A strategic choice-resource dependence analysis of union mergers in the British and Australian broadcasting and film industries
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Since the late 1980s there has been a marked increase in the rate of union restructuring and merger in both Britain and Australia. This has been particularly prevalent in the film and broadcasting industries in both countries. This organizational change has largely been triggered by environmental turbulence which has altered the availability and control of resources required for organizational survival. Accepting the concept from strategic choice theory that trade unions are able to exercise a degree of choice over the way in which they manage and adapt to changes in their external and internal environments, the paper demonstrates how an integration of strategic choice and resource dependence perspectives can explain why organizations behave in different ways and, in particular, why trade union mergers in the film and broadcasting industries have occurred. Further, the perspective also explains why some trade unions chose not to merge. An integration of resource dependence theory with strategic choice theory explains why trade unions make particular strategic decisions. Conversely, strategic choice explains how organizations acquire resources and manage dependencies. The paper concludes by making the case for an integration of the two perspectives for future studies of organizational behaviour and change. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Management Studies
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0022-2380
Year: 1998
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Where's the profit?
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Accounting for net profit participations in the motion picture industry has become a controversial issue. Performers, writers and other people involved in film production, whose contracts with the movie studios provide them a percentage of the net profits of the films, allege that they have not been receiving their rightful compensation. This practice gained notoriety when writer Art Buchwald and producer Alan Bernheim sued Paramount Pictures for not giving their share of the profit from the film 'Coming to America.' The court found some of the accounting provisions unconscionable and sided with the Buchwald and Bernheim. It seems that this practice is a widespread phenomenon in the film business, as evidenced by the fact that only 5% of released films ever achieve a profit for net profit participation. The most controversial areas in accounting are exclusions, advances, allocations and accounting for videocassette sales.
Publication Name: Management Accounting (USA)
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0025-1690
Year: 1997
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A foreign affair
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A study shows that most of the Hollywood films usually have crossover appeal and can be distributed worldwide. The rising global appetite for local films has resulted in the expansion of Hollywood's international strategy.
Publication Name: Fast Company
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1085-9241
Year: 2005
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