Business GOES NATIVE.Thriving thrive intr.v. thrived or throve , thrived or thriv·en , thriv·ing, thrives 1. To make steady progress; prosper. 2. in a global economy calls for multinational muscle, yet homogenization homogenization (həmŏj'ənəzā`shən), process in which a mixture is made uniform throughout. Generally this procedure involves reducing the size of the particles of one component of the mixture and dispersing them evenly breeds contempt contempt, in law, interference with the functioning of a legislature or court. In its narrow and more usual sense, contempt refers to the despising of the authority, justice, or dignity of a court. . Here's how international CEOs cope with culture conflict. Jacques Nasser Jacques Nasser (born December 27, 1947[1] in Amyoun, Lebanon;[2] Arabic جاك نصر ) nicknamed "Jac The Knife" because of his penchant for cost-cutting, is a business executive, most known for his infamous tenure as CEO of Ford , the Lebanese-Australian president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Ford Motor Co., is this year's archetype archetype (är`kĭtīp') [Gr. arch=first, typos=mold], term whose earlier meaning, "original model," or "prototype," has been enlarged by C. G. Jung and by several contemporary literary critics. for the high-profile, non-native non-native Adjective not originating in a particular place born executive. What Nasser Nas·ser , Gamal Abdel 1918-1970. Egyptian army officer and politician who served as prime minister (1954-1956) and president (1956-1958) of Egypt and as president of the United Arab Republic (1958-1970). faced in the massive tire recall is a fundamental lesson of international experience. Most business is local, and bound by local culture and economics, yet at the same time, local challenges can affect the global success, image, and posture posture /pos·ture/ (pos´choor) the attitude of the body.pos´tural pos·ture n. 1. A position of the body or of body parts. 2. of multinational corporations
With his distinctive accent, Nasser appeared on nationally televised ads to assist in the recall of the Firestone fire·stone n. 1. A flint or pyrite used to strike a fire. 2. A fire-resistant stone, such as certain sandstones. Noun 1. tires that had been linked to accidents and deaths. Nasser also took the unprecedented action of idling three U.S. assembly plants for two weeks to release their 70,000 tires as replacements for the defective defective adj. not being capable of fulfilling its function, ranging from a deed of land to a piece of equipment. (See: defect, defective title) treads. At the time, U.S. customers were beginning to shun Shun In Chinese mythology, one of the three legendary emperors, along with Yao and Da Yu, of the golden age of antiquity (c. 23rd century BC), singled out by Confucius as models of integrity and virtue. Ford Explorer
The Ford Explorer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle sold in North America and built by the Ford Motor Company since 1990. Sports Utility Vehicles sports utility vehicle sport n → véhicule m de loisirs (de type SUV) sports utility vehicle n (esp US) → fuoristrada m inv as a result of the tire problem, and nearly 50 percent of consumers surveyed thought Ford's response to the tire recall had been fair or poor. The growth economy in the U.S. obscures a residual and, in some cases, deep unhappiness with the way U.S. business is conducted internationally. General Electric's unions in the Northeast U.S. are livid livid /liv·id/ (liv´id) discolored, as from a contusion or bruise; black and blue. liv·id adj. about the transfer of supplier jobs to other countries, especially Mexico. Meanwhile, Vincente Fox, the president of Mexico, is pushing for expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), accord establishing a free-trade zone in North America; it was signed in 1992 by Canada, Mexico, and the United States and took effect on Jan. 1, 1994. into a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Common Market, a step that U.S. workers will surely resist. The workers point to an eight-to-one wage differential wage differential n → diferencia salarial wage differential n → éventail m des salaires wage differential wage n as the only reason jobs are leaving. Disparities in local economies worldwide make any kind of global business planning difficult. China is growing at better than 8 percent a year, while Japan is stuck in the 10th year of a recession rivaled only by the Great Depression of the 1930s, and its banks have still not fully reformed. Argentina has a stalled stall 1 n. 1. A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed. 2. a. A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market. b. economy with unemployment running greater than 10 percent, while Brazil's unemployment is below 8 percent and falling as manufacturing and mining take off. Germany is taking off after its 10-year struggle to reunify re·u·ni·fy tr.v. re·u·ni·fied, re·u·ni·fy·ing, re·u·ni·fies To cause (a group, party, state, or sect) to become unified again after being divided. , and unemployment is dropping. France is growing slowly, and Africa, with the exception of South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , is a disaster. Having lived and worked in other countries, international CEOs (see table, pages 36-37) should be sensitive to the impact of culture on performance, but sometimes, surprisingly, they are not. Netherlands-born Durk Jager's short-lived run as CEO of Procter & Gamble was an object lesson in moving too fast for a culture. In this case, it was the very culture in which Jager had been raised-that of Procter & Gamble. The Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the has confused the differences between global and local business, and 2000 only deepened the confusion. Major firms, such as consumer electronics makers, have discovered that they can no longer isolate isolate /iso·late/ (i´sah-lat) 1. to separate from others. 2. a group of individuals prevented by geographic, genetic, ecologic, social, or artificial barriers from interbreeding with others of their kind. technologies or technology introductions by region because enthusiasts communicate with each other globally through Internet newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. . If a company decides not to introduce a product in the U.S., for example, it risks alienating al·ien·ate tr.v. al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates 1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions. well-informed fans. Even more importantly, local distributors and dealers have been resisting global Internet reach and the enhanced marketing power of large multinational companies in, for example, consumer electronics and autos. These cultural conflicts will not go away soon. In fact, they will intensify in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: as each side portrays its way of working and relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc consumers as better. Japan has been struggling with the same issue for better than a decade, and a face-off between large chain stores and mom-and-pop businesses that have traditionally dominated commerce in the country continues. Large chains are making inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ , but not as quickly as they'd like, thanks to cultural resistance. Small store owners have the law and tradition on their side. The same holds true for U.S. auto dealers, who are powerful presences in statehouses. As these cultural conflicts intensify rather than abate abate v. to do away with a problem, such as a public or private nuisance or some structure built contrary to public policy. This can include dikes which illegally direct water onto a neighbors property, high volume noise from a rock band or a factory, an improvement , work experience in multiple countries will be an essential criterion for CEOs of multinational companies going forward. Further, with an increase of trade and business combinations between Mexico and the U.S. and among European Community European Community: see European Union. European Community (EC) Organization formed in 1967 with the merger of the European Economic Community, European Coal and Steel Community, and European Atomic Energy Community. countries, international CEOs will be spending more time negotiating local/regional conflict than they have in the past. This will demand good political skills as well as excellent communications abilities to convince politicians that a plant shutdown shut·down n. A cessation of operations or activity, as at a factory. shutdown Noun the closing of a factory, shop, or other business Verb shut down in one country and move of jobs to another is better overall for a country's economy. It will require even greater ability to convince consumers and politicians that the cultural artifacts A cultural artifact is a human-made which gives information about the culture of its creator and users. The artifact may change over time in what it represents, how it appears and how and why it is used as the culture changes over time. of one country are not inimical inimical, n a homeopathic remedy whose actions hinder, but do not counteract those of another. Also called incompatible. to another. This is a continuing challenge for MacDonald's Corp. in France, for example, where the Big Mac is seen as the destruction of French cuisine French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking. The national cuisine known today has evolved from centuries of social and political change. . The irony, of course, is that millions of French enjoy their Big Macs. The fear of cultural homogenization is a growing presence in several cultures and already is a barrier to some multinational businesses. The contradictory proposition that international CEOs work with is that "all business is local, except when it isn't." Successful international CEOs seem to have a fine-grained feel for the differences and know how to act at one moment with a global view and at another within local culture. On average, non-native and international CEOs seem to be better at this than CEOs who are raised within one culture. Denis Lyons Denis Lyons (born 1935) is a retired Irish Fianna Fáil party politician and former junior minister in the Irish government. Lyons was elected to Dáil Éireann on his first attempt, at the 1981 general election, when he was one of two Fianna Fáil candidates returned to the is senior director in Spencer Stuart's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office.
Selected Top NON-NATIVE EXECUTIVES
U S A
COMPANY -- TITLE NAME
AEA INVESTORS -- CHAIRMAN & CEO VINCENT MAI
Alcoa -- President & CEO ALAIN BELDA
A.Med -- Founder VP & CTO WALID ABDOUL-HOSN
American International Underwriters --
President & CEO Martin J. Sullivan
Armark -- Chairman & CEO Joseph Neubauer
ASC Inc. -- Chairman & CEO Heinz Prechter
Baker & McKenzie -- Chairman Christine Lagarde
Bcom3 Group -- CEO Roger Haupt
Becton Dickinson -- Chairman Clateo Castellini
Bell Laboratories (Lucent Technologies) --
President Arim Metravali
CNH Global N.V. -- Chairman & CEO Jean-Pierre Rosso
Chiron Corporation -- Chairman, President & CEO Sean P. Lance
Computer Associates -- President & CEO Charles Wang
Computer Associates -- President & CEO Sanjay Kumar
Continenetal Generall Tire Inc. --
President & CEO Bernd Frangenberg
eBay -- Founder & Chairman Pierre Omidyar
Eli Lilly and Company -- President & CEO Sidney Taurel
Ford Motor -- President & CEO Jacques A. Nasser
Fort James Corp. -- Chairman & CEO Miles Marsh
Frito-Lay America -- President & CEO Al Bru
Goodyear -- Chairman, President & CEO Samir G Gibara
Honeywell -- President & CEO Giannantonio Ferrari
Hughes Network Systems -- Chairman & CEO Pradman Kaul
Intel Corporation -- Chairman Andrew S. Grove
Intershop Communications -- Chairman Eckhard Pfeiffer
Intershop Communications -- Founder & CEO Stephan Schambach
Kellogg -- President & CEO & Chairman Carlos Gutierrez
McKinsey & Co. -- Managing Director Rajat Gupta
NCR -- CEO Lars Nyberg
OpenGrid Inc. -- Chairman Philippe Kahn
Parmalat USA Corporation -- CEO Aldo Uva
Pharmacia & Upjohn -- President & CEO Fred Hassan
Philip Morris -- Chairman & CEO Geoffrey Bible
Rohm & Haas -- Chairman & CEO Rajiv Gupta
Sega of America -- Vice Chairman and COO Toshiro Kezuka
Sensormatic Electronics -- President & CEO Per-Olof Loof
TIMCO -- President & MD Sandip Bhagat
UAL and United Airlines -- President Ronjojoy "Rono" Dutta
U.S. Airways -- President & CEO Rakesh Gangwal
Yahoo Inc. -- Co-Founder & Cheif Yahoo Jerry Yang
U K
Amvescap -- Chairman & CEO Charles Brady
Arcadia PLC -- Chairman & CEO John Hoerner
Associated British Ports PLC -- Group CEO Bo Lerenius
Barclavs Bank -- CEO Matt Barrett
BBA PLC -- Group CEO Roberto Quarta
Billiton PLC -- Chairman & CEO Brain Gilberston
The Body Shop International PLC -- CEO Patrick Gournay
CGNU PLC -- Group CEO Bob Scott
Caradon PLC -- Group CEO Jurgen Hintz
Cookson Group PLC -- CEO Stephen Howard
Enterprise Oil PLC -- CEO Pierre Jungels
GKN PLC -- CEO C.K. Chow
Granada -- Chairman Gerry Robinson
Invensys PLC -- CEO Allen Yurko
Marks & Spencer PLC -- Executive Chairman Luc Vandevelde
NPower (domestic arm of National Power PLC) --
Executive Chairman Ross Sayers
Orange PLC -- CEO Hans Snook
Pearson PLC -- CEO Marjorie Scardino
Pilkington PLC -- Group CEO Paolo Scaroni
Rexam PLC -- CEO Rolf Borjesson
Rio Tinto PLC -- CEO Lee Clifford
Royal & Sun Alliance PLC -- CEO Bob Mendelsohn
Sema Group PLC -- CEO Pierre Bonelli
SmithKline Beecham PLC -- CEO J.P. Garnier
South African Breweries PLC -- Group CEO Graham Mackay
Standard Chartered PLC -- Group CEO Rana Talwar
Tata & Lyle PLC -- CEO Larry Piilard
TI Group PLC -- CEO Bill Laule
Unilever -- Chairman Niall Fitzgerald
U S A
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
South Africa
Morocco
Lebanon
United Kingdom
Israel
Germany
France
UK
Italy
India
France
South Africa
Taiwan
Sri Lanka
Germany
France
Morocco
Lebanon
South Africa
Cuba
Egypt
Italy
India
Hungary
Germany
Germany
Cuba
India
Sweden
France
Italy
Pakistan
Australia
India
Japan
Sweden
India
India
India
Taiwan
U K
USA
USA
Sweden
Ireland
USA
South Africa
France
Australia
USA
USA
Belgium
Hong Kong
Ireland
Canadian
Belgium
New Zealand
Canada
USA
Italy
Sweden
Australia
USA
France
France
South Africa
India
USA
USA
Ireland
AUSTRALIA
COMPANY -- TITLE
Wembley PLC -- Chairman
ANZ Bank Ltd. -- CEO
BHP Ltd. -- CEO
Burns Philip Ltd. -- CEO
Coles Myer Ltd. -- CEO
CSR Ltd. -- CEO
Goodman Fielders Ltd. -- Chairman
John Fairfax Ltd. -- Chairman
Lion Nahthan Ltd. -- CEO
McPhersons Ltd. -- CEO
Solution 6 Holdings Ltd. -- CEO
Star City Casino Ltd. -- CEO
Vodafone Pacific Ltd. -- CEO
CANADA
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd. -- President &
CEO
Chartwood Pacific Group -- CEO
Cominco Ltd. -- CEO
Jim Pattison Group -- President
FRANCE
Eridania Beghin Say -- CEO
L'Oreal -- CEO
St. Microelectronics -- CEO & President
GERMANY
Deutsche Telekom AG -- CEO
HONG KONG
HSBC Holdings -- Chairman
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia --
Chalman & Managing Director
Securities & Futures Commission --
Chairman
Sino Land -- Chairman
MEXICO
Banorte -- Chairman & CEO
Chase -- CEO
Citibank -- President
THE NETHERLANDS
Baan -- President & CEO
Grolsch Brewery -- Chairman
SINGAPORE
Development Bank of Singapore --
SMD & Head-Personal Banking
SOUTH AFRICA
South African Airways -- CEO
SPAIN
Citroen Hispania -- CEO
NH Hoteles -- CEO
Pryca -- CEO
SWITZERLAND
ABB Area Brown Boveri -- President
& CEO
Alusuisse Lonza Group -- CEO
Kuhne & Nagel International --
President & CEO
Nestle S.A. -- CEO
SGS -- CEO
Tag-Heuer -- CEO
AUSTRALIA
NAME COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Clases Hultman Sweden
John McFarlance UK
Paul Anderson USA
Tom Degnam USA
Denis Eck USA
Peter Kirby South Africa
David Heam UK
Brain Powers USA
Gordon Caims UK
David Allman UK
Nell Gamble UK
David Banks Scotland
Dr. Brain Clark South Africa
CANADA
Wayne Sales USA
U. Gary Charlwood Germany
David Thompson UK
Kevin Benson South Africa
FRANCE
Stefano Meloni Italy
Lindsay Owen-jones UK
Pasquale Pistorio Italy
GERMANY
Ron Sommer Israel
HONG KONG
David Eldson UK
Alasdalr Morrison UK
Andrew Sheng Malaysia
Robert Ng Singapore
MEXICO
Robert W. Chandler USA
John Donnelly Panama
Julio de Quezada Cuba
THE NETHERLANDS
Plerre J. Everaert Belgium
J. Troch Belgium
SINGAPORE
Phillppe Pallant France
SOUTH AFRICA
Coleman Andrews USA
SPAIN
Francols Albert Cusey France
Gabreielle Burgio Italy
Georges Plassat France
SWITZERLAND
Goran Lindahi Sweden
Sergio Marchionne Canada
Klaus Herms Germany
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe Austria
Antony Czura UK
Christian R. Viros France
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