2006 COS Round Table. "Creating culturally competent firms: strategies for gaining from cultural pluralism"

The Round Table was chaired by Lalit Johrl, professor of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) of Bangkok and visiting professor at EADA, and was attended by extremely interesting speakers such as Max Bolsot (Birmingham University), Imal Iroshi (Toyota), Sameer Prasad (India), Francisco Escarti (Boeing), David Dinwoodie (EADA) and Mary van der Boom (Global TMC).

The 21 speakers at the Round Table were given the chance to debate for two and a half days on the competitive advantages of multicultural organisations.

F.Escartí - Boeing Research Technology Europe
I.Iroshi - Toyota Motor
I.Iroshi - Contrasting Thai-Japanese cultural differences
M.Boisot - Creating Culturally Competent Firms
M.Van Der Boon - Creating and sustaining culturally competent firms
M.Van Der Boon - Creating Culturally Competent Firms
S.Prasad - Ethnic Communities and Work Ethos
G.Lewis - COS Conference Report