Reviews the individual experiences of many small southeastern US firms as they attempted to meet the challenge of overseas markets, sometimes in response to market saturation at home or to smooth out the seasonality of product demand. Although many small firms were initially reluctant to “go...

Describes how the international business system has undergone dramatic changes since Vernon’s life cycle model in 1966 which postulated that international corporations could sell product sequentially ‐ first in the USA, then in Europe, and later in Japan. Other parts of the world would then...

Describes how, in response to a weakened market share, the USA sponsored the White House conference on travel and tourism which was held in October 1995. A highly successful event, the conference proposed strategies and tactics which encourage international travel to the USA. Suggests that, on...

Enquires into the link between the Tokyo and New York equity markets. Finds that the link between the two markets strengthens at some times and weakens at others. Staggering business cycles and the breaking of global co‐operation are two plausible explanations of the weakening of the links...

States the purpose of this study was to develop a framework, through which to analyse the nature of an expatriate’s psychological contract, in order to specifically address expatriate psychological needs and expectations. The proposed Breakdown model was formulated from the overseas work...

Organised capitalism, as a distinct mode of political economy, is generally held to be under serious threat, not least from the apparently inexorable logic and pressures of “globalisation”. The challenge represented by these forces is intensified in Germany by the constraints imposed by the...

As transnational capital continues to seek fair access to all international markets and increasingly, a global level playing field, so competition policy has emerged as a highly salient issue. This article sets out specifically to explore the international dimension of competition policy....