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.Ostergard 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