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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450665403321

Titolo

Small firms in global competition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Tamir Agmon, Richard Drobnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994

ISBN

1-280-52642-4

0-19-534486-3

1-4294-0544-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AgmonTamir

DrobnickRichard

Disciplina

658.02/2

Soggetti

Competition, International

Small business - Finance

Small business - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A research book from the International Business Education and Research Program, University of Southern California."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. Comparative Advantage and Competitive Advantage: An Introduction; 2. How Small Firms Can Achieve Competitive Advantage in an Interdependent World; 3. What It Takes to Become a Globally Oriented Corporation; 4. Understanding Internationalization: Sense-Making Processes in Multinational Corporations; 5. The Accessibility of International Financial Markets; 6. Accounting Aspects of Globalizing American Firms; 7. United States Trade Laws as Barriers to Globalization; 8. Negotiating the Initial Phases of Cross-Cultural Alliances

9. The Transfer of Production Planning and Control Systems from Plants in the United States to Other Parts of the World10. Buyer-Supplier Coordination in the United States and Japanese Automobile Industries; 11. Strategic Human Resource Management in Mexican Maquiladoras: The Competitive Edge; 12. Small and Midsize Enterprises in the United States and East-Central Europe: Common Challenges in the 1990's; Index;



Sommario/riassunto

Written for the smaller business, this volume explores the nature of the international market and highlights ways in which a small firm can compete successfully.