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Research paper thumbnail of The arrival of an accountability: explaining the imposition of management by accounting

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Research paper thumbnail of Causes of the Financial Crash

Contrasts the 'modernized' i.e. unbalanced British economy with the 'old-fashioned' i.e. balance... more Contrasts the 'modernized' i.e. unbalanced British economy with the 'old-fashioned' i.e. balanced German economy. Calls for a separation of the falsely labeled 'investment' i.e. gambling banking from other banking activities.

Research paper thumbnail of The Myth of National Culture

Video rejecting the claimed existence of uniform, enduring, causal and identifiable national (inc... more Video rejecting the claimed existence of uniform, enduring, causal and identifiable national (including Chinese) cultures.

Research paper thumbnail of Constitutive Contexts-The Myth of Common Cultural Values

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Demonstrates that the claim made by a leading activist at the Institute of Economic Affairs that ... more Demonstrates that the claim made by a leading activist at the Institute of Economic Affairs that the current and previous Popes are/was supporters of the 'free market' is false.

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Research paper thumbnail of Takeover Strategies, Competitive Bidding and Defensive Tactics

Description of the main tactics employed to achieve, discourage, or thwart a takeover.

Research paper thumbnail of Hofstede's model of national cultural differences and their consequences: A triumph of faith-a failure of analysis

Human relations, Jan 1, 2002

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Research paper thumbnail of Looking forward to the past

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