Advances in Competitiveness Research articles from January 1 1999

Advances in Competitiveness Research archives from January 1 1999

DIGITAL DIVIDE: A CHALLENGE THAT MUST BE FACED.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1999... Recently, the US Commerce Department issued a report entitled, "The Emerging Digital Economy II." The report is remarkably informative and sheds light on significant aspects of the US and world economies. In particular, the report focuses on...

NATIONAL CULTURE AND NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: A STUDY OF THE MICROCOMPUTER COMPONENT INDUSTRY.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION The competitiveness of US, Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean(1) multinational enterprises (MNEs) in different aspects of microcomputer(2) component markets can be analyzed from the perspectives of economics or organizational...

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR START-UP FIRMS.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION A growing number of studies have begun to probe the impact of strategic alliance activities on technological learning and product development (e.g., Brown & Eisenhardt, 1997; Deeds & Hill, 1996; Kotabe & Swan, 1995; Lei, 1997;...

CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL MACRO AND MICRO CONGRUENT GENERIC STRATEGIES: A STUDY OF JAPAN AND THE U.S.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION As trade becomes freer around the world, the pressures of competition are becoming greater. Due to this increased competitive intensity in world trade, efforts to understand the macro and micro ramifications of international...

TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT RESEARCH: 1990-1996.
January 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION Companies trying to gain a competitive edge in today's global marketplace have realized the importance of raising the quality of goods and services. Quality management is now fairly well established in the U.S. and Western...

A TAXONOMY OF ORGANIZATIONAL IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT TACTICS.
January 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION As the information highway makes ever increasing inroads through the internet into our homes and offices, thousands of commercial, academic, and government organizations have discovered a new medium for conveying information...

Direct investment in economies of transition.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Direct investment in economies of transition. By Klaus Meyer (1998). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 308 pp. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has come to play a significant role in creating wealth and jobs on a global scale. Traditionally,...

Economic transformation in emerging countries.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Economic transformation in emerging countries. Edited by Farok Contractor (1998). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 371 pp. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has come to play a significant role in creating wealth and jobs on a global scale....

Multinational firms and international relocation.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Multinational firms and international relocation. Edited by Peter Buckley and Jean-Louis Mucchielli (1997). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 255 PP. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has come to play a significant role in creating wealth and...

Handbook on the globalization of the world economy.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Handbook on the globalization of the world economy. Edited by Amon Levy-Livermore (1998). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 748 pp. In any discourse, a general agreement is seldom a realistic objective. The goals are almost always to advance...

Historical foundations of globalization.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Historical foundations of globalization. Edited by James Foreman-Pack (1998). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 820 pp. In any discourse, a general agreement is seldom a realistic objective. The goals are almost always to advance knowledge,...