Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book offers qualitative studies of collaboration processes conducted in globalizing companies based in Denmark and with subsidiaries in Asia. It addresses the specific contexts of collaboration and studies how people with different cultural backgrounds work together, both face-to-face and in the virtual workplace"-- Provided by publisher.

Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction and Overview; M.C.Gertsen, A.M.Soderberg & M.Zolner PART I: BACKGROUNDS State of the Art: Cross-cultural Management and Global Collaboration; D. C.Thomas Danish National Identity: An Historical Account; U.A stergard PART II: INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AND CULTURAL LEARNING State of the Art: International Human Resource Management and Cultural Learning; M.Festing Expatriation: Stories of Intercultural Face-work; M.C.Gertsen & A.M.Soderberg Knowledge Exchange and Intercultural Learning through Inpatriation: Some Chinese Experiences; M.C.Gertsen & A.M.Soderberg Short-term International Assignments: A Means of Developing Cultural Sensitivity and Building Networks in a Global Company?; A.M.Soderberg & M.Zolner PART III: WHEN CORPORATE CULTURES AND PRACTICES TRAVEL Cultural Translation of Corporate Values; P.d'Iribarne Reception and Recontextualization of Corporate Values in Subsidiaries; M.C.Gertsen & M.Zolner Winning Behaviours in East and West: Recontextualizing a Strategic Concept Within a Global Organization; M.C.Gertsen & A.M.Soderberg Managing 'in between': Dilemmas of Expatriate Managers; M.Zolner PART IV: DIFFERENT FORMS OF COLLABORATION ACROSS BORDERS State of the Art: Studying Multicultural Teams; M.Maznevski Learning from Difference: Born Global SMEs and Their Approaches to Intercultural Collaboration in Asia; M.C.Gertsen Global Teams: Exploring the Success of a Shared Services Centre in Bangalore; M.C.Gertsen & M.Zolner Virtual Communication and Collaboration in Global Research and Development Teams: A Case Study of an Indian R&D Hub; A.M.Soderberg Final Perspectives; M.C.Gertsen, A.M.Soderberg & M.Zolner Afterword; M.Y.Brannen Appendix