1. Changes in Company Culture and Organisation (e.g. Expansion of Operations in New Markets)

2. I.Achieving a Common Definition of Company Culture How is company culture defined? How is it practiced in your organization?

3. I.Achieving a Common Definition of Company Culture Is company culture a strategic issue that is managed enterprise-wide, or just a matter that HR should take care of? If the broader enterprise is not involved, how does culture become integrated into core operational tools (bonus systems, leadership expectations, pay for performance plans)?

4. I.Achieving a Common Definition of Company Culture If there is no buy-in from the operations team on implementing culture and it’s just ceded to HR, does it risk becoming irrelevant?

5. I.Achieving a Common Definition of Company Culture How does a Company effectively communicate its culture and ensure it is known and practiced at all levels of the organization?

6. I.Achieving a Common Definition of Company Culture How does a Company effectively communicate its culture and ensure it is known and practiced at all levels of the organization?

7. II.The Barriers to Successful Diffusion of Company Culture What are the tools/resources needed to share company culture with the foreign location? (I.e., the “resource barriers”).

8. II.The Barriers to Successful Diffusion of Company Culture How might local custom or practice clash with the culture the Home Office is attempting to export? (I.e., “national identity barriers”).

9. II.The Barriers to Successful Diffusion of Company Culture Examples of when company culture was successfully exported, and when it was not (or could not be)?

10. III.Which Company Values and Practices are “Exportable”, and which are Best Left to Organic Growth? What kinds of company practices must be tailored to local custom and practice for legal reasons? For cultural reasons? Due to market realities?

11. III.Which Company Values and Practices are “Exportable”, and which are Best Left to Local Growth? When does the process of “tailoring” one’s values really amount to compromising those values?