Fear of flying
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Executive women often experience indifferent, discourteous treatment and even crude sexual bullying during international business travel. Airline, hotel, restaurant, and customs employees frequently mistreat lone women travelers despite the growing numbers of women in the world of international business. Women cope with this discrimination in such ways as dressing austerely, acting assertively or even disagreeably, and avoiding uneasy situations. Groups of businesswomen are now actively trying to make the travel industry more sensitive to their needs, and there are signs that the travel industry is beginning to realize that traveling businesswomen comprise a lucrative market.
Publication Name: International Management
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-7888
Year: 1988
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French quality circles multiply, but with a difference
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France leads Europe in the quality circle (QC) movement, although the French QCs are unorthodox and innovative. French society and industry have benefited from these QC efforts. French QCs do not follow the Japanese pattern that precludes managers from participating in group discussions; in French QCs, managers frequently lead discussions in problem-solving. The result has been the growth of over 25,000 QCs in over 2,500 French firms, including Renault and Peugeot, and the creation of the Association Francaise des Cercles de Qualite (AFCERQ), a group that promotes the concept of total quality in France through education and training.
Publication Name: International Management
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-7888
Year: 1986
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Henri Racamier's magic touch turns Louis Vuitton's quality to profit
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When Henri Racamier took over as president and CEO of the French luxury luggage manufacturer Louis Vuitton, he restructured the so-far sleepy company, increased production, and opened stores all over the world. To safeguard quality, Racamier avoided going the franchise route, and, to maintain the image of the company, he is attempting to broaden the market for the famous and rich along with budgeting about 4 percent of the company's sales on publicity and sponsoring activities. The company's finances are in excellent shape and, in 1982, the company introduced shares in the New York and Paris stock exchange.
Publication Name: International Management
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0020-7888
Year: 1986
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