Conference’s papers

(ordered by Category)

CULTURE

CULTURE – 14 – “Philosophical Issues in Management in the East and in the West: From Confucius’ concept of « face » to Foucault’s « self-esteem »” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/14

CULTURE – 74 – “Globalization, Multiculturalism and Other Fictions: Colonialism for the New Millennium?” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/74

CULTURE – 75 – “A cultural comparison of competency profiles amongst German, US and Australian managers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/75

CULTURE – 76 – “Culture and intrinsic motivation:  Cultural dimensions and their impact on individual goal orientation and performance.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/76

CULTURE – 77 – “The content validity of Hofstede’s power distance measure: a critique and partial reconstruction” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/77

CULTURE – 78 – “A cross – cultural comparison of problem solving approaches and effectiveness: towards a better understanding of country differences” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/78

CULTURE – 79 – “Enterprise Culture by China’s Banking Firms” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/79

CULTURE – 80 – “Does the globalization of the firm’s activities imply a rupture of its logical grasp of ethics?” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/80

CULTURE – 81 – “Cultural Distance and Expatriate Attitude and Value Adjustment” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/81

CULTURE – 82 – “The impact of product – country images on consumer evaluations: a cross – cultural study1” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/82

CULTURE – 83 – “The challenge of ethical formalization :how to adapt to organizational and cultural contexts” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/83

CULTURE – 84 – “The era of cultural collision: an exploratory study about methodology basis of managerial innovations” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/84

CULTURE – 124 – “The Present Situation, Crisis and Way out of the Reward System of the Manager of State – Owned Enterprise” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/124

CULTURE – 125 – “Global Management Issues for the 21st Century: Strategy, Human Resources and Entrepreneurship –  The ‘Invisible Road’ Theory of Management: Bonds Between Culture, Ethics and Philosophy” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/125

CULTURE – 126 – “GLOBE The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research Program  A Progress Report” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/126

CULTURE – 127 – “New Definition for the Concept of Management: a Study About Cross – Culture Management” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/127

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EDUCATION AND TRAINING – 11 – “Toward  Managing Technology Transfer from Universities to Firms: Intellectual Property, Publication Restrictions, and Faculty Use of Time” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/11

EDUCATION AND TRAINING – 16 – “Teaching International Business in the Electronic Age: Using Data Bases in the Classroom” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/16

EDUCATION AND TRAINING – 46 – “Intercultural training improves global organizational capabilities.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/46

EDUCATION AND TRAINING – 47 – “Globalization and Management Education Of Qualified Persons” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/47

EDUCATION AND TRAINING – 48 – “Learners’ training approach preference: national culture as a determinant” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/48

EDUCATION AND TRAINING – 49 – “Globalization : Impact on Management, Education, Research and Practice Impact of Globalization on National Management Education Systems in Europe : A Prospective Analysis” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/49

FINANCE

FINANCE – 9 – “The significance of service level on the new competitive environment of Spanish banking industry: a theoretical study.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/9

FINANCE – 12 – “The integration of the systems ABC/ABM and TOC, and their incidence in the management control” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/12

FINANCE – 17 – “Profiles of the Human Resources Manager in Spanish firms: training programs” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/17

FINANCE – 19 – “Executive Management In Insurance Entities A Comparative Study Of Mutual Companies And Joint – Stock Companies In Spain With A View To The Market Of The 21st Century” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/19

FINANCE – 36 – “Global enterprise and local government: dealing with inward investment policies” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/36

FINANCE – 37 – “Accounting and management research: passwords from the gatekeepers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/37

FINANCE – 38 – “Competitiveness in the mutual funds market: effects of its development over profitability and risk of Spanish financial intermediaries.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/38

FINANCE – 39 – “The harmonization of accounting and financial reporting in the EU countries” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/39

FINANCE – 40 – “Evolution and perspective for the universal banking model a competence – based approach of the French case” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/40

FINANCE – 41 – “Strategic Investment Flexibility for MNE Success in Russia: Evolving Beyond Entry Modes” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/41

FINANCE – 42 – “A Test of the Convergence/Crossvergence/Divergence Theories of Pay Values in Russia” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/42

FINANCE – 43 – “Globalization and Configuration of the Value Chain.  Repercussions of the Economic and Monetary Union in the Configuration of the Value Chain of International Industrial Enterprises Installed in Europe.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/43

FINANCE – 44 – “The use of the information technology out sourcing by the financial sector in Spain.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/44

FINANCE – 45 – “The role of credit system in SME’s financial behavior: results of a survey conducted at European level” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/45

FINANCE – 58 – “The cognitive – affective stress propensity model in the US and Mexico” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/58

FINANCE – 59 – “Human Management –  – A New Trend of Contemporary Management” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/59

FINANCE – 60 – “Human Resource Management Challenges in Process Oriented Organizations” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/60

FINANCE – 61 – “New Human Resources roles to survive in the twenty – first century” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/61

FINANCE – 62 – “The impact of globalization on the changes of concept and practice of Human Resources management some indicators  –  the case of Croatia” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/62

FINANCE – 63 – “What international relocation policies and practices work best for women managers?” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/63

FINANCE – 64 – “The Role of Management Education in Mid – Career Development of Cross – National Managers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/64

FINANCE – 65 – “When one size “doesn’t” fit all: matching cross – cultural training technique and learning style” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/65

FINANCE – 66 – “Global careers for women managers: is the glass border thickening?” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/66

FINANCE – 67 – “Conducting cross national Human Resource management research: need for an integrated framework” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/67

FINANCE – 68 – “Preparing managers for international assignments:  The effectiveness of cross – cultural training practices” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/68

FINANCE – 69 – “New global competitiveness: restructuring in the UK and the impact on workloads and working hours of senior managers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/69

FINANCE – 71 – “A study of preferred leadership styles in Germany: charismatic leaders beware!” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/71

FINANCE – 72 – “The cognitive – affective stress propensity model in the  US and Mexico” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/72

FINANCE – 73 – “Re – employment Project: China’s Structural Adjustment For Human Resources Facing The 21st Century” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/73

FINANCE – 130 – “Women in the Organizational Context of R & D” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/130

FINANCE – 133 – “Changing employment relations: An international perspective on industrial relations and human resources in Australia, including the 1998 docks dispute” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/133

FINANCE – 134 – “Football, Player Transfers And Human Capital Theories” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/134

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

INFORMATION SYSTEMS – 1 – “Interactions between Information Technologies and the Organization: a Conceptual and Empirical Approach.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/1

INFORMATION SYSTEMS – 2 – “Diffusion of Information Technology Management Capabilities in Global Business: a Comparison of Intra –  and Inter – company Experiences” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/2

INFORMATION SYSTEMS – 3 – “Interorganizational Networks and Electronic Commerce: one more Step to Globalization Through Information Technologies” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/3

INFORMATION SYSTEMS – 4 – “Electronic Information  –  How well is it Managed?” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/4

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 93 – “Creation and development of a global presence within a high technology industry: a case study of F.H. Faulding & co Limited” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/93

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 94 – “Formation of global networks: the role of information technology” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/94

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 95 – “Digging deeper:  Learning and incentive theory predictions for variation in technology licensing across nations in an era of global standardization of intellectual property rights.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/95

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 96 – “Information and communication technologies as “enablers” of agility in organizations: an empirical study in the insurance sector.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/96

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 97 – “Network Centrality and Power among Internationally Dispersed Technology Units” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/97

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 98 – “The Change in the Industrial Structure in Hamamatsu: To High – tech Management in a Local Area” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/98

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 99 – “Corporate strategy: An Industrial Innovation Approach” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/99

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 100 – “Electronic markets: Economic foundations and  Impact on Globalization.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/100

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 101 – “Protecting technological core competences in a global economy” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/101

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 102 – “Web Usage by Large Canadian Firms: A Descriptive Study of Site Content and the Creation of a Typology.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/102

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 123 – “The technology in the distribution of the future” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/123

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY – 131 – “Globalization: Impact on Management, Education, Research and Practice. Technology management in a global company: the selection of R&D and technology projects” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/131

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL – 5 – “Environmental Change and Revolution of Business Management” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/5

INTERNATIONAL – 6 – “Globalization: The short – term impact on France’s foreign trade of the 1995 announcement relating to nuclear tests.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/6

INTERNATIONAL – 7 – “Preparation and Understanding: the Challenge of Internationalisation” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/7

INTERNATIONAL – 8 – “Communitarianism Meets Strategic Management: What Group – Think Can Tell Us About Competing in the Real World” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/8

INTERNATIONAL – 10 – “International Standards: Trends, European Practices and Canada’s Position” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/10

LEARNING IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

LEARNING IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION – 21 – “Organizing as a Learning Process: a Transformational Management Continuum” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/21

LEARNING IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION – 22 – “Interorganizational learning through the cooperation between companies in a global age” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/22

LEARNING IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION – 23 – “The learning process in interfirm collaboration” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/23

LEARNING IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION – 24 – “Towards a Learning Organization: The Strategic Building Blocks” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/24

LEARNING IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION – 25 – “Organizational learning in a global market: the challenge and the opportunity for human resources management in the XXI century” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/25

MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT – 18 – “If Management is “common sense”, why is sense in management so uncommon?” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/18

MARKETING

MARKETING – 15 – “Product choice in different cultures: an empirical investigation among Turkish consumers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/15

MARKETING – 107 – “The direct marketing as a balanced response to the challenges of the micro segmentation in a global environment.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/107

MARKETING – 108 – “Differences and Similarities Between Mobility – Disabled and Nondisabled Consumers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/108

MARKETING – 109 – “Strategic Groups of High Technology Firms in Terms of their Degree of Market – Orientation: Influence on Companies’ Performance” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/109

MARKETING – 110 – “Exploring how information technology is used and perceives as a means to support competitive advantage.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/110

MARKETING – 111 – “Functions of Independent Distributors used by Spanish Chemical Companies and their Determinants Core. Competencies in a Globalizing Economy: Impact on Management Business Strategy and Globalization of Competition” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/111

MARKETING – 112 – “Market Orientation and Innovation in Services Enterprises: Some Empirical Results from the Insurance Business” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/112

MARKETING – 128 – “Toward genuine and original  –  production strategies under the pressure of globalisation  – ” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/128

MARKETING – 132 – “Production choices in Different Cultures: an Empirical Investigation Among Turkish Consumers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/132

ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZATION – 13 – “Virtuality and virtual organizations” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/13

ORGANIZATION – 20 – “The analysis of the Virtual management” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/20

ORGANIZATION – 26 – “Decision – Marking Structures VS. the new Organizational Structures: Toward an Organizational Design of Institutions” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/26

ORGANIZATION – 27 – “The concept of shared resources: an integrated approach applied to the industrial districts.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/27

ORGANIZATION – 28 – “Intelligent coast project. hierarchical organization towards virtual company and telework” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/28

ORGANIZATION – 29 – “Globalization and configuration of the value chain. The Global Range of German Medium – Sized Companies –  Do Strategy and Organization Matter?  – ” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/29

ORGANIZATION – 30 – “A field study of competitive organizational behavior and implementation” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/30

ORGANIZATION – 31 – “The organization of the company in an global economy” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/31

ORGANIZATION – 32 – “The China enterprises in Hong Kong: a pioneering exploration of China’s globalization process” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/32

ORGANIZATION – 33 – “Organizational Transformation Through Knowledge – Management” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/33

ORGANIZATION – 34 – “Management and organization of the global enterprise coordinating a global enterprise” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/34

ORGANIZATION – 35 – “On the Remolding of the Administrative Organizational Structural System” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/35

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 113 – “Privatisation Processes: the Impact on Corporate Governance” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/113

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 114 – “Privatization and Efficiency vs. Ownership and Efficiency: The Case of Spain: 1985 – 1996” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/114

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 115 – “How to Design a Curriculum to Train People with Cultural Differences : the Example of Accounting Education.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/115

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 116 – “Privatisation: The Core Theories and Missing Middle” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/116

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 117 – “The valuation of companies in privatisation processes” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/117

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 118 – “When and How Much Does Efficiency Increase in Privatized SOEs?:  An Empirical Analysis” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/118

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 119 – “Privatisation and Deregulation : Corporate Governance Consequences in a Global Economy” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/119

PRIVATIZATION / DEREGULATION – 120 – “An Inquiry into the Privatization of the Chinese State – owned enterprises” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/120

PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION – 103 – “Measuring of production efficiency: An empirical evidence of the European Railways” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/103

PRODUCTION – 104 – “Focal points in manufacturing strategy: comparing the Spanish case with American and other European manufacturers” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/104

PRODUCTION – 105 – “Methods in monitoring efficiency and effectiveness of oil refinery” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/105

PRODUCTION – 106 – “An environmental decisions model in the business decision making” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/106

PRODUCTION – 129 – “Management of Energy Refinery (Software Packet  – “More”)” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/129

STRATEGY

STRATEGY – 85 – “International business strategy for U.S. multinationals: the law and policy of extraterritoriality” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/85

STRATEGY – 86 – “The surges and trends of merger and purchase between Chinese enterprises” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/86

STRATEGY – 87 – “Adapting To The Requirements of The Times. Enterprise Management of China Urgently Need Transform.” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/87

STRATEGY – 88 – “Bargaining at the MNC – Host Country Interface:  A Mode of Entry Perspective” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/88

STRATEGY – 89 – “Foreign market entry using external resources: the choice between joint ventures and acquisitions (*)” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/89

STRATEGY – 90 – “The Need for a global and multidimensional Perspective of Core Competencies  –  Expanding the Scope of Strategic Management” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/90

STRATEGY – 91 – “Implementing core competence strategies in a globalizing economy: results of socio – economic experiments international federation of scholarly associations of management” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/91

STRATEGY – 92 – “The Changing of International Environment and The Shifting of Chinese Enterprise” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/92

STRATEGY – 121 – “An Analysis of Structural Changes in Japanese Industries from a Viewpoint of Efficiency of Firms – statistical approach to strategy and performance1)” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/121

STRATEGY – 122 – “Globalization and Networking of R&D Activities  —  Analysis Centering Around the Cases of IBM Com, Philips N.V. and  NEC Corp. — ” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/122

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 50 – “Global realignment: conceptualisation of the new world economic order” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/50

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 51 – “Environmental management systems for a competitive advantage: beyond a mechanistic approach” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/51

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 52 – “AFTA as a Strategic Challenge for European Car Manufacturers?” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/52

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 53 – “For a Dialogue Between Effectivenesses” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/53

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 54 – “Globalization  – orientation of every country’s policy” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/54

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 55 – “Globalization in central and eastern Europeans context and its management implications” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/55

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 56 – “The Influence of Environmental Dynamism on the Design and Effectiveness of Environmental Scanning Systems” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/56

THE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORDER – 57 – “Management of Energy and Environment in Chinese Industrial Enterprises” – www.ifsam.org/1998_files/57