The Motives for International Acquisitions: Capability Procurements‚ Strategic Considerations‚ and the Role of Ownership Structures Author(s): Shih-Fen S. Chen Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 3 (Apr. - May‚ 2008)‚ pp. 454471 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25483277 . Accessed: 28/02/2013 12:46 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at .
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Founded by Business Leaders for future Business Leaders Advanced Diploma in Business Administration ERCBA 209 International Trade and Management Study Guide Lecture Notes Lecturer Mr. JUDE NESA RAJAH / Mr. BALA SUBRAMANIAM N 1 Content 1. Introduction Page 3 2. Lecturer Page 4 3. Programme Management Page 4 4. Teaching and Learning Arrangements Page 5 5. Assessment Framework Page 5 6. Grading System Page 6 7. Quality Assurance
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Introduction International business in terms of multinational enterprises is whereby companies have operations in more than one country. These companies are called Multinational cooperation and they expand overseas through joint ventures‚ foreign acquisition‚ licensing agreement‚ Greenfield investment and export (Ghoshal & Nohria‚ 2003). Strategies such as International strategy‚ Transnational strategy‚ Global strategy and Multidomestic strategy are used by multinational cooperation to enter
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meet high health and safety standards for workers‚ respect human rights‚ protect the interests of consumers and meet environmental standards. This concern had been repeatedly expressed in a series of international summits right from the sixties. Between 1968 and 1972‚ two international conferences met to assess the problems of the global environment and to suggest corrective action. For the first time the World Conference on global environment was held in June‚ 1972 and it was considered
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since 1972‚ is an annual evaluation of the state of freedom in every country in the world. The survey divides freedom into two broad categories: political rights and civil liberties. Political rights allow people to join political parties and organizations‚ compete for public office‚ vote freely for distinct alternative candidates in legitimate elections‚ and elect representatives who have a real impact on public policies and are accountable to voters. Civil liberties allow for the freedoms of expression
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bus * * Checkpoint: Business Organization * Robert Surls In 2005 my aunt left me an inheritance. It was a large sum of money. There was a stipulation to receiving this gift. I needed to invest in a company of my choice. My last employer was a cleaning company and I approached my old employer with a proposition. I and another business partner that I convinced in investing with me would organize a joint-stock company. This was to be a private partnership‚ as well as a limited partnership
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use the same mode of entry into all international markets? Introduction This paper well examines the role of what Multinational Company is and how they enter markets with verity of entry modes. Well look at theories of market entry and Dunning’s theory that can motivate firms to enter new markets‚ as well using two case studies on entering the Chinese market of Coke-Cola and Foster’s to see if a company should use all the same entry modes to international markets. Multinational Companies
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Accounting Principles (GAAP) in favor of the international standards‚ International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ followed by most of the world. This modification would represent one of the prevalent accounting rule changes for public companies based in the U.S. Among other issues‚ it would likely dislodge the Financial Accounting Standards Board‚ or FASB‚ as the U.S.’s chief accounting authority‚ incorporating it under the London-based International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Many
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controls? According to this case‚ the character of the case; Santiago‚ part of the pharmaceutical distribution business was working during a time when Venezuela had been “Tumultuous”. Political turmoil affected its economy as well. He opposed Hugo Chavez regiment and was thus “technically” not allowed to exchange domestic currency for foreign currency (as he needed it for his import business). The president of the corrupted county suspended sale of dollars in the country as the Bolivar fell to its record
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all key management positions in an international business with parent-country nationals” (p. 531). The advantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Overcomes lack of qualified managers in host country‚ unified culture‚ and helps transfer core competencies. The disadvantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Produces resentment in host country‚ and can lead to cultural myopia. An ethnocentric approach is typically appropriate for firms utilizing an international strategy. A polycentric staffing
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