Competitiveness Review: Volume 9 Issue 2

Globalized Mergers and Acquisitions: The Dangers of a Monoculture

Malcolm Hayward

The agricultural Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s was set in motion to attempt to solve the actual and projected shortfalls of food over the coming decades. Specialized…

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CHINA: A SWOT ANALYSIS

Marilyn M. Helms

Developing new businesses and managing operations in China require an in‐depth knowledge of business practices and conditions. This article applies the popular strategic tool of…

A SURVEY OF ETHICS AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF MNCS

Thomas S. Barker, Steven L. Cobb

In an increasingly global business environment, the interaction of people with different cultural and ethical norms requires that multinational corporations consider these…

MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP DECISION GUIDELINES: CRITICAL INGREDIENTS FOR COMPETITIVENESS

Erwin Rausch

No matter what the organization's activity, or country, the better the decisions of its managers and leaders, the more likely that the organization will thrive.

MARKET TRACKING, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: AN EXAMINATION OF LINKAGES TO PROFITABILITY

Julie T. Johnson, James W. Busbin, James W. Pearce

This study evaluated the linkages among market tracking, research & development (R&D), international competition and firm profitability. Over six hundred electronic and computer…

QUALITY FOR LIFE IN THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY

Subra Balakrishnan

This paper presents an in‐depth case study of a medium sized company's attempt to plan and implement a TQM program. It discusses antecedents to TQM initiation, planning issues…

SMART ALTERNATIVES TO DOWNSIZING

J. Michael Rayburn, L. Gayle Rayburn

Since 1980 U.S. companies have cut more than 43 million jobs through downsizing. That represents layoffs affecting nearly three‐quarters of all U.S. households. Unlike the layoffs…

ISSUES IN ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN ACADEMIC CENTER FOR QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN RUSSIA TODAY

Keith E. Klaviter, Victor Prybutok, Richard E. White

U.S. academic centers for quality and productivity provide many benefits for academic and business communities. The centers support the diffusion of new technologies and business…