Presents a comparative analysis of the attitudes to and the use of quality management practices (QMP) in Australia’s manufacturing and service industries. Outlines the survey methodologies, lists questions asked and summarizes responses to them. Identifies and comments on statistically...

Pre‐existing data on the personality characteristics of a sample of 392 people and how these individuals rated persons who communicated to them a fictitious comparative claim were related to changes in subjects’ evaluations of two businesses before and after the transmission of the false...

States that companies are confronted by increasing competition and changing employment practices; struggling with recession conditions and searching for excellence resulting in the impetus behind the adoption of new forms of work organization. Addresses the impact of human resource management...

One‐stop shopping for logistics services has been a popular concept in theory, but so far has not been very successful in practice. Reviews the theoretical basis for the concept and reports the findings of a shipper‐carrier comparison study about one‐stop shopping expectations for...

Sartori's arguments about conceptual logic have generally either been ignored by political scientists in practice or they have produced vehement objections based on abstract reasoning. Through examination of recent statistical analyses of African coups d'état it is shown that Sartori's worst...

Based on an institutional analysis, develops a political economy framework to study exchange of all types. Shows that the institutional context either encourages or inhibits various types of exchanges. Identifies four types of institutions: households, private firms, public enterprises, and...

Introduces a heuristic framework to help westerners compare and contrast management in the People′s Republic of China (PRC) with the West. Western educators and consultants participating in management development programmes in the PRC have reported difficulties in understanding the realities...

I seek to explain the disappointing performance of the field of comparative politics addressing the three basic questions: Why compare? What is comparable? and How? I also challenge the view that the methodology of comparison is pretty well known and established. Hosts of unsettled issues...

Presents the results of a small‐scale cross‐national study undertaken to compare the characteristics of advertising practices in Canada, the UK and Turkey. Investigates the extent to which managers use advertising developed for one country in another, looking at the similarities and...