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The British roots of business ideology
This paper explores the ideology of business management in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, based on a survey of middle to senior managers. The results show a great deal of a similarity between the attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Anglo Managers. However, the US executives differ significantly in the areas of labour-management relations, privacy, the role of government and career advancement.
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Inflation, Exchange Rates, And The Location Of Automobile Manufacturing
This paper attempts to explain the location of automobile manufacturing in terms of comparative unit labor cost advantages. A nation's share of world production is seen to be a function of relative unit labor costs, which include average productivity of labor, wage costs, and the ratio of these in a common currency, U.S. dollars. By comparing unit labor costs in the U.S., Japan, France, West Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, we can explain some of the changes in output-shares in terms of cost advantages. The significant but lagged effects of changes in exchange rates are examined during the period 1960-1975. The recent years favored the U.S. and the U.K. in terms of costs, while Japan and West Germany had a disadvantage because of significant fluctuations in exchange rates.
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SCIENCE IN COURT
Organizations invest in IT projects in order to save costs, increase revenues, improve performance or achieve regulatory compliance, yet all too often they fail to deliver such benefits. The approach developed by the organization, Criminal Justice Information Technology (CJIT), to manage the UK criminal justice system IT portfolio has drawn extensively from best practice both nationally and abroad. CJIT has set up an independent internal portfolio unit to evaluate business cases for projects against the investment principles. This process uses an appraisal tool called the Proving Model. Infrastructure projects generally struggle to show a return on investment unless they also take account of the applications that will run on that infrastructure. Potential opportunity values must be recognized, therefore, but it is crucial that such values are robust and are actively managed to exploit the capacity that has been created.
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Maquiladoras: una mirada crítica desde la frontera
En este artículo se analiza críticamente a las maquiladoras desde dos puntos de vista: uno mexicano y otro estadunidense. Los principales problemas en las relaciones entre México y Estados Unidos referentes a las maquiladoras incluyen repercusiones en el empleo, movimientos migratorios, transferencia de tecnología, crecimiento y desarrollo, medio ambiente, seguridad laboral y libertad de comercio. Desde la perspectiva de México, a estos problemas se agrega la participación de la fuerza de trabajo femenil y sus efectos en las familias mexicanas, así como la discriminación sexual. En cuanto a las preocupaciones de Estados Unidos, las consecuencias negativas de las maquiladoras son las compañías manufactureras y ensambladoras, sus desechos peligrosos y contaminación, y los déficits comerciales a largo plazo. /// In this paper, Mexican maquiladoras are viewed critically both from the U.S. and Mexico's perspectives. Important issues in U.S.-Mexican relations concerning maquiladoras include effects on employment, migration, technology transfer, growth and development, environment, worker safety, and free trade. The issues from the Mexican perspective include women's participation in the labor force, its impact on their families, and sexual discrimination. U.S. concerns include the negative consequences of manufacturing and assembly companies: hazardous waste and pollution, and long- term trade deficits.
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Maquiladoras: A Critical Look from the Frontier
A critical analysis of maquiladora (subcontracting) plants in Mexico from both US & Mexican perspectives. Both countries are affected by the industry in the areas of employment, migration, technology transfer, & growth & development. Mexico is also profoundly affected due to the employment of women & concomitant social effects. US concerns include environmental pollution & long-term trade deficits. Examples are provided from the El Paso (Tex)/Cuidad Juarez areas. The potential impact of the Mexico-US Free Trade Agreement is also considered. 5 References. Adapted from the source document.
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Free Trade Agreement
As busy as we are with bustling border trade, imagine the impact of a U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement concluded in the summer of 1992. Such an agreement is now inevitable, say Washington sources, given powerful political and economic driving forces. In June 1990, President Bush announced the \"Enterprise for the Americas,\" including a series of free trade agreements and significant aid and debt reduction. On July 23, Bush announced a form of the Caribbean Basin Initiative for the Andean countries (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia). Trade negotiations as part of the Uruguay Round of GATT have monopolized U.S. resources, but progress has been slow and there is a sense that we can't wait any longer. (excerpt)
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