... cost and relative profitability of ID and PD. Design/methodology/approach We use longitudinal data on U.S. manufacturing firms from 1984 to 1999, a period of intense shocks associated with rapid globalization, to estimate a dynamic panel data Tobit model that permits lags in a firm’s adjustment...

...Abbas Ali Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the future role of emerging economies in the global marketplace. The paper highlights current trends in the global market and the changing role of emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses various...

...Abbas J. Ali Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to reflect on the relationship between globalization and income inequalities. The paper investigates briefly the forces that make income inequalities within a nation or between advanced and developing countries a lingering problem. Design...

... hypothesis is: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Initial public offerings New venture internationalization Performance Ownership structure Corporate ownership Globalization The increasing number of firms launching initial public offerings (IPOs) and the importance of this step...

...Abbas J. Ali Purpose The purpose of this paper is to refute the proposition that in today's global economy “local is the new global.” It provides a logical argument that a passing economic trend should not be viewed independent of circumstances. Design/methodology/approach The paper briefly...

...Miguel Goede Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the case of Curaçao, as a small island coping with globalization, with Singapore, Barbados, New Zealand, Ireland, and Aruba and to contribute to the development of a framework for discussing globalization and economic development...

...: 0‐7890‐1810‐1 (paper) (Tables, figures, review questions, references, cases, and index.) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Strategic management Managers Leadership Management strategy Corporate strategy Globalization Strategic management has become a necessity...

... and internationalization play a significant role in firm R&D intensity. Pol Herrmann can be contacted at: pol@iastate.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Corporate governance Research and development Globalization United States of America The successful management of technology is one...

...Mohammed Ansari Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of globalization on the synchronization of international financial markets. Monthly data from January 1990 to July 2005 for ten major stock markets, namely, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan...

...Kamal Fatehi; Rajaram Veliyath; Foad Derakhshan Purpose The purpose of the paper is to discuss the new realities of global rivalry which has been elevated to include economic competition between nations, in addition to the more traditional forms of competitive interactions between firms. Design...

...William Acar The notion of globalization was an emerging trend during the course of the past century, and the notion of progress has been a basic tenet of the Western paradigm throughout the entire past millennium. Given the desperate situation in which large segments of the world find themselves...