Reflections on '95 and the challenges of '96 and
beyond. (developments around the world)
The year 1995 was one of celebration, reflection, and bizarre
revelations. Many Americans remember it as the year of O.J. Simpson. But
elsewhere, victory in Europe was toasted and feted; Japan . . .
America talks trade: where's the beef? (world trade)
King Canute wasn't fooling himself when he ordered back the
tide. He was only trying to make a point to his flatterers: some things
are beyond control. Amazingly, there are some prominent people - . . .
Globalization - a new world emerges.
Economic and political realities have been changing dramatically in
the last few years. These changes have a profound impact on most
inhabitants of our earth and on the lives they live. The changes . . .
Ignoring tax and immigration laws for domestic help is
folly.
In the past, the U.S. laws concerning payroll taxes and work
authorization verification of domestics have, for the most part, been
quietly ignored. The complexity of the rules, the difficulty . . .
Stretching the S corporation status: self-employed
businesspersons risk IRS' wrath.
Recent legislation that substantially increased the Social Security
tax has caused an increasing number of self-employed individuals to file
tax returns as Subchapter S firms to minimize the amount . . .
CFOs: a profile of unsung heroes. (chief financial
officers)
Men Behind the Throne
The individuals who populate the top positions in American companies
are often seen as the prime movers of the corporate enterprise. In fact,
virtually all studies about . . .
"Sandwich generation" needs special benefits. (changing
employment relationship)
The American work force of the 1990s is undergoing dramatic changes.
The "traditional" model of the family, in which the male head
of household supports a wife and family, is a thing of the past. It . . .
Barriers to international technology transfer.
Executives of U.S. firms that operate in Eastern Europe contend that
the host countries' most formidable barriers to international
technology transfer (ITT) are the economic, legal, and . . .
How to compete: an American manifesto.
During the decade of the 1980s, the United States went from being the
world's largest creditor to the world's largest debtor.
America's economic dominance is now being severely threatened by
foreign . . .
American cultural values: shedding cowboy ways for global
thinking.
American executives have inherited cultural biases of individualism,
simplicity, and superiority that contradict the characteristics of
global thinking, namely, systemic, complex, and multicultural . . .
Lessons from Hughes: the roller coaster ride to global satellite
marketing. (Hughes Aircraft Co.)
The Hughes Aircraft Company has discovered that marketing satellites
around the world requires meticulous planning, infinite patience,
instant ingenuousness, abundant creativity - and luck. The . . .
Reflections on southern China.
I am at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. A rude security person measures
my bag and declares that one side is one inch longer than the Hong Kong
limit. This means I have to go back past a crowd of rude . . .
The conundrum of patents and market testing: pitfalls
aplenty.
Market testing of a new product or process before investing in
expensive patent protection may seem like prudent business practice,
especially for small businesses or private . . .
Expanding the auditors' role to narrow the expectations
gap.
Since the early 1970s, the auditing profession has been under
increased pressure and scrutiny by government and users of audit
reports. The Commission on Auditors' Responsibilities (generally
known . . .
Are corporations improving efforts at social
responsibility?
Society has entrusted the management of a large portion of its wealth
to corporation executives. As a result, investors and creditors are
understandably interested in the effectiveness of corporate . . .
Light a bonfire under your sales staff with training and
development.
Did you hear the one about the woman who telephoned the manager of a
restaurant to ask if it had simply had an off night because her
experience there had been so awful? The manager responded, . . .
Communism is gone, but what of the future?
A shift to democratic capitalism in the former Soviet Union and other
Eastern European countries isn't a certainty, new research shows.
These authors surveyed the opinions of college students . . .
On-line information services - the world at your fingertips.
(Cover Story)
On-line information services have become a valuable source for
research, news, and personal needs. Vast amounts of information are
available in their data bases, for a fee, at any hour.
However, . . .
Have you talked to your computer today? (Cover Story)
With the increasing use of communication technology in all business
applications, employers and employees frequently are confronted with yet
another piece of technology to be included in the work . . .
Multimedia - what is it? (Cover Story)
The term "multimedia" has new meaning today. Multimedia now
describes the ability to combine text, high-quality graphics, sound,
animation, photo images, and video into a single . . .
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