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Publication date: 1 February 1997

Mahmood S. Bahaee and Herman A. Theeke

This study investigates the perceptions of Mexican and U.S. managers regarding NAFTA's implications. The results show that both groups agree on many of the issues which had shaped…

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This study investigates the perceptions of Mexican and U.S. managers regarding NAFTA's implications. The results show that both groups agree on many of the issues which had shaped the public debate on NAFTA in the U.S. In particular, that NAFTA would lead to a loss of jobs in the U.S., increase jobs in Mexico, foster political stability in Mexico, and that it would have an adverse impact on the environment. However, the result also revealed a concern, only on the part of Mexican managers, regarding NAFTA's influence on culture and national identity. Implication of the results for future research is discussed.

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Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, vol. 7 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1059-5422

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Publication date: 1 March 1995

Mahmood S. Bahaee

In this research a group of Iranian entrepreneurs was studied using survey questionnaires as well as interviews. The entrepreneurs' locus of control and their perceptions…

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In this research a group of Iranian entrepreneurs was studied using survey questionnaires as well as interviews. The entrepreneurs' locus of control and their perceptions regarding major problems facing them were examined. The results indicated that our sample overall had internal locus of control. The significance of this finding in the context of a religiously dominated culture is discussed. The entrepreneurs also indicated the lack of market information and government role as major hurdles facing entrepreneurial activities.

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International Journal of Commerce and Management, vol. 5 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1056-9219

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Publication date: 1 March 2002

Mahmood S. Bahaee and Mabmoud Saremi

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has been hailed by local politicians in Central Asia as an important economic integration in the region with significant economic and…

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Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has been hailed by local politicians in Central Asia as an important economic integration in the region with significant economic and political implications for the area. This study presents a preliminary assessment of ECO performance for the period of 1992–1997 based on reported trade data, as well as the opinion survey of a small group of business people and government officials. Conclusions and authors' opinion will also be presented.

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International Journal of Commerce and Management, vol. 12 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1056-9219

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Publication date: 1 January 1993

Mahmood Bahaee

There is a general agreement in the strategic planning literature that some small firms, due to their lack of adequate in‐house resources, often rely on outside‐based assistance…

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There is a general agreement in the strategic planning literature that some small firms, due to their lack of adequate in‐house resources, often rely on outside‐based assistance as surrogate for strategic planning practices. This study reports the findings of an empirical investigation of the effectiveness of outside‐based strategic planning on a group of small firms’ performance. The results indicate that firms which utilized outside experts did not outperform firms which did not use outsiders. Implications for managers of small firms are then discussed.

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Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, vol. 3 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1059-5422

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Publication date: 1 February 1997

Malcolm Hayward

The classic case for competitiveness as a force driving change was made by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species by Natural Selection (1859). Adaptation, the ability to react…

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The classic case for competitiveness as a force driving change was made by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species by Natural Selection (1859). Adaptation, the ability to react successfully to a changed environment, accounts for multiplicity in the world of nature. Long billed birds are better able to dip beneath the surface of shallow lagoons for their food; the sharp, hard, short beaks of certain finches allow them to crack nuts and seeds. Darwin's reading of nature, so immediately popular and at the same time so controversial, fit well within the goals of nineteenth‐century scientific thought. Tracing the causes of change to fixed, logical patterns allowed scientists to remove non‐objective elements from their equations for evolution. Such issues as value, valor, or virtue held no place in a system of analysis unless they had survival value.

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Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, vol. 7 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1059-5422

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