The Dynamic American Firm
Business is becoming more global, more competitive, and more knowledge-intensive. Consequently, business executives are being required to reexamine and redefine fundamental relationships - both intra- and inter-company. The Dynamic American Firm explores the pivotal factors motivating the organizati...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Responding to a Changing World
- 1. U.S. Firms in Transition
- II. External Shocks
- 2. Regionalization vs. Globalization of World Trade
- 3. The U.S.-EU Relationship: Friends and Competitors
- 4. Prospects for an Americas Free Trade Area
- 5. Japan’s Growing Influence in Asia: Implications for U.S. Business
- 6. Greater China: The Next Economic Superpower?
- 7. Capital Mobility: Challenges for Business and Government
- III. Going Global
- 8. Competing in a Global Marketplace
- 9. Business Responses to Foreign Government Barriers
- 10. Patterns of Economic Globalization by U.S. Manufacturers
- IV. Adjustment From Within
- 11. U.S. Firms Restructure and Revitalize
- 12 American Manufacturers Respond to the Global Marketplace
- 13. The Crumbling of the Old Social Contract
- 14. Fashioning a New Social Contract for the American Workplace
- V. Whither the U.S. Firm
- 15. The Rise of the Transnational Enterprise