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The interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which recognizes thatcompanies have obligations that extend beyond short-run profit maximization toinclude notions of social and environmental concern, has increased considerably inrecent decades. The globalization of the world economy and the related tradeliberalization has brought forward a discussion of the importance of business as anactor in the development of society. The aim of this research is to analyse theeffectiveness of the CSR strategies of international companies in terms of their impacton development in the host country. This will be performed as a case study of CSR inIndia. India constitutes a location with significant potential for international companiesto contribute to development through CSR since it is an open nation with substantialinternational presence but still faces challenges regarding poverty alleviation andinequalities. Very little academic literature examines the development effects of CSR.In order to undertake this analysis, an analytical tool will be established that willpresent key characteristics of efficient CSR in terms of its impact on development.These key characteristics will be derived from the theory of new institutionaleconomics, and will primarily argue that in order for CSR strategies to achieve thegreatest efficiency, they must adhere to the institutional framework of the host context.The case study of the research will outline the nature of the international companies’CSR strategies in India and evaluate them according to this analytical framework. Thefindings of the research indicate that the development effects of the contemporary CSRstrategies in India are modest. However, CSR is a relatively recent amendment to thecorporate agenda and it has potential to increase in efficiency and importance in thefuture

With the increasing trend of globalization, the impact of globalization has lead to a fast changing environment the boundaries for business is diminishing day by day so is the movement of people between different countries and cultures. The requirements of multinational organizations like expansion plans in international market has continuingly increased the need to understand the cultural dimensions of different countries to achieve better results. Therefore the companies are required to understand a national culture’s impact on areas like communication in multicultural teams in different countries which has a high degree of effect on team performance. So our research question revolves around this topic as “How does culture influence communication in multi cultural teams”. This paper makes an attempt to investigate the influence of national cultures on communication in project teams in China and India by focusing on construction industry based on a number of factors including Hofstede’s (1980) cultural dimensional framework. The researchers intend to explore the cultural factors having major impact on communication in multicultural project teams of both countries. Throughout our research and study, useful lessons on national cultures impact on communication can be drawn for multicultural project team in China and India. It can provide a better insight for the project teams to have concern for and understand why people from different countries and cultures react or respond to various situations in a different manner, giving high emphasis to communication process.

The purpose of this study is to illustrate the importance of expatriates (employees) from Pakistani organizations on foreign assignment by critically analyzing the significance of their strategic roles. Then it reveals that why expatriates fail and effect of cultural distance on them. Finally, what MNE’s and Institutions can do for facilitating their successful adjustment? The significance of Management in the organization is inevitable after the emergence of the new concept of the “Amalgamation”. A detail study was conducted to observe the prevailing Knowledge Management practices and constraints related to it in the selected organization of Pakistan Habib Rafiq Limited (HRL). A case study methodology was adopted for the research purpose. On the basis of the developed conceptual frame work observation was made and interviews were conducted to find out the current knowledge management practices at Habib Rafiq Limited (HRL) Lahore. After data analysis a model was developed for facilitating cross cultural adjustment. It is suggested that if implemented this model can help the organizations and Institutions in improving its current status. This study provided strong evidence to suggest that there should be further research in this field.