Management and the board are often, if not always, blind to their own culture - fish can't see water - and may not realise derailing cultural dynamics, in time leading to under-performance or, in the worst case, financial disaster. The message of this book is simple: national culture, through its influence on corporate culture, has a powerful but often invisible impact on the success of global companies. What's more, the very same national traits that accelerate growth at one stage of the corporate life cycle may derail that growth at a different stage or when an inevitable crisis hit.

With real case studies from companies in Asia, Europe and the United States, such as: Toyota, Austin Motor Company (later British Leyland), Samsung, Sony, Nokia and P&G, this book offers a truly global approach to organistional culture. Hammerich and Lewis provide a new conceptual framework with vital tools for analysing corporate culture and diagnosing the dynamics that drive the success and failure of global companies. Fish Can't See Water: