...Richard C. Warren It is important to realise that the company is a public institution and not just a private arrangement created by contract; it cannot, therefore, be fully determined by economic factors alone, but, is, importantly, also partly determined by political and social factors. Sometimes...

... and labour markets. However, economic development is likely to reduce the extent of market imperfections, making this argument problematic for more recent periods. Companies Organizational performance Family firms Turkey Diversified business groups are deeply rooted in the social and economic...

... and defence companies. As well as placing the UK’s defence capability within the context of national security, it also needs to be placed within the context of the Government’s foreign policy which is focused on international conflict prevention. The UK Government remains committed to encouraging...

...Mathew Joseph; Beatriz Joseph; Simpson Poon; Roger Brookbank The current Asian crisis has created awareness among Australian companies of the need to reassess their marketing strategy with the goal of becoming more competitive in the market place. This study looks at strategy development among...

...Panos Mourdoukoutas; Stratos Papadimitriou Responding to Michael Porter’s claim that “Japanese companies rarely have a strategy”, this paper argues that the competitive advantage of Japanese enterprises is not to be found in traditional practices. Rather, it is due to the way these practices...

...Marco Kapp As businesses continue to automate their activities and establish electronic links with trading partners the IT security problem becomes both more important to solve and more difficult to deal with. Virtually all companies have inadequacies in their present IT security arrangement...

...Richard Dealtry Acquiring a European company or, indeed, merging with one, are strategies that are gaining favour with many organisations both within and without the EC. The strategic implications of such moves are examined and some methods of limiting the risks involved are suggested. EBR Volume...