This case study, by Paul Beamish, was a prize-winner in the EFMD 1992 Annual Case Writing Competition, in the section entitled, 'Entrepreneurship'. It concerns a daring new business venture in the Russian Caucasus Mountains. In mid-1991, Guy Crevasse and Andrei Kakov, the two major partners in...

This article by Detlev Nitsch, Paul Beamish and Shige Makino provides an illuminating presentation of the characteristics and performance of 118 Japanese subsidiaries in Europe. The study is one of the few that contains performance data at the subsidiary level. Subsidiary performance is limited...

Two international banking challenges will provide the future growth and rationale for information technology (IT) outsourcing in the financial sector. The first challenge is the multi-faceted risk associated with cross-border financial flows. Institutions are attempting to manage long-term risk...

With data from some 200 Canadian and European business or government representatives. Paul Beamish sets out the case for European investment in Canada. He employs the PEST (political, economic, social and technological) framework for this environmental analysis and, although has encouraging...