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Selection Of Expatriates For Regional Business Operations In Asia: A Study Of Mne Managers In Singapore, A. Ahad M. Osman-Gani, Wee Liang Tan, Thian Ser Toh

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The recent interest for regionalization of business operations in Asia underscores the demand for expatriates. While much has been written on expatriation, very little was documented on expatriates assigned in Asian countries. In this respect, American, German, Japanese and Korean MNEs have been found to take active interests in regional expansion of business in Asia. Expatriation is a significant international management issue for them. The high costs of expatriation and the risks for expatriate failures also underscore this importance. As such, selecting the right candidate for expatriation success is a crucial issue for these MNEs. This paper presents the findings …

Theory And Research In Strategic Management: Swings Of A Pendulum, Robert E. Hoskisson, William P. Wan, Daphne W. Yiu, William A. Hitt

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The development of the field of strategic management within the last two decades has been dramatic. While its roots have been in a more applied area, often referred to as business policy, the current field of strategic management is strongly theory based, with substantial empirical research, and is eclectic in nature. This review of the development of the field and its current position examines the field’s early development and the primary theoretical and methodological bases through its history. Early developments include Chandler’s (1962) Strategy and Structure and Ansoff’s (1965) Corporate Strategy. These early works took on a contingency perspective (fit …

Wimbledon, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Every now and again there are sports weekends during which one can see the very best qualities of sport on display in multiple venues. When this happens it is a clear reminder why we still watch the games despite all the other nonsense surrounding sport these days.

Msu Today, 1999, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

The MSU Today magazine of Morehead State University for July and August of 1999.

Asymmetric Grading Error And Adverse Selection: Lemons In The California Prune Industry, Jennifer S. James, James A. Chalfant, Nathalie Lavoie, Richard J. Sexton

Agribusiness

Grading systems are often introduced to address the classic adverse selection problem associated with asymmetric information about product quality. However, grades are rarely measured perfectly, and adverse selection outcomes may persist due to grading error. We study the effects of errors in grading, focusing on asymmetric grading errors-namely when low-quality product can erroneously be classified as high quality, but not vice versa. In a conceptual model, we show the effects of asymmetric grading errors on returns to producers. Application to the California prune industry shows that grading errors reduce incentives to produce more valuable, larger prunes.

Strategic Flexibility In Information Technology Alliances: The Influence Of Transaction Cost Economics And Social Exchange Theory, Candace Ybarra, Margarethe Wiersema

Business Faculty Articles and Research

Utilizing a model drawn from both transaction cost economics and social exchange theory, we analyze determinants of strategic flexibility in a sample of strategic alliances involved in joint development agreements or joint research pacts. Findings indicate that, in general, determinants suggested by transaction cost economics provided flexibility in modification and inflexibility in exit. From social exchange theory, trust was found to be positively related to both types of flexibility while another component of social exchange theory, dependence, was found to be negatively related to the strategic flexibility of the alliance. Results also found that factors suggested by both transaction cost …

Industrial Resources: Hancock County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Hancock County

"Resources for Economic Development: Hancock County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research, and the Hancock County Industrial Foundation, Inc., 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources - Floyd County - Prestonsburg, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Floyd County

"Resources for Economic Development: Prestonsburg (Floyd County), Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research, and the Floyd County Chamber of Commerce, 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Morgan County - West Liberty, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Morgan County

"Resources for Economic Development: West Liberty, [Kentucky]" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research in cooperation with the Tri-County Industrial Foundation, West Liberty, Kentucky, July 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Simpson County - Franklin, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Simpson County

"Resources for Economic Development: Franklin, [Kentucky]" prepared by the Kentucky Development Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research in cooperation with the Franklin-Simpson County Industrial Board, Franklin, Kentucky, July 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Hopkins County - Dawson Springs, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Hopkins County

"Resources for Economic Development: Dawson Springs, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Division of Research in cooperation with West Hopkins Industries Dawson Spring, Kentucky, July 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local, government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County

"Resources for Economic Development: Muhlenberg County, [Kentucky]" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. Division of Research in cooperation with the Muhlenberg Economic Enterprises, July 1998. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Warren County - Bowling Green, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Warren County

"Resources for Economic Development: Bowling Green, [Kentucky]" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research in cooperation with the Bowling Green Area Economic Development Authority, Bowling Green, Kentucky, July 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

An Empirical Examination Of Individual, Issue-Related, And Organizational Determinants Of Ethical Judgments, Sean Robert Valentine

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to empirically examine an ethical decision-making model that contained individual, issue-related, and organizational factors. At the individual level, the relationship between two job attitudes, job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and ethical judgments was assessed. At the issue-related level, the association between moral intensity and ethical judgments was examined. At the organizational level, the relationship between ethical context and ethical judgments was examined. The hypothesized moderating effect of ethical context on the relationship between job attitudes and ethical judgments was also tested.

A national sample of 3,000 sales professionals was used to test the hypotheses. …

Consequences Of Contingent Compensation, James Herschel Turner

Doctoral Dissertations

The principal objective of this study is the explication of the impact of incentives on measures of performance. The effects of contingent compensation (commissions and bonuses) on role stress, job attitudes, and performance outcomes were studied in a multi-industry sample of 255 employees.

It was hypothesized that as compensation contingency increases, role conflict and financial anxiety also increase and the increase in stress would be negatively related to in-role performance, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. Finally, it was hypothesized that as organizational commitment and job satisfaction are reduced, intent-to-leave will be increased and extra-role performance will be reduced. The sum …

The Fundamental And Non-Fundamental Components Of Stock Prices: The Role Of Time-Varying Expected Inflation, Maosen Zhong

Doctoral Dissertations

I derive testable implications of fundamental and non-fundamental components of stock prices. In order to control for the role of time-varying expected inflation and to be able to perform reasonable empirical tests, I use a nominal (rather than a real) interpretation of the present-value model (PVM), whereby nominal interest rates approximate expected inflation. I conjecture that the fundamental and non-fundamental components represent the permanent and temporary components of stock prices, respectively. A series of cointegration analysis over the annual period 1871–1997 confirms my conjecture for the model with time-varying expected inflation. Various fundamental and non-fundamental exclusion tests indicate that both …

Our Lady Of The Rockies Tram: Marketing Plan And Ridership Estimates, Sarah Harris, Norma P. Nickerson, Al Ellard

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

This marketing plan and ridership estimation address the proposed project of constructing a tram up the front of the Continental Divide to the Our Lady of the Rockies statue near Butte, Montana. This report estimates and projects the potential number of riders for this tram over a ten-year period, while providing a five-year marketing plan.

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 40 No. 4, David Baker, Kh Barron, Edward E. Boccia, William Borden, J. V. Brummels, Dan Campion, Michael Castro, Paul Christensen, Allison Adelle, Hedge Coke, Robert Cooperman, Maureen Micus Crisick, Mary Crow, Philip Dacey, David Dale, Bryan D. Dietrich, Gene Doty, James Doyle, Jean Dubois, Martha Elizabeth, Jeanne Emmons, Sybil Pittman Estess, Don Finkel, Steve Gehrke, Mark Gibbons, Vicki Graham, Carol Hamilton, Pamela Harrison, Margaret Hasse, Michael Hathaway, Susan Carol Hauser, Michael Heffernan, Philip Heldrich, Frank Higgins, Jonathan Holden, Richard D. Houff, Joseph Hutchison, Mark Irwin, Louis Jenkins, Ted Kooser, Steve Langan, Rustin Larson, Roseann Lloyd, Adrian C. Louis, Mary Mcanally, Janet Mccann, Walt Mcdonald, Freya Manfred, Jack Martin, Edward Micus, John Minczeski, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, George Moore, Sheryl L. Nelms, Kathleen Norris, Michael Paul Novak, Christina Pacosz, Michelle Paulsen, David Pink, Naomi Rachel, David Ray, Judy Ray, Pattiann Rogers, Mark Sanders, Andrew Schelling, Howard Schwartz, Roger Sheffer, William Sheldon, Majorie Stelmach, Francine Sterle, Robert Stewart, Ann Struthers, Richard Terrill, Jim Thomas, Larry D. Thomas, Eamonn Wall, Morrie Warshawski, Laura Lee Washburn, Jane O. Wayne, Kathleene West, Steve Wilson, Jeff Worley, Charles Cagle, Richard Holinger, Anita Chancey, Donald Wayne Viney, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

THE GREAT PLAINS POETS Profiles of the poets assembled for this special issue appear in connection with their work Available following the work of each author is information about the poet's professional career and a statement of philosophy.

CHARLES CAGLE, an award-winning creative writer, is Professor of English at Pittsburg State University. In the broader Pittsburg community, he played an active role in the Stilwell Hotel restoration project. His lecture on the life of Arthur Stilwell was printed and used to raise funds for the project.

RICHARD HOLINGER teaches English at Marmion Academy in Aurora, Illinois. His short fiction appears …

Stanley Cup Playoffs, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

In the recently concluded Stanley Cup playoffs the point was made repeatedly that the road to the Cup is a war of attrition. Unlike other sports leagues, the National Hockey League does not require their teams to reveal injuries, and in fact disguising and hiding injuries has become a major art form in the NHL, while trainers and team doctors have come to rival coaches in their significance. Various drugs have become the key elements to victory.

1999 July-August, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for July to August of 1999.

Fairness In Chinese Organizations, Kai-Guang Liang

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the roles of organizational justice and individual cultural characteristics in affecting employees' work attitudes and behaviors, in particular, the contextual aspect of job performance in Chinese organizations. Data were collected from 232 employee-supervisor dyads in three Sino-western joint ventures in the People's Republic of China. Results indicated that distributive justice had a significant impact on one dimension of contextual job performance, i.e., interpersonal facilitation, and various attitudinal outcomes, such as job satisfaction, pay satisfaction, affective commitment and turnover intention. Among the three procedural justice variables (participation at company level, participation at job level, and appeal mechanism) examined, …

Leadership Message To Officers Re: Assuming Ceo Position, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In these brief remarks delivered in Memphis, Pollard speaks about assuming the position of CEO at the ServiceMaster Company for the second time.

Father's Day, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Today on Father's Day I want to talk about the man who taught me a love of sport, and especially a love of baseball, and who taught me much about life.

Michelle Akers And American Women's Soccer, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

I remember quite vividly the first time I met Michelle Akers. It was a few months after she led the United States Women's Soccer team to their first World Championship. Akers came to my Sport History class to talk about this victory and her position as the greatest female soccer player in the World.

Soul Of The Firm: Business As A Christian Calling, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Pollard delievered this speech at Business '99: An Outstanding Christian Calling, a symposium held by Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI). In it he speaks of how a holistic focus on people is the bedrock of transforming work into a holy vocation.

Ncaa Basketball, Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Two of my favorite groups have been quite active over the past few days: the baseball owners and the NCAA. As usual the activity involved a malfunction of gray matter.

Tennis, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

What ever happened to tennis, "The Sport of the Seventies?" It was all the rage. The names of the great players were known universally: King, Court, Evert, McEnroe, Borg, Ashe and Connors. After every big television tennis weekend you couldn't get a court in a public park without a two-hour wait. If you played in the big private venues, well you might be able to get a court at 2 a.m. on Wednesday or Thursday, but you couldn't expect much else.

Livable Communities And Citizen Perceptions: A Report To The Las Vegas Environmental Monitoring For Public Access And Community Tracking (Empact) Program, Dennis L. Soden, Fred Cady

IPED Technical Reports

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Considerations For An Effective Telecommunications-Use Policy, Michael E. Whitman, Anthony M. Townsend, Robert J. Aalberts

Faculty Articles

Recent changes in federal telecommunications legislation have underscored the importance of an up-to-date and effective telecommunications-use policy in business organizations. With the proliferation of the Internet, intranets, and email as commonplace business tools, the potential for misuse and subsequent liability has become an increasing concern. Even though the recent Supreme Court decision struck down the obscenity provisions of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), it left intact legislation that effectively mandates development of a sound telecommunications-use policy. In addition to potential liability for systems misuse, organizations have also had to address issues of individual employee privacy within the new systems.

This …

Industrial Resources: Russell County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Russell County

"Resources for Economic Development: Russell County, [Kentucky]" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research in cooperation with the Russell County Chamber of Commerce, Russell Springs, Kentucky, June 1999. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.