Domestic companies are increasingly trying to expand to become globalised firms or multinational corporations (MNCs). Existing business strategies, visions and information systems need to be re-analysed and perhaps reconstructed to fulfil the business goals, operations and characteristics of the...

The purpose of the current manuscript was to examine acquirer and market behavior surrounding a sample of international mergers and acquisitions. The first essay examined the existence of a private company discount and its connections to liquidity. It found that unlisted targets sell for less...

Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2004.

Today's global economy and increased internationalization of business activity are forcing business schools to internationalize their business curriculum, including the accounting curriculum, in order to educate and prepare students to practice globally. However, universities must possess or...

While there is an influx of foreign investment into China, Chinese companies are also extending their interest overseas. Globalisation takes on various forms: the most common of which is direct exporting while a few chose to establish manufacturing facilities overseas (like Haier). The cases...

By means of a case study, this article explores the evolution of international business relationships. Spanning a 40-year period, relationships between an American licensor, an Australian manufacturing firm, and a Thai firm are explored. These relationships (including how they develop, function,...

The growth of global competition has established international segmentation as a key issue in developing, positioning and selling products throughout the world (Ter Hofstede, Steenkamp and Wedel 1999). Many international segmentation studies have used macro-level, secondary data to identify...

Mit hoher Geschwindigkeit wechselnde qualitative und quantitative Marktanforderungen erfordern von Unternehmen geeignete Reaktionen. Die Umweltdynamik findet einerseits Eingang in die strategische Planung und führt andererseits im Ausführungssystem zu ungeplanter Turbulenz. Die taktische Ebene...

Die Bezeichnung 'Business Development' ist in modernen High-Tech-Industrien wie der Biotechnologie-Industrie mittlerweile sehr popul?r geworden. W?hrend bekannt ist, welche strategischen Entwicklungsoptionen f?r eine Unternehmensentwicklung potentiell zur Verf?gung stehen, wei? man jedoch nur...