Ethnic or immigrant social networks tend to influence the type of business that an ethnic entrepreneur starts, as well as the success or failure of the business. In this paper, we develop a theoretical model that proposes that ethnic community involvement influences the configuration of ethnic...

This paper reports the findings of a 12-nation study designed to test empirically the relationships between societal cultural values, individual social beliefs, and the perceived effectiveness of different influence strategies. The relationships between three types of broad influence strategy...

By reviewing all articles published in 24 reputable journals that serve as outlets for operations management (OM) research, 587 articles on international operations management (IOM) are identified for a 12-year period from 1986 through 1997. These IOM articles are classified into 17 topical...

When raw material suppliers of a global supply chain are situated in developing countries, not only will there be long lead times but there could also be a possibility of material losses in transit. The magnitude of the losses will be uncertain and can be significant. We consider the...

In this research we test the generalizability of an existing model for classifying information-intensive services that can be globally disaggregated to Internet services. This categorization allows us to judge which types of Internet Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are likely to have superior...

Traditional, single time-period models of quality cost expenditures assume static conditions and ignore the impact of the learning curve effect on a firmÕs product quality, and that of quality improvement efforts by the competitors. In this paper we incorporate both factors in a dynamic model...