International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 11 Issue 1

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING AND PERFORMANCE: A CONTEXT SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP

Kamalesh Kumar, Ram Subramanian, Karen Strandholm

This study examines the scanning/strategy relationship in the context‐specific setting of the health care industry. It extends the current research on the strategy/scanning…

MARKETING THE AMERICAS: A VISION FOR A NEW WORLD UNION

Donn J. Tilson, Doug Newsom

The contiguous Americas offer a conceptual image of a unified and major economic marketplace. A campaign to solidify this image should be developed and implemented to improve…

CANADIAN CONSUMERS' PERCEPTIONS OF PRODUCTS MADE IN NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZING EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES

Sadrudin A. Ahmed, Alain d'Astous

This article presents the results of a survey of 250 Canadian male consumers. In this study consumer judgements of products made in both highly and newly industrializing countries…

CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE MOTIVATION IN MALAYSIA

Khaliq Ahmad

In the field of management, leadership plays a significant role in affecting the motivation, commitment and predisposition of the workforce in that it provides focus, meaning and…

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN AMERICAN FIRMS IN CHINA

Rajib N. Sanyal, Turgut Guvenli

A survey of employee benefits provided to host country non‐managerial employees in China by American firms indicates that these tend to change over time, vary by the size of the…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT FRAUD: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Pankaj Saksena

Management fraud is an important issue, as determined by significant governing bodies and major accounting firms. There are significant implications for the profession and the…