Journal of World Business articles from June 1998

Journal of World Business archives from June 1998

Closing the gap: expectations versus reality among repatriates.
June 22, 1998... As businesses internationalize through the establishment of strategic alliances, joint ventures, international subsidiaries, and so on, increasing numbers of employees spend some period of their working lives abroad (Gregersen, Black, &...

American expatriates abroad: from neophytes to cosmopolitans.
June 22, 1998... For some time now, politicians, practitioners and academicians alike have been talking about the globalization of the world economy. The Asian financial crisis, for example, highlights the extent to which the economic fates of nations around...

Joint venture success in China: how should we select a good partner?
June 22, 1998... From 1979, when China officially opened its doors to foreign investment with the promulgation of a joint venture law, through the end of 1996, Chinese authorities approved the establishment of over 283,793 foreign-invested enterprises involving...

Comparative corporate governance: competitive implications of an emerging convergence.
June 22, 1998... In 1992, SGL Carbon AG, a German maker of graphite and carbon, lost more than $71 million U.S. dollars. As part of a restructuring to turn the company around, top management altered the firm's governance structures: by adopting U.S. transparent...

The potential for the "dark side" of leadership in post-communist countries.
June 22, 1998... Perhaps no other topic has aroused the kind of interest nor been the subject of such debate as leadership theory, research, and practice. The majority of leadership studies have focused on the overwhelming importance of personality...

Transformation of MBA programs: meeting the challenge of international competition. (masters degree in Business Administration)
June 22, 1998... Over the past two decades, the global business environment has seen dramatic changes that have had a significant impact on management practice, if not so significant on business education. The process of internationalization is one that has not...