International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 1 Issue 1/2

INTERNATIONAL SMUGGLING: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND CORPORATE IMPLICATIONS

Robert Ayitey Stephens, Jean J. Boddewyn, Sterling Ross Sproul

Smuggling represents a significant proportion of world trade. However, its nature and rationale are not sufficiently understood in comparison with those of counterfeiting…

STRATEGIC DIVERSITY: A MECHANISM FOR EXAMINING THE STRATEGY/STRUCTURE FIT IN MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES

Pamela S. Lewis, Patricia M. Fandt

This study introduces and tests strategic diversity as a mechanism for examining the strategy/structure fit in multinational corporations (MNCs). Strategic diversity is…

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC DECISION PROCESSES IN HIGH TECH FIRMS: EMPIRICAL SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE RATIONALISM

Robert E. Jones, Lester W. Jacobs, R. Dale VonRiesen

An hypothesis relating comprehensiveness of strategic decision processes to strategic effectiveness was developed and tested using a sample of high technology firms. Results…

THE LIMITS OF CONTROL IN THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION

Marc S. Mentzer

As a business grows, its managerial hierarchy gains new layers, and top management finds it more difficult to control those toward the bottom of the chain of command…

EUROPE 1992: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WISCONSIN SMALL‐AND MEDIUM‐SIZED MANUFACTURERS

A.H. Moini

This study examines the managerial attitudes of 322 Wisconsin manufacturers about the impact of the EC‐1992 on their business. A survey was conducted with small‐ and medium‐sized…

COVARIABILITY OF MAJOR EQUITY MARKETS AROUND THE OCTOBER 1987 CRASH: TESTS OF GRANGER CAUSALITY

Iqbal Mansur

This study examined the level of interdependecies which existed among several major equity markets around the October 19, 1987, crash. Three different statistical techniques were…

Research Note: Global Competitiveness

J.H.M. Hommen

Thank you for inviting me to participate in this important and timely conference. Global competition and the role of the United States within that arena is a very hot issue today.