127—137 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor A stranger in a strange land: Micro political risk and the multinational firm Ilan Alon‚ Theodore T. Herbert * Crummer Graduate School of Business‚ Rollins College‚ 1000 Holt Avenue - 2722‚ Winter Park‚ FL 32789‚ U.S.A. KEYWORDS Micro political risk; Risk assessment; Environmental analysis; Multinational corporation Abstract When a firm chooses to enter or continue business in a foreign market‚ it becomes exposed to associated political risks which
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Acquiring Legal Status of a Business Firm under Sole Proprietorship in the Philippines Starting a business in the Philippines requires series of procedures and steps‚ and there are different processes of registration depending on the form of business the entrepreneur ventures. This research report will talk about how to acquire the legal status of a business under the business form – sole proprietorship‚ discussing in detail the steps involved. As Lawrence Gitman defines sole proprietorship
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foreign investment capital is 972 millions USD. (See Appendix 1). The first place foreign investors come to seek the useful advice is Vietnamese Firms Consulting Foreign Investors (VFCFI). To meet the high demand a lot of Vietnamese Consulting Firms have been established lately. However‚ consultancy is a fresh field and the newly-established firms are facing abundant difficulties such as lack of experiences‚ do not understand market economy system‚ cross-cultural problems‚ etc. Among them‚ marketing
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Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the S&P 500 The main argument of this paper by Anderson and Reeb is the question whether family ownership is beneficial or detrimental to the future of the company. The arguments against family ownership stress on the points of forgoing profit‚ limited human resource pool‚ usage of company resources for personal reasons and general low company performance. Other researchers attribute benefits to family ownership like greater monitoring of the firm‚ increased
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Supply Chain Orientation in Indian Pharmaceutical Firms TOPIC AREA: OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Authors: Dr. J Shanmugan‚ Dr. Sajal Kabiraj Email: jshanmugan@skylineuniversity.com‚ skabiraj@skylineuniversity.com Address: Faculty Block 2‚ Skyline University College‚ P.O Box 1797‚ University City of Sharjah‚ Sharjah‚ UAE Tel: 06 5441155 Ext 234‚ 219 A Case Study Approach for Understanding Supply Chain Orientation in Indian Pharmaceutical Firms ABSTRACT Supply Chain Orientation
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What is the relevance of the resource-based view of the firm to strategic management in a global environment? The relevance of the resource-based view of the firm to strategic management in a global environment is the idea that it permits the organization to be seen as a whole. In doing so‚ the strengths and weaknesses within the firm can be examined. This is done because as stated in the Hunger & Wheelen (2006‚ 106) text‚ "scanning and analyzing the external environment for opportunities and
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International Marketing What are the specific characteristics of the international marketing activities designed and implemented by small firms? As defined Robert W. Rowden (Thunderbird International Business Review‚ March-April 2001)‚ a small firm (with a maximum of 50 employees) is centralized and personalized through management of an owner-manager. This type of organization provides some advantage such as proximity between manager and employees because there is less hierarchy. Furthermore
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must a firm consider while addressing the make or buy decision? Ans: International Operations management and corporate strategy: Operations management of an International business needs to be integrated with the firm’s corporate strategy. The central role of operations management is to create the potential for achieving superior value for the firm. If operations management takes Rs. 100 worth of inputs and brings out product worth Rs. 150‚ it has crated considerable value for the firm. However
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two partners and/or the firm are liable. 2 Whether Rich can sue partners individually and separately‚ jointly and/or sue the firm. Rule: Partnership Act 1958 (VIC) Case law As it is said in the question‚ Harry‚ Moe and Joe operated a solicitor firm as a partnership. Thus the act of each of them should be bound under the Partnership Act 1958 (VIC). According to s9 of Partnership Act 1958 (VIC)‚ every partner is the principal in the business and the agent of the firm and each partners‚ because
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Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy* DAVID J. DENIS** Krannert School of Management Purdue University West Lafayette‚ IN 47907 djdenis@purdue.edu IGOR OSOBOV Georgia State University Department of Finance Atlanta‚ GA 30303 iosobov@gsu.edu May‚ 2007 We thank Yakov Amihud‚ Harry DeAngelo‚ Linda DeAngelo‚ Diane Denis‚ Jim Hsieh‚ Omesh Kini‚ Erik Lie‚ John McConnell‚ Lalitha Naveen‚ Raghu Rau‚ Steve Smith‚ Jeff Wurgler‚ an anonymous referee
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