International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 6 Issue 1/2

MULTINATIONALS AS TRANSFERERS OF MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO POLAND

William A. Stoever

This paper presents a schema for analyzing the transfer of management skills to a reforming socialist economy and uses it to examine the extent to which foreign investors should…

THE EMERGENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EASTERN EUROPE: A SELF‐ORGANIZING PERSPECTIVE

Robert D. Russell

This paper looks at some of the difficulties that may inhibit the spread of entrepreneurial systems in the former Communist Bloc nations of Eastern Europe. The lack of a generally…

A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF DISTRIBUTION FACTORS ON THE POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL SHORT‐TERM HUMANITARIAN AID

Robert E. Wright

Decisions on provision of international short term aid are often undertaken on an emotional, public relations driven basis. Such decisions may result in an inefficient and…

EXPLORING THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: INITIAL REACTION FROM ASIA

Yongsun Paik

As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is put into effect, Asian countries have shown growing concerns about the protectionist nature of the NAFTA. Key provisions of…

MERCHANT VESSEL CHARTERING AND OPERATION IN INTERANTIONAL TRADE: EHTICAL AND SAFETY ISSUES

E. Cameron Williams, Luther Trey Denton

The global economy is highly dependent upon international ocean shipping and important related industries, such as vessel brokerage and chartering. Maritime safety in today's…

DIFFERENCES IN TRADE SHOW BEHAVIOR BETWEEN NORTH AMERICAN‐FOCUSED FIRMS AND WORLDWIDE‐ORIENTED FIRMS

Paul Herbig, Fred Palumbo, Brad O'Hara

Trade Shows are a major portion of the marketing mix in the industrial marketplace, second only to personal selling and aboveadvertising. Thisessay summaries pervious research and…

TO MARKET, TO MARKET? THE POLITICS OF TRADE IN PERU

Margaret Y. Champion

Can we do business with strangers? A major handicap to any promotion is ignorance of the market and its members. In order to understand Latin Americans, says Albert Hirschman, we…