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Are Chinese contractors competitive in international markets?
Zhao, Zhen Yu; Shen, Li Yin - In: Construction Management and Economics 26 (2008) 3, pp. 225-236
Chinese contractors have become more active in recent years in the international arena. This development is largely due to the encouragement and support by the Chinese government, coupled with the pressure of intensive competition within the domestic market. The increasing presence of Chinese...
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Modelling the policy challenges confronting globalising developing countries
Karunaratne, Neil Dias - 2008
diversification and currency crises models are reviewed to distil policy guidelines to promote the globalization of developing … countries. The overriding objective of promoting the globalization of developing countries is to reduce poverty and income … latest wave of globalization has bucked the past trend of increasing poverty and income inequality in developing countries …
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Introduction
Gaston, Noel; Khalid, Ahmed M - 2010
Extract: Globalization is very much part of the modern vernacular. Arguably, it was first used by McLuhan and Fiore … (1968) when they introduced the concept of the ‘global village’. Globalization is characterized by the growth of the … in September 2008, the backlash to globalization now seems to be in full swing. …
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Emergent Realities of Global Competition
Fatehi, Kamal; Veliyath, Rajaram; Derakhshan, Foad - 2008
Purpose -- The purpose of the paper is to discuss the new realities of global rivalry which has been elevated to include economic competition between nations, in addition to the more traditional forms of competitive interactions between firms, Design/methodology/approach -- The Introduction...
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FACING CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: A STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
Muhammad Umer Author_Email: mohd.umer@gmail.com; … - 2011
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Are we making progress in international business ethics?
Warren, Richard C. - In: Humanomics: The International Journal of Systems and Ethics 27 (2011) August, pp. 212-224
Purpose – The internationalisation of business and the process of globalisation raise many ethical issues about acceptable norms of conduct on the part of corporations. This article aims to evaluate whether there is progress in establishing standards for international business ethics....
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Decisive factors in company financial internationalization: an empirical study
Urionabarrenetxea, Sara; Castellanos, Arturo Rodríguez - In: Managerial Finance 36 (2010) January, pp. 22-43
PPurpose – This paper seeks to identify factors potentially conditioning firms’ financial internationalization. Companies often internationalize their financial areas as part of their larger internationalization strategy. In other words, such an initiative is associated with the...
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Organisational Learning And Multinational Strategy
Nooteboom, Bart - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004
Increasingly, it has been recognised that in their process of internationalisation multinationals may learn. They may take a strategy not only of exploitation, to leverage existing assets, competencies and products, built up in their home countries, but also, and perhaps even primarily, of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731486
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Organisational Learning And Multinational Strategy
Nooteboom, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004
Increasingly, it has been recognised that in their process of internationalisation multinationals may learn. They may take a strategy not only of exploitation, to leverage existing assets, competencies and products, built up in their home countries, but also, and perhaps even primarily, of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005795619
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Operating characteristics, risk, and performance of born-global firms
Gleason, Kimberly C.; Madura, Jeff; Wiggenhorn, Joan - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 2 (2006) July, pp. 96-120
Purpose – To determine what characteristics distinguish firms that conduct international business within three years of going public and six years from founding, and how these firms perform. Design/methodology/approach – A logistic regression analysis is used to identify characteristics that...
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