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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Multi-national corporations"”.
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Towards an improved understanding of how multi-national corporations manage agency conflicts : the case of ArvinMeritor, Inc.
… being taken. This situation is intensified for multi-national corporations, in that there are conflict areas related to geographical separation, cultural differences, varying levels of economic developlment, different accounting standards, exchange rae fluctuations and specific financial and …
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Global electronic funds transfer between small and medium sized companies
… field for business and consumer payments. Large multi-national corporations have been able to invest the capital necessary to create infrastructures or work with banking institutions to facilitate payments in the past, but small and medium sized companies were limited in their ability to utilize …
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The Modern Great Game in Central Asia
… of these actions has brought about new international relationships, many of which are less than favorable and directly tied to an increase in terrorism. Central Asia, in it's close geographic ties with the former Soviet Union, China, and India has become a battle ground not only for …
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The Modern Great Game in Central Asia
… of these actions has brought about new international relationships, many of which are less than favorable and directly tied to an increase in terrorism. Central Asia, in it's close geographic ties with the former Soviet Union, China, and India has become a battle ground not only for …
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Interest Groups and Exchange Rate Policy Choice in Brazil and Venezuela: Incorporating the Workers
… such as agriculture, manufacturing, finance, and multi-national corporations while downplaying the average worker. This study proposes a theory of exchange rate policy preferences that takes into account the average person’s dual role as employee and consumer. It tests the hypothesis that the …
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The extraterritorial quest for justice: the case for imposing a "duty of care" on parent companies in the absence of a binding business and human rights treaty
In an increasingly globalised world, Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) have become as influential as some States. Concerningly, States no longer have a monopoly over human rights violations, nor are they seen to be the primary duty-bearers. Despite this, there are no effective accountability …
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Ethical decision making: an exploratory study of British and Chinese manager behaviour
The growth of international businesses within the context of economic globalisation has created different operating environments that have exposed managers at both national and international levels to different business challenges as well as moral dilemmas. The moral dilemmas and subsequent …
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Expatriate development workers: an evaluation of the process and outcome of sociocultural adjustment
… has focused principally on managers in multi-national corporations. However, there is an acknowledged need to disaggregate the expatriate population in order to recognise the different contexts in which expatriation takes place. This thesis focuses on expatriation within the context of …
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Su ve yaşam: Suyun toplumsal önemi
… in the global market which is dominated bymultinational corporations. In the backdrop of this development, current discussionshave increasingly begun to focus on the debates about whether water is a basic humanright. Privatization of water services, which is considered to constitute a …
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A contemporary brand China. An investigation into the development of brand China in the context of global socio-political and cultural influences in the 21st century
… combined with the consolidation of the power of multi-national corporations and banks and the globalisation of markets at virtually all levels, has led to the emergence of massive new global players in terms<br/>of markets and production. Despite the fact that China, unlike the Soviet Union, …
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The modern state and economic leadership: Canada, New Zealand and Australia’s trade and investment relations with Japan 1985-1998
… globalization, major attempts to deregulate national regulatory systems, and the closely related development of powerful multi-national corporations. In the 1970s, free market western industrial nations partially, but by no means systematically, squared off against the USSR and China-led …
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Contracting sustainable and responsible energy investment: trends, actors and grass-roots innovations for multi-level governance
… fast-changing field mainly concentrates on international investment treaties, national regulations, and relevant energy dispute case-law. By contrast, project-specific contractual and quasi-contractual instruments have received far less attention despite their potential importance as components …
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The implications of organizational context for Information Systems and Technology strategy formulation. A study of socio-political factors in global corporations.
… they became global businesses active in multiple geographies at the same time. This research aims to provide deeper understanding of IT developments in global organizations as manifested in the changing social and political environment of the organization and the reciprocal effect of …