Competing Values in Asian Business: Evidence from India and Dubai

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to highlight the fact that investors in Asian region are shifting their investments from one country to another, in this case, from India to Dubai in the real estate and infrastructure industry. While countries compete to get investments, competing “values” at workplace may also influence in attracting the investments. We make use of ‘Competing Values framework’ to understand this phenomenon and to provide research evidence about differences in workplace cultures in India and Dubai. It is proposed that differences in workplace cultures, besides other non-cultural factors, may influence this phenomenon of shifting of investments between the two countries.