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The health of American manufacturing has been a cause of real
concern during the 1980s. Foreign competition, hostile takeovers,
new technologies and a host of other factors have caused dramatic
changes in this key sector of the American economy. Many ob servers
of this process of change are singing the "rust belt blues,"
consigning U.S. manufacturing greatness to the history books. In
April 1986, the Center for the Study of American Business at
Washington University issued a study by its director, Dr. Murray L.
Weidenbaum, which challenged this perception of American manu
facturing's future. The report, entitled Learning to Compete,
pointed to a variety of positive developments resulting from the ad
versity faced by American firms in the first half of the decade:
pro ducers had improved quality and productivity, reduced costs,
and in creased emphasis on R&D. In November 1988, as a logical
extension of this research, the Center held a conference on
American Manufacturing in the 1990s. Focusing on American responses
to the changing global competitive environment, this conference
brought together the practical experi ence of business
professionals and the more detached views of aca demic and media
experts. In a day and a half of meetings, encompassing six separate
ses sions, a luncheon address and an after-dinner debate,
conference participants assembled an extensive profile on the state
of U.S."
IF, WHEN YOU SAY "CONSUMPTION TAX, " YOU MEAN . . . by Ernest S.
Christian, Jr. and Cliff Massa III Much has been said and written
about consumption taxes in the United States, but mostly in a
theoretical context. Dozens of schol arly treatises have been
published, along with innumerable papers and speeches most of which
were more argumentative than illumi nating in nature. Audiences
have sat through uncounted confer ences on the merits or evils of
consumption taxes, depending on the speakers' perspectives. There
have been only three comprehensive legislative proposals to which
these theories and arguments could be 1 applied, no one of which
was acted upon in the Congress. Purveyors of conventional wisdom
have suggested that this theo retical context might be replaced
within a year or two by actual con sideration of a federal-level
consumption tax. Some see enactment of such a tax as a desirable --
or at least a necessary -- means for reducing the federal deficit.
The National Economic Commission, which was created by legislation
in 1987 to recommend deficit reduction measures, was perceived by
many skeptics and proponents alike to be the Trojan Horse which
would carry a consumption tax Lrhe proposals were H. R. 7015, ''The
Tax Restructuring Act of 1980," introduced by Rep. Al Ullman; S.
1102, ''The Business Transfer Tax Act of 1985," introduced by
Senator William Roth; and H. R. 4598, introduced by Rep."
Business is becoming more global, more competitive, and more
knowledge-intensive. Consequently, business executives are being
required to reexamine and redefine fundamental relationships - both
intra- and inter-company. The Dynamic American Firm explores the
pivotal factors motivating the organizational changes that are
sweeping American business, with a particular emphasis on the
global marketplace. It provides a critical analysis of the forces
that are shaping strategies and structures of American business,
emphasizing that the process of adaption is more important than
particular strategies and structures that develop along the way.
The authors begin by illustrating the external factors that shape
the development of the firm, including a combination of
technological advances and increasingly global markets, and proceed
to discuss corporate efforts to adapt to this external environment
by means of changing relationships with other firms. They pay
particular attention to the alliances that help American firms
establish a presence in overseas markets, including the roles of
mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. The
book concludes with a discussion of the internal changes taking
place in American firms, including shifts in organizational
strategy and structure, the elimination of middle management, and
the development of work teams.
Business is becoming more global, more competitive, and more
knowledge-intensive. Consequently, business executives are being
required to reexamine and redefine fundamental relationships - both
intra- and inter-company. The Dynamic American Firm explores the
pivotal factors motivating the organizational changes that are
sweeping American business, with a particular emphasis on the
global marketplace. It provides a critical analysis of the forces
that are shaping strategies and structures of American business,
emphasizing that the process of adaption is more important than
particular strategies and structures that develop along the way.
The authors begin by illustrating the external factors that shape
the development of the firm, including a combination of
technological advances and increasingly global markets, and proceed
to discuss corporate efforts to adapt to this external environment
by means of changing relationships with other firms. They pay
particular attention to the alliances that help American firms
establish a presence in overseas markets, including the roles of
mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. The
book concludes with a discussion of the internal changes taking
place in American firms, including shifts in organizational
strategy and structure, the elimination of middle management, and
the development of work teams.
The health of American manufacturing has been a cause of real
concern during the 1980s. Foreign competition, hostile takeovers,
new technologies and a host of other factors have caused dramatic
changes in this key sector of the American economy. Many ob servers
of this process of change are singing the "rust belt blues,"
consigning U.S. manufacturing greatness to the history books. In
April 1986, the Center for the Study of American Business at
Washington University issued a study by its director, Dr. Murray L.
Weidenbaum, which challenged this perception of American manu
facturing's future. The report, entitled Learning to Compete,
pointed to a variety of positive developments resulting from the ad
versity faced by American firms in the first half of the decade:
pro ducers had improved quality and productivity, reduced costs,
and in creased emphasis on R&D. In November 1988, as a logical
extension of this research, the Center held a conference on
American Manufacturing in the 1990s. Focusing on American responses
to the changing global competitive environment, this conference
brought together the practical experi ence of business
professionals and the more detached views of aca demic and media
experts. In a day and a half of meetings, encompassing six separate
ses sions, a luncheon address and an after-dinner debate,
conference participants assembled an extensive profile on the state
of U.S."
IF, WHEN YOU SAY "CONSUMPTION TAX, " YOU MEAN . . . by Ernest S.
Christian, Jr. and Cliff Massa III Much has been said and written
about consumption taxes in the United States, but mostly in a
theoretical context. Dozens of schol arly treatises have been
published, along with innumerable papers and speeches most of which
were more argumentative than illumi nating in nature. Audiences
have sat through uncounted confer ences on the merits or evils of
consumption taxes, depending on the speakers' perspectives. There
have been only three comprehensive legislative proposals to which
these theories and arguments could be 1 applied, no one of which
was acted upon in the Congress. Purveyors of conventional wisdom
have suggested that this theo retical context might be replaced
within a year or two by actual con sideration of a federal-level
consumption tax. Some see enactment of such a tax as a desirable --
or at least a necessary -- means for reducing the federal deficit.
The National Economic Commission, which was created by legislation
in 1987 to recommend deficit reduction measures, was perceived by
many skeptics and proponents alike to be the Trojan Horse which
would carry a consumption tax Lrhe proposals were H. R. 7015, ''The
Tax Restructuring Act of 1980," introduced by Rep. Al Ullman; S.
1102, ''The Business Transfer Tax Act of 1985," introduced by
Senator William Roth; and H. R. 4598, introduced by Rep."
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