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The Experf Scale: A Cross-National Generalized Export Performance Measure, Shaoming Zou, Charles R. Taylor, Gregory E. Osland

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

A large number of studies have attempted to identify factors that are correlated with exporting success. However, much controversy exists about the key determinants of export performance and their relative importance. A major reason for this lack of consensus is the absence of a unified measure for capturing export performance. In this study, an attempt is made to develop a generalized export performance measure, the EXPERF scale, that can be applied to multiple countries. Results from a survey of top executives of U.S. and Japanese exporters support a three-dimensional scale for measuring export performance. The three dimensions of the export …

The Relationship Between Size And Return For Foreign Real Estate Investments, C. Mitchell Conover, H. Swint Friday, Shelly W. Howton

Finance Faculty Publications

In this study, we utilize a relatively new database to examine whether small foreign real estate firms have higher returns than large foreign real estate firms. We examine this issue from the perspective of a U.S. investor who forms portfolios of international real estate firms on the basis of U.S. dollar market value of equity. Using eleven years of foreign real estate data for more than 1200 observations in twenty countries, we find that large firms have higher returns and lower risk than small firms. These results hold when returns are denominated in either local currency or dollars. Further, the …

Three Essays On European Union Advances Toward A Single Currency And Its Implications For Business And Investors, Charlotte Anne Bond

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

The first chapter examines the changes in various European currencies' exchange rates through the time period 1980 through 1997. Specifically, we are interested to determine if there is any affect to the volatility of these exchange rates and specific events related to the advancement of European Unification. In order to move to a single currency it is imperative that the separate currencies become less volatile to facilitate the move to a single currency. In this study, we examine whether this is the case and discuss which currencies appear to display this behavior. It is observed that of the 14 currencies …

Developing Industrial Suppliers In Mexico, Abe Camacho

Graduate Research Papers

Research Questions:

1. Will cultural differences influence the effectiveness of developing Mexican industrial suppliers for U.S. international companies? 2. Will understanding the Mexican culture reduce time developing industrial suppliers for U.S. international companies? 3. Will developing Mexican industrial suppliers increase markets for U.S. international companies?

Trends. International Trade And The Subversion Of Justice: Japan, The European Union, And Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the moral philosophy, the psychology of moral judgment, and treatises on law often suggest that justice subsumes some combination of behavioral and intentional accountability and equity.

The Process Of Internationalization In The Operating Firm, Timothy Adrian Robert Clark, Derek S. Pugh, Geoff Mallory

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Two factors have been emphasised as influencing the choice of, and subsequent shifts between, modes of foreign market servicing: (1) market-specific knowledge; and (2) the generalised knowledge from operating internationally. The process-oriented literature on internalisation has tended to emphasise the former over the latter. This article maintains that market-specific knowledge is not the only source of information available to a firm. As firms operate in foreign markets they develop, in addition to networks of institutional arrangements, a knowledge of the process of internationalization. Account therefore has to be taken of the general knowledge from operating internationally in understanding the development …

No. 130 1997 November

International Journal for Business Education

SIEC Historical Documents

The Prospect For An Asparagus Industry In Northern Western Australia, John Bonnardeaux

Horticulture published reports

Asparagus grown in temperate regions of southern Australia is available, fresh, between August and March. For the remainder of the year, asparagus is not grown in Australia on a significant scale.

Recent work in Thailand, Peru, Kununurra (northern-western Australia) and Katherine (Northern Territory) has indicated that good quality asparagus can be produced in tropical and subtropical climates. Furthermore, research has shown the timing of the harvest can be manipulated by withholding irrigation and fern cutting. In an environment such as the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) it is possible to harvest asparagus at any time of the year.

This report …

Marketing In The New-Era: Combating Competition In A Globalizing Economy: By J S Panwar, New Delhi: Sage Publications,1997., Mithileshwar Jha

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Japanese Manufacturing Monopolies - What U.S. Enterprises Must Do To Maintain Global Competitiveness, Gary Grayson

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

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Control And Performance In International Joint Ventures, Hans Mjoen, Stephen Tallman

Management Faculty Publications

The authors examine the meaning of control in international joint ventures (IJVs) and the relationships of potential means of control in such organizations to the performance satisfaction of the foreign partner. They propose a conceptual model that provides both a traditional ownership-focused internalization perspective on those issues and an integrated approach combining a broader transaction cost interpretation of control with a resource input-based bargaining power model. A set of simultaneous structural equations with endogenous
explanatory variables provides multiple possible paths from various resource and power inputs through different means of control to perceived performance satisfaction. In such a model, intermediate …

Busting Universal Truths, R Gopalakrishnan

IIMB Management Review

Former Chairman of Unilever Arabia faces the challenge of managing change in a multi-cultural environment. No truth, he discovers, is universal.

Navaratnas As Global Giants, K R S Murthy

IIMB Management Review

Nine Gems or Navaratnas among PSUs are gearing up for fast-track growth. Experience shows that the institutional framework in which these PSUs operate is not conducive to organisational innovation and growth. How can these Navaratnas compete globally? Can they gear up to the new challenge?

No. 129 1997 April

International Journal for Business Education

SIEC Historical Documents

Is International Reciprocity Possible?, Abdel M. Agami, Karen Cascini

WCBT Faculty Publications

Even though there seems to be almost unanimous acceptance among countries that professional accountants must be educated, pass some professional examinations, and have some practical experience, the recipe for the quantity of each of the 3 ingredients varies from one country to another. To determine if international reciprocity is possible, the professional accountancy qualifications of 8 countries were surveyed: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the UK and the US.

Raising Capital Overseas, John D. Gould, John P. Mcallister, Larry L. Orsini

Faculty Articles

The article states that more and more companies are trying to raise capital by listing their securities for sale on foreign exchanges.More and more companies are trying to raise capital by listing their securities for sale on foreign exchanges. However, the way financial statements are prepared varies from one country to the next. U.S. companies looking to raise capital abroad must consider the myriad rules regarding financial statement presentation just as foreign companies listing stock in the United States must adhere to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Similarly, the costs of reconciling U.S. accounting standards …

Exchange Rate Regimes And International Trade, Reuven Glick, Clas Wihlborg

Business Faculty Books and Book Chapters

The existing evidence on the volume effects of exchange rate risk and exchange rate regime choice is examined. The analysis involves estimating the effects of cross-country differences in exchange rate regime on export and import elasticities using a continuous measure of the degree of exchange rate flexibility. It is argued that risk for firms involved in international trade tends to decrease with greater exchange rate flexibility. In formulating our hypotheses we argued that the cross-country variation in U.S. export elasticities with respect to the real exchange rate and foreign GDPs is primarily attributable to the cross- country variation in bilateral …

Ethical Dimenssion Of The International Management: By Stephen J Garroll And Martin J Gannon, New Delhi: Sage Publication, 1997., R Parthasarathy

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

An International Survey Of Free Banking Periods: Us, California, France, Australia, Switzerland, And Scotland, Frank Doti, David Cassell

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

This article studies free banking periods worlwide.

International Market Opportunities For Faba Beans, Andrew Quinn, Malcolm Sedgwick

Farm Systems and Economics published reports

Western Australian faba bean production is growing and export volumes are increasing. In contrast, production is declining in many of the world's traditional faba bean regions. World trade, however, is growing.

China dominates the world export market and is growing rapidly as an exporter. The UK and Australia are the second and third largest exporters respectively.

As Western Australian production increases, the State will increasingly play an important role in Australia's ability to supply faba beans into markets looking tor quality and stable supply.

Saudi Arabia has emerged as the State's largest export market. The State is well located to …

How A Service Company Expanded From A Regional Into An International Operation?, Hannah Alper

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

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No. 128 1996 November

International Journal for Business Education

SIEC Historical Documents

The Path To Globalizing Procurement Operations: Organizational, Cultural & Strategic Change For World Class Effectiveness Case Study: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, Boca Raton, Florida, Charles S. Maltrotti

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

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Interest Domination As A Framework For Exploring Channel Changes In Transitional Economies, Debra Dahab, James W. Gentry, Ravipreet S. Sohi

Department of Marketing: Faculty Publications

Changes in political and economic power can affect channel structures and decisions. Western channel models may not be useful for understanding the process of change in Central and East European transforming economies. This discussion suggests that channels in transforming economies may be controlled by groups or networks of people with mutual interests, a phenomenon the authors call interest domination. The article examines interest domination by managers, Communist cadres, and other party elite in two transforming economies and describes how structural and behavioral components of command economies might be conducive to interest domination of marketing channels. Propositions for explaining the political, …

The Impact On The U.S. Of The General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade, Sean-Stephan Pfaff

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

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International Alliances: An Agenda For Success, Som Mittal

IIMB Management Review

Alliances, all over the world, are the order of the day. In the current global context, few players have the wherewithal for creating viable businesses all by themselves. Alliances help leverage partners’ strengths, share risks and rewards, and open up new markets and competitive opportunities. Alliances in emerging markets such as India are especially relevant, as these markets come out of their self imposed isolation and insulation from external world markets and move towards a relatively open and competitive business environment. With this, customers’ expectation levels go up by leaps and bounds, given their newfound knowledge of the range of …

Thailand's Investment And Economy, Vichai Hanvivatpong

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

Thailand's economy seems generally strong but faces some important challenges in the medium to long term. The Thai way has produced a confident and dynamic private sector, despite numerous coup and government transitions, but the lack of central planning may cause the problems such as traffic, income distribution.

This research project examined the structure of Thai economy from the past which has helped Thailand in the global economy. The research also discussed the future of Thailand by interviewing the business people, professors, columnists, and Thai people about their opinion on Thai economy.

Why Invest In The Venezuelan Petroleum And Petrochemical Industries In 1996?, Emilio Jose Abouhamad

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

OBJECTIVES: This research examines the question "Why Invest in the Venezuelan Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries in 1996?" It has been prepared for the assistance of investors interested in participating with or assisting Petroleos de Venezuela in the creation of opportunities for expansion, both domestically and internationally, for the Venezuelan petroleum industry.

METHODS: A literature review on "Why Invest in the Venezuelan Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries in 1996?" is done to cover Venezuela's vast petroleum and mineral resources, recent actions by the government to eliminate restrictions on and promoting foreign investments, and the bidding process (1995 - 1996). There will also …

Is The Caribbean Losing Its Advantage As The Leader In Drawing International Tourists To The Western Hemisphere?, Ronald G. Schwartz

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

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No. 127 1996 April

International Journal for Business Education

SIEC Historical Documents