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 .
Premium Subsidiary Goodwill Investment
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Temporary Employees During the 1990-2008 periods‚ employment in the temporary help services industry grew from 1.1 million to 2.3 million and came to include a larger share of workers than before (Luo‚ Mann‚ Holden‚ 2010). Employment in this industry has been very volatile because‚ temporary employees offer great advantages to businesses. As of today‚ businesses are using full time temporary employees as an alternative to reduce their cost and remain profitable
Premium Temporary work Employment agency
What are the advantages and disadvantages of FedEx and UPS? This essay critically analyses two giant competitors in the package delivery industry: Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) and United Parcel Service‚ Inc. (UPS). Both corporations have achieved a great success on a global scale. FedEx Express currently serves hundreds of cities and markets with its intercontinental and international express services [1]. It founded in 1973 and has developed to serve and reach every corner of the world.
Premium United Parcel Service Courier United States Postal Service
pollution can be attributed to human activity man. For example air pollution that is the cause of many problems in the human health. In California many factors have contributed to air pollution. First‚ burning fossil fuels are burned‚ that is part of everyday in California and the rest of the planet and this is the major source of air pollution. The main fossil fuels burned by humans are petroleum or oil‚ natural gas and coal. Most of the demands on activities of the world-wide energy demand are
Free Carbon dioxide Oxygen Natural gas
While business ethics emerged as a field in the 1970s‚ international business ethics did not emerge until the late 1990s‚ looking back on the international developments of that decade. Many new practical issues arose out of the international context of business. Theoretical issues such as cultural relativity of ethical values receive more emphasis in this field. Other‚ older issues can be grouped here as well. Issues and subfields include: The search for universal values as a basis for international
Premium Ethics Business ethics Trade
example‚ there was a census every five years to determine the ranks of the native and non-native citizens which also determined how much citizenship they had. For example‚ the Latini‚ who were from the Italian peninsula‚ were able to live and do business in rome but could not have an official
Premium Democracy Ancient Rome Roman Empire
The creation of an identical copy of something is the process of cloning. It is simply a form of asexual reproduction. Cloning is a big issue in todays world of science because of the potential benefits‚ the risks involved‚ and medical‚ ethical and religious conflicts. Plants and animals have already been cloned and stem cell research is already going ahead‚ and maybe one day science will be able to clone a human. The division of opinion on cloning will require many forums of discussion to cover
Premium Cloning
Discuss the advantage and disadvantage of giving international aid to poor countries. Many people in the world today believe that rich countries have a responsibility to provide international aid for poor countries to help their citizen who may die from starving or diseases. In this essay‚ I intend to discuss the advantage and disadvantage of that and the related controversy. The first idea to mention is that many governments
Premium Africa Poverty Developing country
Islamic Provisions of 1973 Constitution Introduction The following are the Islamic provisions of 1973 constitution based on the principles of: 1. Holy Quran and Sunnah 2. Islamic Republic of Pakistan 3. Pakistan shall be known as “Islamic Republic of Pakistan”. 4. State Religion 5. Islam shall be the state religion of Pakistan. 6. Sovereignty belongs to Allah. Sovereignty Belongs to Allah Sovereignty over the entire Universe belongs to Almighty Allah and the authority bestowed by him on
Premium Pakistan Islam Prime minister
Cultural Differences in International Business International business negotiation is playing a more and more important role in modem society. We can see clear that there are great differences in international business negotiation. Specially‚ culture can influence negotiating styles in numerous ways‚ because negotiator who may come from another nation is different from us‚ in language‚ beliefs‚ and behaviors. Different cultures employ different ways of doing business. Nowadays‚ the world is
Premium Culture Western culture