On May 5, 2014 Governor Martin O' Malley signed into law legislation to raise the minimum in the State of Maryland to $10.10 an hour. The manner in which Baltimore City and Howard County confront, adapt to or take advantage of the new law can only be understood within the context of their...

A bi-lateral trade agreement between the EU and the South American trading bloc known as Mercosur has been under consideration since 1995, with periodic hiatuses in negotiations since their inception. During the past twelve years there have been concurrent multilateral negotiations taking place...

The results of a three-year study of the objectives, strategies and organization of American subsidiaries are presented. Their operations are compared against a matched sample of competitive British and Japanese subsidiaries. American subsidiaries were found to be less ambitious, more orientated...

This study examines the influences on the international standardization of corporate visual identity for a sample of U.K. multinationals. The results suggest that market entry form and equity holding are associated with the degree of corporate visual identity standardization. Further findings...