GLOBAL MANAGEMENT: STRATEGY,CHALLENGES, AND UNCERTAINTIES......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ABSTRACT......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
STRATEGIC CHANGE: MEANING AND MEASURE......Page 15
The Organizational Adaptation Perspective......Page 17
Traditional Strategic Management......Page 18
The Dynamic Capabilities Approach......Page 19
The Ecological Perspective......Page 21
REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON STRATEGIC CHANGE......Page 25
The Effect of Environmental Factors on Changes in a Firmโs Strategy......Page 26
The Effect of Managerial Characteristics on Changes in a Firmโs Strategy......Page 27
The Effect of Internal and Organizational Factors on Changes in a FirmโsStrategy......Page 28
Effects of Changes in Strategy on Performance Outcomes......Page 52
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 53
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 55
REFERENCES......Page 56
ABSTRACT......Page 63
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 64
2.1. Theories in Partner Selection......Page 65
2.2. Literature on IJV Partner Selection......Page 67
2.3. Customer-based Knowledge......Page 69
2.4. Hypotheses......Page 70
3.1. Measurement......Page 72
4. RESULTS AND ANALYSES......Page 74
4.1. Sample Description......Page 75
4.2. Partner Slection Factors and IJV Performance......Page 78
4.3. Market Orientation......Page 80
5.1. Conclusions......Page 81
5.2. Implications......Page 82
REFERENCES......Page 83
ABSTRACT......Page 93
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 94
METHODOLOGY......Page 99
The โExternalโ Measurement of the Hospitality Structure: The Delphi Study......Page 100
The Questionnaire to Managers......Page 102
Analytic Tools......Page 103
Dimensionality Analysis......Page 105
CONCLUSION......Page 111
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 113
REFERENCES......Page 114
ABSTRACT......Page 119
INTRODUCTION......Page 120
I. THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF TOURISM......Page 122
II. INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTOF TOURIST DESTINATIONS......Page 124
III. โINSTRUMENTALโ AND โECONOMICโ UNCERTAINTY......Page 126
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY......Page 130
CONCLUSION......Page 134
REFERENCES......Page 135
ABSTRACT......Page 139
II. THE CREDIT RATING INDUSTRY ANDITS INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION......Page 140
III. EXAMINING CROSS-COUNTRY RATINGS......Page 142
IV. MODELING THE RATING ASSIGNMENT DECISION......Page 144
1. Descriptive Statistics and Univariate Tests......Page 145
2. Global, US and Foreign Models of Rating Assignments......Page 148
VI. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 151
VII. CONCLUSION......Page 154
REFERENCES......Page 155
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 159
2.1. Artificial Neural Networks......Page 161
2.2. Genetic Programming......Page 164
3.1. Evaluating the Predictive Accuracy......Page 167
3.2. Analysing the Statistical Significance of the Predictions......Page 169
3.3. Avoiding Overfitting Problems: Training, Validation and Out-of-SampleSets......Page 172
3.4. Working on Levels or Taking Differences?......Page 173
4.1. Exploiting Synergic Predictive Effects Using Data-fusion......Page 174
4.3. Looking for Chaos in Tourism Time Series......Page 175
5. CONCLUSION......Page 176
REFERENCES......Page 177
ABSTRACT......Page 181
INTRODUCTION......Page 182
THE CONFUCIAN HERITAGE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS......Page 183
THROUGH A LENS OF WU-WEI AND LI......Page 185
A Mode of Being through Wu-wei......Page 186
Natureโs Li (Patterning), Human li (Relationship)......Page 187
METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 189
A PREFERENCE FOR โLIGHT TOUCHโ......Page 190
TOWARDS A DIALOGUE IN TRANSNATIONAL ENCOUNTERS......Page 192
Why are they Reluctant to Talk?......Page 193
Is there More to English than a Language of Work?......Page 195
After Critique......Page 197
Condition for Dialogue......Page 199
REFERENCES......Page 201
ABSTRACT......Page 205
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 206
2. MATCHING LOCATION ADVANTAGES WITH FIRM STRATEGIES......Page 207
3. LINKING OWNERSHIP AND LOCATION ADVANTAGES......Page 210
4. DURATION OF LOCATION ADVANTAGE......Page 213
5. DISCUSSION......Page 215
6. CONCLUSION......Page 216
REFERENCES......Page 217
ABSTRACT......Page 219
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 220
2. THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC VALUATION IN INFLUENCINGWILDLIFE CONSERVATION POLICY......Page 221
2.1. Methodologies......Page 222
2.2. Empirical Evidence......Page 223
3. NEW CHALLENGES......Page 226
REFERENCES......Page 228
INDEX......Page 233
