CROSS-CULTURALECONOMIC MANAGEMENT -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTS AND FACTS -- 1.1. ETHNICITY -- 1.2. LANGUAGE -- Indo-European Phylum -- Sino-Tibetan Phylum -- Hamio-Semitic Phylum -- Caucasian Phylum -- Ural-Altaic Phylum -- Finno-Ugric Phylum -- Dravidian Phylum -- Nilo-Saharan Phylum -- Niger-Congo Phylum -- Khoisan Phylum -- Paleo-Siberian Phylum -- Austro-Asiatic Phylum -- Austronesian Phylum -- Other Phylums -- 1.3. RELIGION -- 1.4. SUMMARY -- CULTURE AND ECONOMICS -- 2.1. A WORLD OF ECONOMIES -- 2.2. CULTURES AND CULTURE AREAS -- 2.3. CULTURAL DIVISION OF ECONOMIES -- 2.4. DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- 2.4.1. Estimating Multicultural Data -- 2.4.2. Tips in Methodology for Comparative Analysis -- (i) 'Patterns of Development' Analysis -- (ii) In-Depth Case Studies -- (iii) Large-Sample Case Studies -- (iv) Analytic Narrative Approach -- (v) Multivariate Statistical Analysis -- (vi) Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- (vii) Combining Quantitative and Quantitative Approaches -- 2.5. SUMMARY -- CROSS-CULTURAL ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES -- 3.1. VALUES AND RULES -- 3.2. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORS -- 3.3. WEALTH AND DISTRIBUTION -- 3.4. CONSUMPTION PATTERNS -- 3.5. MARKETING STRATEGY -- 3.6 SUMMARY -- MULTICULTURAL ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT AND POLICY -- 4.1. HISTORICAL REVIEW -- 4.2. A MODEL OF MULTICULTURAL ECONOMIES -- Proposition 1 -- Proof -- Proposition 2 -- Proof -- Proposition 3 -- Proof -- Proposition 4 -- Proof -- 4.3. MULTICULTURAL RISKS AND CHALLENGES -- Case Study 1 -- Case Study 2 -- Case Study 3 -- Case Study 4 -- 4.4. MULTICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES -- Case Study 1 -- Case Study 2 -- Case Study 3 -- Case Study 4 -- 4.5. SUMMARY -- MANAGING CULTURALAND ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES -- 5.1. LITERATURE REVIEW -- 5.1.1. Macroeconomic Effects of Cultural Diversity -- 5.1.2. Macroeconomic Effects of Income Inequality.

5.2. AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- 5.3. DIVERSITY AND INEQUALITY INDEXES -- 5.3.1. Cultural Diversity Indexes -- 5.3.2. Economic Difference Indexes -- 5.4. A MODEL OF GROWTH IN CULTURALLY DIVERSE ECONOMIES -- 5.5. INTEGRATING ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL POLICIES -- 5.6. SUMMARY -- DOING BUSINESS ACROSS CULTURES -- 6.1. A CRITIQUE OF THEORIES ON TRADE -- 6.2. CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON FOREIGN TRADE -- 6.3. A GRAVITY MODEL -- 6.4. CULTURAL SIMILARITY INDEX -- 6.5. EVIDENCE FROM EAST ASIA -- 6.6. SUMMARY -- CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT -- 7.1. GLOBALIZATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- 7.2. HOW CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICTS OCCUR -- Hypothesis 1. Conflicts Grow with Respect to Resource Scarcityand Population Growth -- Hypothesis 2. Conflicts Occur More Frequently in Areas with LessDeveloped Political and Legal Systems -- Hypothesis 3. Conflicts Occur More Frequently in Areas with DifferentPolitical Systems and Development Strategies -- Hypothesis 4. Conflicts Occur Less Frequently in Areas with Higher AverageIncome Levels and in Areas with Lower Income Inequalities -- Hypothesis 5. Conflicts Tend to be Less Serious between CulturallyHomogeneous Areas than Between Culturally Heterogeneous Areas -- Hypothesis 6. Conflicts Tend to be Less Tensional Between Cultures thatPrefer Passive Strategies than between Those that PreferConfrontational Strategies -- 7.3 CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION -- 7.4. A TACTICAL GUIDE TO GLOBAL LEADERS -- 7.4.1. Round Table Negotiation -- 7.4.2. Third-Party Mediation -- 7.4.3. Shelving Disputes Strategy -- 7.4.4. Neutral, Buffer and Demilitarized Zones -- 7.5. SUMMARY -- APPENDIX 1. ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICSOF THE WORLD -- APPENDIX 2. LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUSDIVERSITY INDEXES OF THE WORLD -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.