International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 5 Issue 1/2

MANAGING LONG‐TERM POLITICAL RISK IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS: SOME STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Yusuf A. Choudhry, Syed H. Akhter

This paper explores the causes of political intervention in foreign firms' operations and provides a framework for the development of risk reducing strategies. Specific…

DECISION‐MAKING MODELS TO FACILITATE THE USE OF SWAPS IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

Arie Beenhakker, Faramarz Damanpour

For many years interest‐rate and currency swaps have been used by multinational corporations' management as a hedge against unforeseen contingencies in the capital market…

FOREIGN DIRECT MINORITY‐EQUITY INVESTMENTS AS STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE IMPACT ON U.S. FIRMS (1979–1991)

Stephen B. Preece, Riad A. Ajami

This research considers the incidence of foreign firms investing between 10 percent and 50 percent equity in U.S. corporations, or Foreign Direct Minority‐Equity Investment…

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIVESTMENT: A COMPARISON OF INNOVATIVE PRACTICES IN CROWN AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS IN CANADA

Kent Carter, Mary Beth Pinto, Jeffrey K. Pinto

The move to divest many of the Crown corporations in Canada over the last seven years has had far‐reaching economic and social effects. Since divestment's inception, however…

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATION FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: COMING TO GRIPS WITH INSTITUTIONS

Lee Hanson

Economic globalization is making Strategic Management researchers increasingly aware of the important extent to which international business strategies are shaped by national…

JOB VALUES OF FRENCH SPEAKING BUSINESS STUDENTS IN FRANCE AND CANADA: AN OVER TIME STUDY

Sadrudin A. Ahmed, Jak Jabes

This article reports the results of a cross‐cultural study carried out at two different time periods ranging from late 1970s to late 1980s on job related motivations, personality…

EXPERTS' OPINIONS TOWARD PRICE STABILITY DURING THE STOCK MARKET CRISIS

Nidal Rashid Sabri

A new environment has evolved in the international stock markets, as expressed by the occurrence of market crises and high swings of stock prices. The stock prices are supposed to…