To What Extent Kamprad S Leadership And Ikea S Cultures

[pic] IKEA : Managing Cultural Diversity [pic] IKEA: Managing Cultural Diversity 1) To what extent does Kampred’s Leadership style and IKEA’s culture, structure, management style, and business philosophy reflect Sweden’s national culture? To many people around the world, IKEA represents the epitome of Swedish culture. Surrounded by the blue and yellow of the Swedish flag, advertisements in Swedish accents, and even Swedish meatballs, the company proudly displays its Swedish roots.

IKEA : Marketing strategy and challenges of internationalization In the 1940s, the furniture’s distribution market was split up into cartels with strong barriers to entry in order to limit competition. Furniture’s prices were high and also reserved to well-heeled households. Retailers were especially located in downtowns and there were no way to target humble households because of high costs of such a localization. But, after WWII, new socio-demographic trends grew up, such as baby boom and new