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作者：Chen, CJP; Cheng, CSA; He, J; Kim, J
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Chinese University of Hong Kong; University of Ulsan
摘要：This paper investigates tbe effect of international activities on capital structure as measured by a debt ratio. Prior studies have examined factors that affect the debt ratio for both multinational corporations (MNCs) and domestic corporations (DCs); however, the incremental explanatory power and the direct effect of the extent of international activities on capital structure have not been tested. This paper uses multiple regression analyses to add measures of international activities after c...
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作者：Bailey, JR; Chen, CC
作者单位：Northeastern University - China
摘要：Effective international management requires knowledge of culturally patterned self-concepts and concomitant feedback desires, This paper argues that the cultural forces of individualism versus collectivism shape the self-concept, and by extension individual performance evaluation and feedback seeking, We present a comparative study to test the hypotheses that U.S. respondents desire success feedback (whereas Japanese and Chinese desire failure feedback), show more initiative and perceive more ...
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作者：Iyer, GR
摘要：Institutional analysis is proposed as an alternative theoretical methodology for the study of comparative marketing systems, This paper argues that institutional analysis offers considerable potential for understanding dynamic marketing systems and for the explicit study of change, Disciplinary insights of institutional analysis are reviewed and the richness of the conceptual apparatus of comparative institutional analysis, as applied to the study of comparative marketing systems, is explicated.
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作者：Dyer, B; Song, XM
作者单位：Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business
摘要：An empirical test of 290 U.S. and 653 Japanese managers, using the Miles and Snow typology, provides a cross-national examination of strategy's impact on conflict, Results substantially support tbe study's predictions and indicate that firms should: (1) monitor their conflict handling mechanisms; (2) emphasize integrative approaches; and (3) appropriately use formalization for conflict handling. Despite a convergence of management practices globally, findings indicate that considerable differe...
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作者：Liang, N; Parkhe, A
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：International exchange is a two-sided coin, involving exporters and importers. However, a systematic search of the academic literature reveals a striking imbalance: while exporter behavior has been extensively studied, importer behavior remains a largely neglected area of study, even though importers are playing an ever more important (often dominant) role in consummating trade transactions. In this article, we assert that this neglect stems from two critical - but flawed - assumptions. The fi...
