SEVERAL AUTHORS'have recently attempted to evaluate the performance of mergers.
Most have dealt with highly diversified firms or those which have been heavily involved in …

Introduction T HERE is a growing body of literature on the choice of technology for developing
countries.'Much of this literature deals with the factor proportions problem, 2 yet there has …

In a recent paper, which is a companion piece to an earlier work, Professor Kiyoshi Kojima
has suggested that Japanese overseas investments and international transfers o technology …

INCE World War II, many developing countries have adopted a strategy of rapid industrialization
to accelerate economic development and presumably to absorb unemployed or …

One need only read the daily newspapers or weekly periodicals over a period of a few weeks
to realize that all is not well in the field of international business relations. Several years …

Multinational firms continue to be criticized for various sorts of behavior. Conferences are
held, research papers are delivered and delegates discuss. And those from developing …

An organization is no stronger than its ability to plan ahead for its own development. The
author sees three major reasons for the failure of corporate long-range planning to carry a firm …

~ TUE USE OF ACQUlSIl'\ON and mergers as a device for achieving company growth
appears to be on the increase. In particular, the conglomerate or circular merger is heing used …

and presenting a scheme for classifying strategy in terms of its major dimensions is the
challenge we face here. We present a framework for examining corporate capabilities in relation …

… Mason served with Stanford Research Institute from 1957to 1966as an Industrial
Economist. He is currently Professorof International Businessand Business Policy, Graduate …