International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 4 Issue 3

COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES FOR NEWLY DEMOCRATIZED COUNTRIES

Narendra K. Rustagi

To become competitive with the industrialized world, a country may follow the following strategy: (1) stabilization of the exchange rate and the economy (extension of the state…

THE MAASTRICHT TREATY AND MONETARY UNION IN EUROPE: A THEORETICAL GAME ANALYSIS

Farhad F. Ghannadian

This essay focuses on European monetary unification to be completed before the 21st century (1999). In December 1991 in the Dutch city of Maastricht the German Central Bank…

ACQUISITIONS, TAKEOVERS, AND MERGERS: AN ANALYSIS OF POST‐ACTION EFFECTS ON ATTRITION AND PRODUCTIVITY

John Gutknecht, Gene Murkison

A survey of three organizations that had been recently acquired was conducted. The three firms were different in size and purpose. Based on the method of carrying out the…

PARENT AGENCY INFLUENCE AND CONTROL OVER FOREIGN AFFILIATES: A GLOBAL ADVERTISING PERSPECTIVE

Alan T. Shao, Paul Herbig

The dyadic relationship between U.S. parent advertising agencies and their foreign affiliates were examined, using information gathered from 344 respondents in 52 countries…

EXPERT SYSTEMS APPROACH TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS OF BRAIN DRAIN

Naveed Saleem, Abbas N. Azad

Brain drain inflicts serious economic and social hardships on developing countries. Consequently, these countries resort to such measures as governmental regulations and economic…

CULTURAL DETERMINISM AND COMPENSATION PRACTICES

Ahmed Riahi‐Belkaoui

This study examines the international differences in compensation practices and relates these differences to cultural influences. The results show that the compensation practices…