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Strategic Asymmetric Multicultural Alliances in Business

Scriffignano, Anthony James
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1278017139

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2010, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
Global economics and other factors make it increasingly difficult for organizations to operate within the boundaries of one country in a rational way (e.g., leveraging best practices, profitable, achieving goals). In this study, I looked at strategic business alliances, transcending simple quid pro quo relationships to deliver ongoing partner value. I refined my study to multicultural relationships, having differing cultural identities (i.e., ideas, heritage, language, or demographics from differing geographies). Finally, I considered asymmetry (i.e., inequity in working relationship). Using a mixed-methodology design, I surveyed alliance participants and interviewed participants from selected alliances. A multi-case study addresses emergent themes of participants from these alliances, day-to-day experiences, and ways in which leaders intervened. Drawing from these experiences, observations are presented about the nature of these alliances and their increasing contemporary relevance. The electronic version of this dissertation is at OhioLink ETD Center, www.ohiolink.edu/etd.
Mitchell Kusy, PhD (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Holloway, PhD (Committee Member)
Carolyn Kenny, PhD (Committee Member)
James Krefft, PhD (Other)
130 p.
Business Community; Business Costs; Business Education; International Relations; Language; Management; Organizational Behavior
alliance; multicultural; leadership; asymmetric; strategic; mixed methods; collaboration; multilingual; partnership; multi-case study; change leadership; multinational; coalition; cooperation; business; management; global; international; globalization

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  • Scriffignano, A. J. (2010). Strategic Asymmetric Multicultural Alliances in Business [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1278017139

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Scriffignano, Anthony. Strategic Asymmetric Multicultural Alliances in Business. 2010. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1278017139.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Scriffignano, Anthony. "Strategic Asymmetric Multicultural Alliances in Business." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1278017139

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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