APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE

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Juan Carlos Herrera Ruiz

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This article reflects upon the application of anthropology theories and methods over certain practical administration aspects that are of interest to international business, such as organizational culture, market research and the intercultural dimension that characterizes this activity in a global environment. In order to illus­trate this, some bibliographical sources and contributions made by representative researchers on professional and academic development are explored as well as the internal debates that are happening within this sub-spatiality of Anthropology now a days. It is concluded that when scientific knowledge is applied over the cultural behavior to the service of corporate power, it those bring with it ethical issues

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Juan Carlos Herrera Ruiz, Universidad de Medellín

Antropólogo y licenciado en Educación, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Magíster en Literatura,
Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Estudiante del Doctorado en Literatura, Universidad de Antioquia,
Medellín, Colombia. Profesor auxiliar de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas de la Universidad
de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia. Miembro del grupo de investigación en negocios y relaciones internacionales del
programa de Negocios Internacionales.

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Herrera Ruiz, J. C. (2015). APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE. Semestre Económico, 18(37), 177-196. https://doi.org/10.22395/seec.v18n37a7

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