International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 12 Issue 3/4

The End of the Nation State

Kenich Ohmae published his acclaimed book, The End of the Nation State in 1995. He predicted that because of investment, industry, information technology, and individual…

SOCIAL‐CULTURAL AND STRUCTURAL INFLUENCES ON THE USE OF JAPANESE LAWYERS

Drew Martin, Leonardo Ciano

Social‐cultural and structural arguments have been used to explain why Japan's legal culture is different than other industrialized nations; however, both arguments lack data…

ASSESSING ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (ECO) PERFORMANCE: 1992–1997

Mahmood S. Bahaee, Mabmoud Saremi

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has been hailed by local politicians in Central Asia as an important economic integration in the region with significant economic and…

THINK GLOBALLY MANAGE CULTURALLY

Nadeem M. Firoz, Ahmad S. Maghrabi, Ki Hee Kim

In every country, specific cultures exist. In comparison most businesses have a variety of different cultures because there are different people working within the company. People…

SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM IN SAUDI ARABIA: IN SEARCH OF A CULTURALLY COMPATIBLE MODEL FOR REFORM

Soraya W. Assad

Economic development programs in Saudi Arabia have rapidly enlarged organizational size, and complexity. New organizations have also been created to implement the objectives of…

ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY, THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION OF BUSINESS VENTURES AND PERFORMANCE

Attahir Yusuf

Business ventures fuel economic growth and national prosperity. Yet, these ventures face increasing environmental uncertainty. This paper, using data from the Arabian Gulf…

E‐COMMERCE AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PRICING OF TANGIBLE GOODS AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN THE TWENTY‐FIRST CENTURY

Wagdy M. Abdallah

Multinationals and its impact on transfer pricing techniques and strategies. First, traditional transfer pricing techniques and tax regulations will be analyzed. Second, tax…

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE DEPTH OF CORPORATE INFORMATION DISCLOSURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF JORDAN

Kamal Naser, Khalid Al‐Khatib, Yusuf Karbhari

Over the last decade, Jordanian Authorities and Government adopted several far‐reaching measures aimed at improving its investment environment. These measures included the…