Competitiveness Review: Volume 6 Issue 2

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SUCCESS THROUGH AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS: MAZAK CORPORATION

Brian Papke

It is a pleasure to participate in the American Society for Competitiveness Conference. This is an excellent forum as each of us searches for ideas to find success in industries…

DEFINITION, PERSPECTIVES, AND UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: A QUEST FOR A COMMON GROUND

A.N.M. Waheeduzzaman, John K. Ryans

Competitiveness is one of the most misunderstood concepts of the 1990s. It has drawn substantial attention from the government and business communities during the last 25 years…

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GOVERNMENTS AND COMPETITIVENESS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

Aleksandra E. Glowacka

Newly emerging democracies in central and Eastern Europe face a painful task of making the transition from central planning to a market economy. They urgently need modern…

PRIVATIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE: A FIELD REPORT

Douglas L. Hartley, Michael S. Minor

“Privatization” as a process is easily understood but the location of the privatization affects how complicated this process may be (see e.g. Hartley and Minor, 1995; Culpan &…

EXAMINING U. S. INVESTMENTS IN THE ASEAN REGION: IMPERATIVES FROM A NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS STANDPOINT

Elizabeth M. Fitzgerald, Rajaram Veliyath

External globalization drivers have been proposed to influence the degree of internationalization occurring in industries (Yip, 1989). Industry globalization drivers, when used in…

COMPARATIVE MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT IN THE PERSONAL COMPUTER INDUSTRY

Paul DiDominico, Lina Kartika, Gary P. Sibeck

The United States has been experiencing economic change in many ways, particularly in the form of manufacturing competition from Asia. East Asia is emerging as the dominant region…

CHANGES IN THE COMPETITIVE MARKET POSITION OF THE U. S. VERSUS JAPAN, 1975–1995

John R. Darling, Raymond E. Taylor

The marketplace for virtually all product categories has become a competitive international arena during the past four decades. The marketing practices involved with products in…

ALCAVE COFFEE: AN INNOVATIVE WAY FOR A TRADITIONAL DRINK

Abdulrahman Al‐Aali

While at home one day, Mr. Mansour Al‐Zamil observed his wife preparing Arabian coffee for some of her guests. The Arabian coffee (in Arabic, “Gahwa”) is a symbol of the famous…

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ISSN:

1059-5422

Online date, start – end:

1991

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Christian Ketels
  • Dr Philippe Gugler