2 Development and Prospects for Research on Global Virtual Teams
Introduction
In 1997, Dame Frances Anne Cairncross, a British economist, journalist and academic, published the book The Death of Distance. The book blurb asserts: “Geography, borders, time zones – all are rapidly becoming irrelevant to the way we conduct our business”. While this statement declares an indisputable fact, questions arise whether geography, borders and time zones have really become irrelevant? Is the management of companies in a global world the same as the management of local firms? Has globalisation engendered new organisational structures and created new management challenges precisely in the light of the transformations ...
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