Part 2 of the book consist of 4 chapters:
Chapter 6: Entrepreneurial Culture
6.1 Introduction
6.2 How to theorize on the entrepreneur and entrepreneurial culture
6.3 McClelland’s seminal study on N-Achievement
6.3.1 McClelland’s approach
6.3.2 Critique on McClelland
6.3.3 Empirical tests of McClelland’s thesis
6.4 Entrepreneurial trait research: unique personality of entrepreneurs
6.5 Entrepreneurial culture and economic success
6.6 Entrepreneurial culture and rates of entrepreneurship
6.7 Discussion: linking the individual and the collective
Chapter 7: Trust
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Trust as a proxy for culture
7.3 Antecedents of trust
7.3.1 Social distance
7.3.2 Modernization
7.3.3 Democracy and political institutions
7.3.4 Associational activity
7.3.5 Religion and religious culture
7.4 Trust-growth studies
7.4.1 Arguments
7.4.2 Results
7.5 Methodology of the generalized trust question
7.4.1 Identification problems
7.4.2 Validity problems
7.4.3 Level problems
7.6 Discussion: from well-tossed spaghetti to multi-layered lasagna
Chapter 8: International Business
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Defining the field of international business
8.3 How cultural distance affects type and location of MNE activity
8.3.1 Cultural distance: concept and critique
8.3.2 Cultural explanations of the geography of MNE activity
8.3.3 Entry mode research and cultural differences
8.4 Comparative management
8.4.1 Managerial values
8.4.2 International cooperation
8.5 Discussion: specifying culture and spillovers to economics
Chapter 9: Comparative Corporate Governance
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Corporate governance systems and legal origin
9.2.1 Corporate governance
9.2.2 Bank based versus market based typology
9.2.2 Legal traditions
9.3 Investor protection in different legal traditions
9.3.1 Shareholder and creditor rights
9.3.2 Enforcement
9.3.3 Consequences
9.4 From legal origin to culture
9.5 Discussion
9.5.1 Critique on the law and finance approach
9.5.2 Culture