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Journal of Operations Management 28 (2010) 206–222 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Operations Management journal homepage: /locate/jom The cultural characteristic of individualism/collectivism: A comparative study of implications for investment in operations between emerging Asian and industrialized Western countries Damien Power a,1, Tobias Schoenherr b,*, Danny Samson a,2 a The University of Melbourne, Department of Management and Marketing, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia b Department of Supply Chain Management, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, N370 North Business Complex, East Lansing, MI 48224, USA A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: This study provides insight into the importance of national culture, investment in operations, and Available online 10 November 2009 performance in the context of emerging Asian economies with a collectivist orientation, which are compared to industrialized Western nations with an individualist orientation. Hypotheses are developed Keywords: and tested based on the cultural concept of individualism/collectivism, the theory of performance Individualism/collectivism frontiers, and the extent of economic development. More specifically, data collected from 639 Theory of performance frontiers manufacturing plants in nine countries are used to first assess the influence of the cultural trait of Resource-based vie