Academy of Management Review 2003, Vol. 28, No. 3, 447–465. THE CROSS-NATIONAL DIVERSITY OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: DIMENSIONS AND DETERMINANTS RUTH V. AGUILERA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign GREGORY JACKSON Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry We develop a theoretical model to describe and explain variation in corporate governance among advanced capitalist economies, identifying the social relations and institutional arrangements that shape who controls corporations,
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The Competitive Advantage of Nations Michael E. Porter Harvard Business Review 90211 HBR MARCH±APRIL 1990 The Competitive Advantage of Nations Michael E. Porter National prosperity is created, not inherited. It does not grow out of a country's natural endowments, its labor pool, its interest rates, or its currency's value, as classical economics insists. A nation's competitiveness depends on the capacity of its industry to innovate and upgrade. Companies gain advantage against the world's
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product.” Hands-on Research Of course, Japanese corporations want accurate and useful information about their markets as much as U.S. and European companies do. They just go about it differently. Japanese executives put much more faith in information they get directly from wholesalers and retailers in the distribution channels. Moreover, they track what’s happening among channel members on a monthly, weekly, and sometimes even daily basis. Japanese-style market research relies heavily on
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Leadership and Employee Behavior in International Business Chapter Objectives After studying this chapter, students should be able to: Identify and discuss the basic perspectives on individual differences in different cultures. Evaluate basic views of employee motivation in international business. Identify basic views of managerial leadership in international business. Discuss the nature of managerial decision making in international business. Describe group dynamics and discuss
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------------------------------------------------- Quality Focus Paper Just-in-Time Production and Lean Manufacturing Keller Graduate School of Management Spring Semester, May 2010 Session GM588: Managing Quality (online) Instructor: Robert Lee 5 June 2010 Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 What is it? 3 Background 5 History 7 II. Literature Review 9 Significance in Practice 9 JIT and Lean Thought Processes 10 JIT & Lean Thinking – General Principles 10 Advantages/Benefits
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Introduction Supply chain sustainability is recognized as a key factor for generating business value, it is a positive driver of competitive advantage that requires constant innovation and commitment in all levels of the organization, but how do parent companies influence their subsidiaries to adopt a sustainable supply chain approach?. Nowadays, contemporary thinking on the role of subsidiaries and its evolution in regards to multinational enterprises state that resources and capabilities of the
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The Role of Culture in the Workplace Anne Marre S. Bautista The Chicago School of Professional Psychology The Role of Culture in the Workplace Culture is a crucial factor of human behavior. Over the last decade, culture has become a hot topic in organizations because of the explosive rise in the ethnic diversity in work places. This increase in cultural diversity comes with consequences which have resulted in the emergence of a need to build cross-cultural competencies among personnel in
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Factors Affect Business Activities in Asian Countries . Contents . 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………..……..3 2. Political Factors That Affect Business………………………………………...4 1) The Case of Toyota Motor Corporation………………….….……..5 2) The Case of Taiwan………………………………..…………….…….…….8 3. Conclusion…………………………………………………………..…………………..…9 4. References……………………………………………………………………………..….10 Introduction For every business, internal factors, such as the company’s culture, vision, and
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that might be made; the composition of the “opposing” team, and the relative authority that the members possess. Relationship building is the process of getting to know one’s contacts in a host country and building mutual trust before embarking on business discussions and transactions. In many countries,
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Table of contents: Task | Contents | 1 | * Explain the importance of effective supply chain management in achieving organisational objectives * Explain the link between supply chain management and business functions in an organisation * Discuss the key drivers for achieving an integrated supply chain strategy in an organisation | 2 | * Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies used by an organisation to maintain supplier relationships * Use information technology to create strategies
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