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The Diminishing Effect of Cultural Distance on Subsidiary Control
Wilkinson, Timothy J.; Peng, George Z.; Brouthers, Lance; … - 2008
This paper explores the diminishing influence of national cultural distance on two subsidiary control issues, expatriate staffing and parent company ownership level of the foreign subsidiary. Previous studies have produced conflicting findings: one stream of research argues that when cultural...
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International Market Selection and Subsidiary Performance: A Neural Network Approach
Brouthers, Lance; Mukhopadhyay, Somnath; Wilkinson, … - 2008
How should multinational enterprises (MNEs) select international markets? We develop a model of international market selection that adds firm-specific advantages and transaction cost considerations to previously explored target market factors based on Dunning's Eclectic Framework. Results...
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Real Options, International Entry Mode Choice and Performance
Brouthers, Keith D.; Brouthers, Lance; Werner, Steve - 2008
Recent scholarship suggests that combining insights from real option theory with transaction cost economics may improve decision-making models. In response to this suggestion we develop and test a model of international entry mode choice that draws from both perspectives. Examining samples of...
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Going-Concern Opinions: The Effects of Partner Compensation Plans and Client Size
Carcello, Joseph V.; Hermanson, Dana R.; Huss, H. Fenwick - 2000
Partner compensation plans in large accounting firms tend to emphasize either local office profits or worldwide firm profits ("small-pool" or "large-pool" firms, respectively) (Trompeter 1994). Some have expressed concern over possible impairment of auditor independence when a small-pool...
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The Impact of Corporate Tax Executive Credentials on Person-Organization Fit
Epps, Kathryn K.; Cleaveland, M. Catherine; Bradley, … - 2010
Researchers have examined several factors that influence the extent to which the values of individuals are congruent with the values of the organizations in which they are employed. These factors include personal characteristics, satisfaction with corporate policies, and job/task competence....
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Active Management of Real Options
Miller, Tom W. - 2011
Business opportunities to introduce new products at a later date are treated as real options. These real options are … change randomly during the option's life. The distance to breakeven and the value of the business opportunity may be actively … managed during the real option's life. Product design and process design may be used to change the values of the underlying …
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Improving Distribution Operations: Implementation of Material Handling Systems
Chakravorty, Satya S. - 2009
Academic research has primarily focused on the technical factors of material handling systems, with little or no discussion of human factors. In order to improve the performance of distribution operations, we found that the implementation of material handling systems involves both human and...
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Knowledge and Innovation Focus: A Classification of US and Canadian Firms
Joyce, Teresa; Stivers, Bonnie P. - 1999
This article examines business practices focused on knowledge and innovation and the relationship of these business … 500 and 151 Post 300 firms. The study was sponsored by the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State … knowledge and innovation-related business practices. Our analysis reveals that firms in each country can be categorised based on …
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Testing the Accuracy of Employee-Reported Data: An Inexpensive Alternative Approach to Traditional Methods
Hales, Douglas N.; Sridharan, V.; Radhakrishnan, Abirami; … - 2008
Although Information Technology (IT) solutions improve the collection and validation of operational data, Operations Managers must often rely on self-reported data from workers to make decisions. The problem with this data is that they are subject to intentional manipulation, thus reducing their...
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Business Strategy and Top Management Compensation: The Mediating Effects of Employment Risk, Firm Performance and Size
Veliyath, Rajaram; Ferris, Stephen P.; Ramaswamy, Kannan - 1994
We compare top management compensation among prospector, defender, and analyzer strategic types, and the effects of differences in managers' employment risks, firm performance, and firm size. Prospectors performed better and they paid their top management group more than did analyzers. They were...
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