A.J. Palumbo Research Grant recipient Matthew Tarallo traveled to the Czech Republic over spring break in order to research management styles of an international business. The name of his research was called "A Comparison Between U.S. and Czech Republic Management Practices." He wrote the following about his research.

"By definition, a capitalist government is a form of an economic, industrial and social organization of a society involving ownership, control and direction of production by privately owned business organizations. Currently, the Czech Republic and the United States both operate under a capitalist form of government. The Czech Republic "converted" to socialism in 1989. Prior to 1989, the Czech Republic was under a communist form of government. So by examining the United States and the Czech Republic’s type of government and market economy today, one question might be, ‘What is the difference between the Czech Republic’s management practices and styles and those of the United States if they are both Market Economies?’ More specifically, since the Czech Republic and the United States have the ‘same’ market economy and government, would the business managers in the Czech Republic have a different form of management styles, practices and incentives for their employees than their manager counterparts in the United States? Can a manager from the United States ‘manage’ his/her employees with the same management practices used in the Czech Republic and vise versa? And most important, if I were a business management major from America, how would I expect to manage employees in another country, and not be affected by their culture barriers?"