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The purpose of this paper is to understand and describe the conditions that compel and underscore global supply chain (SC) adaptations.

Insights from contingency theory, Porter's economic cluster theory and international factory mapping are used to analyze the SC adaptations that follow when an automotive firm moves from a domestic to a global SC.

An automotive global SC adaptation includes market entry considerations, the establishment of a three‐stage flexible time‐ and production‐based supplier network plan, and the integration of logistics partners.

SC adaptations are an important consideration for any manufacturing expansion effort, especially international ones. Varying production levels impact supplier relationships and decisions and may result in varied supplier perspectives. Government regulations influence entry and routine decisions, while logistics issues and costs play an integral role in supplier perceptions and reactions.

With the rapid expansion of the Chinese auto market, entering manufacturing firms need more information about how to strategically locate, and develop and support supplier networks. A stepped supplier network establishment approach optimizes benefits for both manufacturing firm and suppliers. Evaluating and integrating logistics issues also sets the stage for future expansion efforts at optimal cost and supplier support.

The internationalization of the automotive SC involves adaptations that can only be successful through advance planning, strategic supplier networking, and systematic logistics integration.

Librarians in all varieties of institutions, as well as public and academic libraries, are being asked for information on disease and health. We are becoming acutely aware of the general public's growing demand for health information. In fact, according to the American Hospital Association's “A Patient's Bill of Rights,” a hospital patient has the right to be informed in terms he or she can easily understand about his or her illness. This “Bill of Rights” reflects the general growth of the consumer movement in America today. It pervades all aspects of modern life, including the health field.

The purpose of this paper is to examine a unique marketing and legal problem that manufacturers of prescription drugs and medical devices face in the USA, under the theory of “overpromotion” and the Learned Intermediary Doctrine (the LID), and suggests a solution to the problem.

The study uses a critical review of the literature and decided legal cases to analyze the problem of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs and medical devices under the LID and “overpromotion” doctrines.

The study suggests a different approach to advertising drugs that divides the audiences into primary and secondary targets to immunize drug and medical device manufacturers against liability.

Because the laws guiding advertising are different in different countries, the findings of this study are relevant only to the US market.

The paper gives practical guidance on an alternative communication strategy that could immunize drugs and medical device manufacturers against liability.

The study uses knowledge of law and marketing to tackle an issue that, even though is useful and relevant, is rarely discussed in the marketing literature.

The literature on campus police (CP) is not as developed as mainstream or municipal police (MP). While there are several studies discussing the perception of CP, there are, however, no empirical studies investigating the perception of CP based on their legitimacy. Through the theoretical framework of liminality, this paper aims to address the literature gap by examining the perceived legitimacy of CP compared to MP.

Data were collected through the use of survey instruments distributed among 593 college undergraduates at a doctoral extensive land grant institution in the Pacific Northwest. Since the purpose of the study was to determine student perceptions of legitimacy between MP and CP, two surveys were utilized to capture those perceptions, one for each police group respectively. The two sets of surveys were equally administered in each selected class.

Through the framework of liminality, this research demonstrates the marginalization of CP as sworn law enforcement officers, especially when compared to their MP counterparts.

As this is the first study addressing the perceived legitimacy of the CP there needs to be further research in this area before substantial conclusions can be reached. Future research in this area should address the opinions of minority students, faculty and staff. Additionally, CP and MP officers themselves should be assessed to determine any potential legitimacy concerns based on perception.

The theoretical framework reveals that the CP are trapped in a liminal state and are unable to transition into perceived legitimate police officers.

Group meetings are a daily component of most businesses but are often considered as unproductive or even a “waste of time” by many participants. Over the past decade, computer‐based systems called group decision support systems (GDSSs) have been developed to improve meetings, and studies have shown that the systems can increase their efficiency and effectiveness as well as the group members′ satisfaction with them. Describes this new technology with its advantages and disadvantages and shows how two corporations used GDSSs to improve their meeting productivity.

U.S.‐Japanese business alliances have a long history of success, and many have been operating for over twenty‐five years. These include Fuji‐Xerox, Yokogawa‐Hewlett‐Packard, and Corning‐Asahi Glass. Some key ingredients for a successful alliance include:

Learning object developers need to understand that presently there are powerful organizations of “intellectual property” owners, and vendors of music, videos, books and software that are making a concerted attack on copyright, attempting to convert it from a law to promote knowledge and the useful arts into a mechanism to protect and serve their special interests. This paper represents an attempt to overturn the misconception that copyright is simply about protecting the rights of authors and re‐introduce an understanding of the original foundational role of copyright in “promoting science and the useful arts” and inform U.S. and international readers of the concerted assault on our “fair use” copy rights as educators in the digital environment. The paper argues for the need to put an end to the “quasicopyright” laws that have severely curtailed the traditional rights of educational institutions and passed on responsibilities that previously were the purview of the copyright owners. It calls for a restoration of the balance returning copyright to its original educational focus.

This paper aims to explain the weaknesses and inconsistencies inherent in the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 (USA).

The approach is entirely theoretical and multi-disciplinary (and relies on some third-party empirical research), and it consists of a literature review, critique and the development of theories which are applicable across countries.

The Dodd-Frank Act is inefficient and inadequate as a response to the global financial crisis. The Dodd-Frank Act has not resulted in significant economic growth and has increased transaction costs and compliance costs for both government agencies and financial services companies.

The author developed the theories introduced in the paper.