Introduction: the icarus paradox in Korean business and management

Some writers argue that modern history reveals that countries pass through ‘cycles’ in economic leadership. The ‘forerunners’ of industrialization used inventions and innovations as the major sources of their growth. On the other hand, newly industrializing countries, labelled ‘latecomers’ vis-à-vis the first groups, relied more on imitating, borrowing, or learning advanced technological and organizational capabilities to achieve national industrialization and eventually to gain national competitiveness. For some time, many have viewed such economies, especially the ‘Asian Tigers’, as a major force that will lead future world economic growth. However, such expectations have diminished with the recent financial crisis and contagion in Asia. The subject matter covered here includes the sources of economic growth and industrialization, the ‘catch-up’ strategies of firms, and foreign investment. The causes of the recent financial crisis, and future possibilities for the Korean model of business and management, are also analysed.     

用电营业管理浅析

用电营业管理是供电企业经营管理中至关重要的环节,当前,强化经营管理和监管稽查工作,依然是供电企业用电营业管理中必须抓紧抓好的关键环节.本文就用电营业管理与客户服务等方面进行了简要分析.     

财务管理在企业管理中的作用

财务管理作为一门管理科学,与生产管理、质量管理和营销管理一样是管理学科的一个分支,财务管理是研究企业的资源和行为的管理,是企业管理中不可缺的部分.经济的发展使得经济环境日益复杂,我国企业将面临更多的机遇和挑战.因此,新形势下企业应该加强财务管理.文章对财务管理在企业管理中的地位做了一些初步的阐释.     

Ethical implications of business format franchising

Franchising in the business format sector accounted for approximately 35 percent of retail sales in the U.S. in 1991. Consequently, the franchising industry has a clear ethical responsibility to the public. At the same time, there exists an ethical obligation of the two major factors in the industry — the franchisor and the franchise — toward each other. Because the franchise agreement, which is the basis of the relationship, is originated by the franchisor, an asymmetrical distribution of power often exists, resulting in opportunistic behavior by the franchisor. In other cases, questionable or unethical practices by franchisees likewise result in conflict. This paper examines some of the basic areas of the franchise relationship which result in conflict, and discusses the situation analysis in business format franchising, which shows promise for reduction of conflict and unethical behavior for the future.Gordon Storholm is Associate Professor of Marketing at St. John's University, New York, N.Y. He is an active member of the Society of Franchising and has published several articles in the franchising field. He has contributed to this Journal and has several years' experience as a consultant in the Franchising and Marketing fields.Eberhard E. Scheuing is Professor of Marketing at St. John's University, New York, N.Y. He is Director of the Business Research Institute and has published several books and articles in the marketing field. He is widely recognized as a leading authority in the field of ethics in service quality.     

Emergency business management and internet connectivity

Many technology experts believe the internet cannot be shut down as it was built by the military to be redundant. Organizations have accepted this premise and generally do not have the means to ensure continuing connectivity in the face of disruption. As early as 1997, however, the internet did experience disruption, leaving millions of users disconnected. It is argued that because the internet has been embedded into all business operations it is necessary for managers to review their policies regarding continued connectivity should a disruption occur. In this article I offer several practical suggestions regarding how managers can continue to operate critical processes in the face of short or extended internet outages. Further, I suggest that a view of corporate data processes based on traditional accounting perspectives needs to be revised to consider these data processes as a matrix interacting across customer, vendor, employee, and human interfaces.     

The internationalization of competition policy: implications for international business

In the post–Uruguay Round World Trading System and with the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a new set of agendas on the governance of the world economy has emerged. Among them are the relationship between trade and social policy, trade and the environment, and trade and competition policy. These issues are new in the sense that policymakers have, until now, avoided drawing direct‐policy linkages between them. The main reason for this is that traditionally social and competition policies have been domestic policy domains that international policymakers were prevented from influencing. While environmental policy has been subject to several international negotiations, the link between trade and the environment has been relatively under‐discussed in the GATT. Moreover, there have been few international agreements that have drawn a direct link between trade and the environment.¹ The focus of this paper is the relationship between trade and competition policy. In particular, this paper seeks to address the issues related to international competition policy and the concerns and problems faced by international business in this context. ¹ An exception being the agreement on trade in endangered species (CITES). © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Using informal learning for business decision making and knowledge management

The process of making decisions in business requires, among other things, the efficient management of information to do with employee competencies. Dealing solely with competencies that employees learn in institutional contexts, however, is insufficient, as employees also acquire competencies through informal learning activities outside the organization. If an organization is to make well-informed decisions, the entity must gather information about the external activities of its employees that contribute to their competency development. This paper proposes a methodology to facilitate the identification and recognition of an employee's informal learning instances, which receives support from a technological framework. To validate the methodology, a pan-European project implements the framework, and a panel of experts evaluates its modus operandi. The main findings from this study suggest that, although making decisions on the basis of instances of informal learning is possible, both the methodology and the tools behind the gathering of this information should be flexible enough to satisfy the needs of the organization.     

债券发行业务核算管理分析

银行发行债券业务是指银行为筹措长期资金经批准而发行的金融债券和其他债券.文章分析了银行债券业务核算方法.     

浅谈事业单位中的管理会计

在现代事业单位管理理论的基础上,运用规范研究的方法,探寻管理会计在我国事业单位管理中的应用目前显得十分重要.本文首先分析了管理会计在我国发展概况一起制约因素,着重探讨推进管理会计在事业单位应用的对策.     

事业单位财务管理问题研究

财务管理作为一项价值管理,在资金利用的效率和效益上起到了至关重要的作用,本文从事业单位资产管理、会计核算、预算等角度分析了目前存在的问题,并从加强内部控制、加强资产管理和进行良好的全面预算几个角度对事业单位财务管理提出了一些建议和对策.     

债券发行业务核算管理分析

银行发行债券业务是指银行为筹措长期资金经批准而发行的金融债券和其他债券.文章分析了银行债券业务核算方法.     

The aims of business management

International joint ventures are progressively growing more important in LDCs. However, their activvities frequently lead to conflicts between such countries’ overall economic objectives and the aims of business management.