Essays on Foreignness

Grace Paley, in the work “A Man Told Me The Story of his Life” allows an immigrant to tell a hard wrenching version of his life story, in a few lines. The authors writing style, which is stripped down, and extremely bare, is used to accentuate the otherness of the main character, which places the theme of discrimination at the center of the story’s theme. Thus, Paley subtly makes a point about discrimination, the perpetuation of stereotypes, and the way that it impacts lives through the Vincente character. Though Vincente is a Spanish name, and it can be ...

Introduction

Internalization is the process, as it relates to international strategic management, which requires transaction to occur within the confines of the corporate assets, rather than externalizing and interacting more heavily with the open market. This form of business interaction has certain advantages, abut can also pose serious disadvantages as the business works to move into new global markets. The following paper will work to determine to what extent internalization creates an atmosphere of global risks for companies in the middle of globalization. Currently, there is a shortage of research as it relates to the impact of internalization on business ...

The Impact of Internalization on Organizational Culture

Increased growth in international trade, foreign direct investment and increase in cross-border technology flow has remained instrumental in influencing the level of internalization experienced among companies (Onetti et al., 2012). Internalization provides companies with the opportunity for geographic growth, which remains instrumental for additional business growth as it provides potential opportunities relating to the growth of a larger market, increase spread of risk, production efficiencies and exposure to new production methods, which remain vital in influencing overall business growth and development (Chandra et al., 2012). Increased growth of emerging markets provides a viable opportunity for business to engage in ...

Bernard Malamud’s short story, The Last Mohican, follows American Fidelman in his travel to Rome, Italy, and his conflict with the itinerant Shimon Susskind. Fidelman, a self-described “failure as a painter,” arrives from New York to Italy to do a critical study of artist Giotto (417). Before he can even begin, his encounter with Susskind interrupts his precisely laid and budgeted plans for his studies and travels in Italy. He thinks Susskind is stalking him because Susskind wants one of his two suits. However, after his briefcase with his writing is stolen from his hotel, Susskind is suddenly nowhere to be ...