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The Impregnable Japanese Market: Fact or Fiction?
Japanese trade barriers purportedly contribute to the escalating U.S. trade deficit with Japan. But Japan’s trade barriers are no more restrictive than those found in the U.S. Many U.S. firms have used traditional and innovative marketing strategies sucessfully in the Japanese market. The marketing strategies that have led to that success are outlined. download .pdf
The Role of Foreign Trade Zones in Business Strategy
This article discusses the competitive advantage firms can derive from the wise utilization of foreign trade zones. Recent environment changes which have necessitated an increasing use of FTZs are discussed, as well as the benefits offered by FTZs as compared to other government tariff incentive programs. Several examples demonstrate the various ways information is given […]
Foreign Trade Zones: The Mid-American Experience
Foreign trade zone (FTZ) usage in the United States has increased substantially in this decade. This paper discusses the major reasons for that increase, which include a favorable regulatory climate, growing awareness of the competitive benefits of operating within a zone, and community interest in promoting zones as an incentive to attract investment. Examined here […]
Insiders Can Disclose and Trade–Or Can They?
The article addresses the rather ambiguous doctrine of “disclose or abstain” with respect to insider trading. A brief review of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and court cases and judicial opinions suggests that the only real option available for someone possessing insider information is to abstain from trading on that information. The alternative of […]
Bank Holding Company Dividend Policies and Share Prices
This paper analyzes the relationship between dividend policy and the rate of return on bank holding company (BHC) stocks. We hypothesize that the representative investor in BHC shares has a preference for dividend income over prospective capital gains return. Regulatory policy is hypothesized as playing a role in the determination of the substitutability between […]
Zachariah Mathew, Ithaca College
The use of robots to supplant direct labor, automated materials handling, computer controlled flexible manufacturing systems which are capable of producing a number of products within the same product line, and just-in-time production and distribution are creating a new manufacturing environment. As in the past, the need for assignment and control of direct material costs […]
The Financial Accounting System Viewed as a Control System
This paper views the outputs of the accounting information system as elements of a control system. These outputs may be of a financial accounting nature as well as a managerial accounting nature. Rewards for management are often based on measures typically found in the annual reports. Managers have an interest in making sure these measures […]
Lawrence O. Jenicke, Central Michigan University
The commercial application of expert systems indicates a role for this technology as a competitive tool in a wide variety of business activities. The ability of an expert system to duplicate the problem-solving process of a human expert can be utilized in the managerial decision process. Two potential roles of expert systems in this function […]
The Power Index: A Tool for Achieving Proper Representation on Key Management Committees
This paper describes a technique called the power index which a manager can use to evaluate the distribution of influence on key management committees. The important evaluation issues are concerns about equity (is there balanced representation of contrasting interest groups?), concerns about effectiveness (is there a proper mix of representatives from each of the required […]
