David P. Hanson is Associate Professor of Global Business in the Donahue School of Business, Duquesne University, USA.

"Hanson examines in depth various pairs of countries, selected based on their mercantile past. What results is an interesting, useful look at how the national managerial culture of India, for example, is so different from that of Brazil. The first two chapters build the theoretical foundations of the book's thesis by critically examining the work of Geert Hofstede, Fons Trompenaars, and others. The bulk of the volume, 10 chapters in all, gets into the specifics of cultural development in the focal countries. The book tilts more to the academic than the practical side in its writing. A good complement to the extant work on national cultures. Summing Up: Recommended." - R. Subramanian, Montclair State University published in CHOICE May 2014

• 1. On National Differences in Managerial Culture 2. Other Approaches to the Analysis of Culture 3. Leaders in France and China: Agents for Departed Monarchs 4. Germany and Japan: Military Leadership and Development 5. The US and the UK: Merchants and an Aristocracy 6. Italy and Mexico; Networks of Partisans 7. Brazil and India: Different Paths to Similar Goals 8. On the Virtues of Necessity: Belgium and Netherlands 9. Korea and Thailand: Conflict and Inclusion 10. Ghana and Nigeria; Corruption and Inclusion 11. Lord Buddha and Master Kong, the Pope and Martin Luther 12. Discussions, Comparisons and Conclusions

David P. Hanson is Associate Professor of Global Business in the Donahue School of Business, Duquesne University, USA.

"Hanson examines in depth various pairs of countries, selected based on their mercantile past. What results is an interesting, useful look at how the national managerial culture of India, for example, is so different from that of Brazil. The first two chapters build the theoretical foundations of the book's thesis by critically examining the work of Geert Hofstede, Fons Trompenaars, and others. The bulk of the volume, 10 chapters in all, gets into the specifics of cultural development in the focal countries. The book tilts more to the academic than the practical side in its writing. A good complement to the extant work on national cultures. Summing Up: Recommended." - R. Subramanian, Montclair State University published in CHOICE May 2014

• 1. On National Differences in Managerial Culture 2. Other Approaches to the Analysis of Culture 3. Leaders in France and China: Agents for Departed Monarchs 4. Germany and Japan: Military Leadership and Development 5. The US and the UK: Merchants and an Aristocracy 6. Italy and Mexico; Networks of Partisans 7. Brazil and India: Different Paths to Similar Goals 8. On the Virtues of Necessity: Belgium and Netherlands 9. Korea and Thailand: Conflict and Inclusion 10. Ghana and Nigeria; Corruption and Inclusion 11. Lord Buddha and Master Kong, the Pope and Martin Luther 12. Discussions, Comparisons and Conclusions