International Journal of Commerce and Management: Volume 6 Issue 3/4

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AND THE ADOPTION AND USAGE OF PROCESS INNOVATION

Steven W. Congden, Dean M. Schroeder

This paper explores the relationship between the timing and usage of process innovation and a firm's competitive business strategy. A study of 104 foundries that adopted Automatic…

COUNTERTRADING WITH EASTERN EUROPE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BENEFITS AND PITFALLS

Nabil A. Ibrahim, John P. Angelidis

Countertrade has grown into a phenomenon too important to be ignored by business practitioners, researchers, and governments. In particular, as a growing number of countries in…

ICELAND DRIFTING TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION: THE PROS AND CONS OF JOINING THE EU

Marios I. Katsioloudes, Steinunn Thordardottir, Phillip W. Balsmeier

This paper discusses the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA), and the European Union (EU) in relation to Iceland. The fisheries sector is being treated extensively, since it is…

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, JOB SATISFACTION AND JOB CHARACTERISTICS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EXPATRIATES IN SAUDI ARABIA

Shadid N. Bhuian, Eid. S. Al‐Shammari, Omar A. Jefri

The authors explore the nature of commitment, job satisfaction and job characteristics, and the nature of the interrelationships among these variables concerning expatriate…

ACCULTURATION AND IMMIGRANT CONSUMERS' PERCEPTIONS OF ADVERTISEMENTS: A STUDY INVOLVING ASIAN‐INDIANS

Durriya Z. Khairullah, Frances Gaither Tucker, Clint B. Tankersley

This study compares perceptions regarding Indian versus American print advertisements of Asian‐Indian immigrants residing in the United States of America. It examines whether…

CREATING EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING STRATEGIES IN DEVELOPING MARKETS

Erdener Kaynak, Orsay Kucukemiroglu, Ali Kara

In recent years, we have witnessed a tremendous movement of the manufacturing firms around the globe. In response to this trend large advertising agencies from the triad countries…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTING IN BELGIUM

Fouad K. AlNajjar

This paper examines accounting practice and its environment in one European country, Belgium, whose capital is home to the European Union (EU). Belgium's national accounting…