Japanese, Korean and Colombian Firms

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Lee Jangho, Thomas W. Roehl, & Soonkyoo Choe. (2000). What Makes Management Style Similar and Distinct Across Borders? Growth, Experience and Culture in Korean and Japanese Firms. Journal of International Business Studies

Fernando Llinás Toledo. (n.d) Competitividad Nacional y Estratégica de las Empresas Colombianas. Retrieved from:http://ciruelo.uninorte.edu.co/pdf/pensamiento_gestion/3/1%20Competitividad%20internacional%20y%20estrategica%20de%20las%20empresas%20col.pdf

Angela Lanzas, Carlos Zuluaga, Ariel Patiño. (December 2008). Estilos Gerenciales Administrativos en las Empresas Comerciales de Articulos de Ferreteria, Cerrajeria y Vidrios. Retrieved from:http://www.utp.edu.co/php/revistas/ScientiaEtTechnica/docsFTP/126-131.pdf

China Vs. West

I guess everyone knows that China is very different than the people from the western hemisphere... but we don't know which are the difference, because the difference go beyond of they eating dogs!...

-Western culture is based on individualism, we work better when we are alone, in a group we tend to be less efficient as an individual, Chinese had learn that two heads think more than one, and they are very good at working as a group of people.

-Western culture is more adventurous, we like to explore new things, parachuting, bungee jumping, etc.. Chinese people are not likely to do such a thing, they are more on the conservative side.

-West uses law to solve any kind of problem, Chinese culture tend to use human relationship to solve problems between people.

- West uses 'god' and religion to resolve human and spiritualism relationship.[1]

Even though both cultures are very different and we don't even understand each other, with the time we have learnt to get along, to try to understand each other, or at least respect each other's culture, and that's been a huge cause of the augmentation of the trade between continents.

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1. http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/2680-difference-between-chinese-and-western-culture/page__st__15

2. http://chinadigitaltimes.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/china-us.jpg

Immigrants Vs. Expatriates

According to the Oxford Dictionary an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country[1] and an expatriate is a person who lives outside their native country.[2]

An immigrant is someone who intends to reside permanently, and not a casual visitor or traveler. Immigration means “in-migration” into a country, and is the reverse of emigration “out-migration.”

An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. The word comes from the Latin ex (out of) and patria (country), and is sometimes misspelled as ex-patriot, due to its pronunciation.

The difference between an expatriate and an immigrant is that immigrants commit themselves to becoming a part of their country of residence, whereas expatriates see themselves, and are perceived, as living in a foreign land.[3]

So, and immigrant is someone who is willing to blend in the new culture, the new country, who wants to belong to the new place he or she is living, and expatriate is someone that sometimes was obligated to move because of violence or dangerousness of his or her live and is not happy to live in this new place and won't feel like she or he belongs to this new place.

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1. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/immigrant?view=uk [march 4th 2010]

2. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/expatriate?view=uk [march 4th 2010]

3. Dutch Pinay; (March 16th 2006) the difference between and expatriate and an immigrant. http://misst2000ph.blogspot.com/2006/03/difference-between-expatriate-and.html