International Journal of Social Economics articles from April 1995

International Journal of Social Economics archives from April 1995

"Make or buy": the potential subversion of corporate strategy - the case of Philips. (Philips International B.V.)
April 1, 1995... Introduction The point we wish to make is that "make-or-buy" decisions have a direct effect on corporate strategy. A decision to make production equipment "in-house" frequently begins with an assignment given to the research and development...

Universal banking and US banking in the 1990s.(Industry Overview)
April 1, 1995... Universal banking is basically a European concept of one holding company umbrella under which several types of financial services providers are combined (Ioannou, 1992). Banking in Germany, Switzerland, and France has been especially...

The development of the corporation in England, with emphasis on limited liability.
April 1, 1995... Introduction This article traces the history of the corporate form in England with special emphasis on the role of limited liability. It takes Coase's (1988) "Chicago" perspective on the nature of the firm and suggests how limited liability...

A communitarian perspective on government failure.
April 1, 1995... Mainstream welfare economics has been centrally concerned with both identifying and elaborating the necessary and sufficient conditions for the efficient operation of market processes. The development of thought in this area spawned a complex...

Strategic adaptation to foreign aid culture and "tamed" industrial development in Africa: the Nigerian experience.
April 1, 1995... Introduction A revolution of rising expectations is occurring in African countries. It is well known that the inhabitants of the developed countries, through the application of technological and scientific methods, have generally passed...