Impact of Culture on Management of Foreign SMEs in China

Rubens Pauluzzo is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Udine, Italy. His research interests focus on international business and management, cross-cultural management, and Asian economies and cultures. He has a PhD in Business Sciences from the University of Udine and has been a visiting researcher at Fudan University in Shanghai and at the University of Hong Kong. He has also worked in Japan for the Italian Embassy. Bin Shen is currently an Associate Professor at Donghua University in Shanghai, China. His research focuses on supply chain and operations management. He received his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been principal investigator on various projects funded by national grants in China. His papers have appeared in leading journals and he is an editorial board member for the International Journal of Inventory Research. He won the Textile Institute Publication Award in 2016.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 The Internationalization Processes of SMEs.- 3 The Impacts of Management on the International Development of SMEs.- 4 Culture and its Dimensions: General Implications for Management.- 5 Chinese Cultural Roots and Their Influence on Managerial Issues.- 6 Empirical Analysis.- 7 Discussion of Research Findings.- 8 Conclusion and Directions for Future Research.