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Avian flu has been identified as one of the most challenging new risks, global in impact due to the "highly interconnected and integrated world economy along with other unpredictable events such as the Asian financial crisis and global terrorism." We have chosen the case of Lao PDR to shed light on an area in which local people consume chicken as one of their staple foods. Our research analyzes consumer behavior, poultry business modification patterns in a high‐risk country, and government reaction for business resilience. The geographic choice is motivated by the 2006 EIU report on Catastrophe Risk Management that indicated that Asian‐Pacific companies are better prepared for such risks as bird flu than European business is, despite the many cases found in both regions.

Based on a literature review of terrorism and global business literature, this paper addresses those conditions that may lead to new considerations about risk and its management at policy and the MNE (multinational enterprise) level. How do MNEs adapt to the 09/11 ‐ type risk in strategic management that shapes choices made for internationalization and for international business operations? It is observed that MNEs increasingly enlarge the notion of political risk. We suggest the development of a strategic risk assessment that incorporates terrorism which in its threat, event and aftermath does not remain local or national, but influences investment, location, logistics, supply‐chain and other performance‐ linked decisions of the international value chain through an enlarged risk‐return evaluation. Using the OLI‐paradigm as a typology, we extend Dunning's work by incorporating the terrorism dimension. We do so mainly through the analysis and distinction of the most vulnerable links in firms' value chain in which adjustments need to be made in the face of terrorism threat, act and aftermath. This paper attempts to improve the understanding of international management in an era of global risk and uncertainty.

During recent years, the convergence of corporate governance has become a challenge to the European Commission. This paper explores the usability of knowledge management (KM) in the context of potential convergence; a management approach that is normally limited to application in management studies alone. Dynamic interaction continues as the EU and US are establishing convergence treatments. In this context, an innovative model is developed for the European level that drives harmonization along the co-evolution of the corporate environment and the organization itself through a community that deploys replicable codes of best practice.

ABSTRACTThis article analyzes the effectiveness of an international, interdisciplinary simulation of an ongoing trade negotiation. It thoroughly describes the simulation, provides links to background information for public use, and offers suggestions on ways to further strengthen the learning outcomes achieved.