Getting lost in a jungle: A commentary on Shenkar

Vladimir Pucik is Assistant Professor of International Business and Organizational Behavior at the School of Business, The University of Michigan. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia where he studied international economics, law, and political science. Later, he received a master's degree in international affairs specializing in East Asia and a Ph.D. in business administration from Columbia Uni\.. versity. His research interests include . . . . problems of mternational competition, mternatlOnal Jomt ventures, linkage of competitive strategies with human resource management, and comparative management with a parucular emphasIs on Japan. He has published extensively m acadenuc and professional journals, such as the Academy of Management Review, Columbia Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management, Organizational DynamiCS, and Japan Economic Journal, as well as contributed to a number of books and monographs on the area of international business.