as a starting point. Opportunities and challenges in the different OHS systems were considered. On median, participants rated the course as excellent and totally agreed that it will help them in their daily work. Conclusions An international summer school teaching basic aspects of different OHS systems is a useful tool for training and exchange at the global level. Am. J. Ind. Med. 52:774,781, 2009. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]