Political risk analysis and direct foreign investment: some problems of definition and measurement
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Research and analysis of political assessment in overseas areas is encumbered with serious definitional and methodological problems. These problems make any interpretive findings at best highly crude (and of limited applicability) and at worst irrelevant and subject to misinterpretation. In light of the nature of these problems, not much appears to be gained by introducing more sophisticated analytical techniques. A realistic approach to political risk analysis must take into account three sets of factors: the general sociopolitical international environment; the foreign and domestic policies of the home country of the multinational parent and those of the host country; and the relative bargaining strength of a particular multinational corporation based on its international investment strategy, technological lead, and investment exposure in a host country. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: California Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0008-1256
Year: 1986
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Creativity as investment
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This article describes an investment theory of creativity. It suggests that a creative person needs to defy the crowd to buy low and sell high in the realm of ideas, just as a successful financial investor defies the crowd and buys stocks when they are out of favor and sells them when they become popular. Creative ideas are often unpopular. To overcome the resistance to those ideas, creative people - as well as companies desiring to encourage creativity - need to invest in six resources: knowledge; intellectual abilities; thinking styles; motivation; personality; and environment. All of these resources need to be present for a creative enterprise to succeed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: California Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0008-1256
Year: 1997
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Counter evidence on managements' investment myopia
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Despite assertions to the contrary, as a group, American managers are not short-sighted in their investment decisions. Evidence suggests that discounted cash flow (DCF) capital investment analysis techniques are not responsible for long-term investment decisions. Increases in both employment and net exports show that managers do plan for the future, and the strength of the economy supports the view that management is more influenced by environmental factors than was historically thought.
Publication Name: California Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0008-1256
Year: 1985
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