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MERCANTILIST STRATEGY, RONALD REAGAN, AND FILLING ‘THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY’: A COMMENT ON ‘HOW THE UNITED STATES USED COMPETITION TO WIN THE COLD WAR’
Leonard HochbergIn his essay, “How the United States Used Competition to Win the Cold War,” Warren E. Norquist argues that Ronald Reagan deliberately “used competition” to undermine the communist…
HONDA: GLOBAL MANUFACTURING AND COMPETITIVENESS
Takanori SonodaI would like to limit my discussion to the experiences and strategies Honda has employed to evolve from our roots as a local company in Japan, with a global viewpoint — into what…
IMPROVING COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A CUMULATIVE IMPROVEMENT APPROACH
Robert J. Vokurka, Gail M. Zank, Carl M. LundSupply chains can improve their performance by developing competitive priorities in a specified sequence: quality, reliability, flexibility, agility, and finally, cost efficiency…
PRESCRIPTS: CREATING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Barbro I. Anell, Timothy L. WilsonOne recurring theme in the discourse on global competition is the major shift in thinking about what constitute resources in the economy. It is assumed that the economists'…
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES, DECISION‐MAKING THEORIES, AND LEADERSHIP STYLES: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK
Ben L. Kedia, Richard Nordtvedt, Liliana M. PérezInternational management researchers have examined the relationships between many components of strategy including mode of entry (e.g., Anderson and Gatignon, 1986; Hill, Huang…
IDENTIFYING VARIABLES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, PRIVATIZATION, AND COMPETITIVE SKILLS IN CENTRAL EUROPE: A SURVEY DESIGN
Elizabeth M. FitzgeraldThis exploratory paper identifies variables for investigating competitive skill development; variables that help to shape a firm's entrepreneurship, and the privatization process…
AN ANALYSIS OF CHINA'S COMPETITIVENES BETWEEN 1995 AND 1999
M.S.S. El‐NamakiCompetitiveness is the issue of the decade. Country competitiveness could have far reaching implications to the country's scale and scope of contribution to international trade…
LESSONS FROM MALAYSIAN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES, 1960–99
Thamir M. SalihLike other high performing Asian economies (HPAEs) in South East Asia, Malaysia experienced negative growth from 1997–1999. This setback in economic growth can be attributed to…
THE ETHICS OF HIRING IN THE NEW WORKPLACE: MEN AND WOMEN MANAGERS FACE CHANGING STEREOTYPES DISCOVER CORRELATIVE PATTERNS FOR SUCCESS
Beverly G. Merrick“Which advertisement fits reality?” asked Pamela Butler, researcher into gender communication. The top ad represents selected adjectives used to describe feminine characteristics…
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- Dr Philippe Gugler