Global Mindsets seeks to tackle a topic that is relatively new in research and practice, and is considered by many to be critical for firms seeking to conduct global business. It argues that multiple mindsets exist (across and within organizations), that they operate in a global context, and that they are dynamic and undergo change and action. Part of the mindset(s) may depend upon place, situation and context where individuals and organizations operate. The book examines the notion of "mindset" is situational and dynamic, especially in a global setting, why it is important for future scholars and managers and how it could be conceptualized.
The book includes conceptual chapters that push the current boundaries of research on the topic and empirical chapters that demonstrate how different organizations in different countries apply mindset perspectives in their management practices. It seeks to help academics, consultants, and researchers understand what has been said and studied about global mindsets in action and gain insights into possible directions and challenges that the field may face in the future.
1. Mindsets and Global Organizational Strategies
John Kuada
2. Two Decades of Global Mindset Research: Approaches and Issues
Andreea Ioana Bujac and John Kuada
3. Moving Toward Global Mindset: An Exploratory Process Framework
Nancy K. Napier and Kelsey Crow
4. Globalization, Regionalization and Global Mindset: Shifting Perspectives in the 21 Century
Nigel J. Holden
5. Global Mindset: From Strategic Choice to Situational Capability
Olav Jull Sørensen
6. Incipiency of Global Mindset among Smaller Manufacturing Enterprises
George Tesar and Hamid Moini
7. Smaller Manufacturing Enterprises: Managers and Their Global Mindset
George Tesar and Hamid Moini
8. Global Mindset as Integrability of Emerging Socio-cultural Values through Mindsponge Processes: A Transition Economy Perspective
Quan Hoang Vuong
9. Mindsets, Culture and Danish-Ghanaian Interfirm Collaborations
John Kuada
10. Building Global Mindset in a Danish Multinational Corporation
John Kuada, Olav Jull Sorensen, Nigel Holden, Nancy K. Napier, George Tesar
11. Culture’s Consequences of Danish Expatriates’ Global Mindset
John Kuada
12. Advancing Global Mindset Research: Opportunities and Challenges
John Kuada
Biography
John Kuada is Professor of International Management in the Department of Business and Management at Aalborg University, Denmark.