Government and Industry: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. By Wyn Grant. Brookfield, VT: Gower, 1989. 303p. $44.95. - Economic Decline and Political Change: Canada, Great Britain, the United States. Edited by Harold D. Clarke, Marianne C. Stewart, and Gary Zuk. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 290p. $39.95.

This is a book about terrorism, weapons, and diplomacy in the interwar years between the First and Second World Wars. It charts the convergence of the manufacture and trade of arms; diplomacy among the Great Powers and the domestic politics within them; the rise of national liberation and independence movements; and the burgeoning concept and early institutions of international counterterrorism. Key themes include: a transformation in meaning and practice of terrorism; the inability of Great Powers—namely, Great Britain, the United States, France—to harmonize perceptions of interest and the pursuit of common interests; the establishment of the tools and infrastructure of modern intelligence—including the U.S.-U.K. cooperation that would evolve into the Five Eyes intelligence alliance; and the nature of peacetime in the absence of major wars. Particular emphasis is given to British attempts to quell revolutionary nationalist movements in India and elsewhere in its empire, and to the Great Powers’ combined efforts to counter the activities of the Communist International. The facilitating roles of the Paris Peace Conference and League of Nations are explored here, in the context of the Arms Traffic Convention of 1919, the Arms Traffic Conference of 1925, and the 1937 Terrorism Convention.

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A Comparative Analysis of the Determinants of Executive Compensation between Canadian and U.S. Firms

Relations industrielles ◽

10.7202/051013ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 297-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Michel L. Magnan ◽

Sylvie St-Onge ◽

Linda Thorne

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Firm Performance ◽

Executive Compensation ◽

Firm Size ◽

Ownership Structure ◽

The United States ◽

Firm Ownership ◽

Size Firm ◽

The U.S

This study attempts to identify determinants of executive compensation in Canada while comparing how they differ between Canada and the United States. Results suggest that firm size, firm performance, and firm ownership structure all determine executive compensation in Canada. However, several differences between the determinants of executive compensation in Canada and the U.S. are identified.

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Citizen Concerns and Public Awareness: Metrication Examples

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/0361198196155200113 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 1552 (1) ◽

pp. 97-102

Author(s):

Daniel S. Turner ◽

Jay K. Lindly ◽

Rodney N. Chester

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Great Britain ◽

Public Education ◽

Public Relations ◽

Education Program ◽

Public Awareness ◽

The United States ◽

Conversion Experience ◽

Rule Making ◽

The U.S

The United States is in the process of implementing the metric system. U.S. highway agencies are among the leaders in this effort. One troublesome aspect of being in the lead is that there appears to be no coordinated national public relations program to set the stage for the conversion. Several metric conversion experiences, those in Canada, Australia, and Great Britain, an Ohio research project, and the recent FHWA rule making for sign conversion, are reviewed to determine public awareness and citizen concerns. The conclusions drawn from those studies reinforce the need for an overall, well-coordinated, strong national public education program. Examples illustrate that success is possible (Canada and Australia) with such a program, but without it metrication can grind to an incomplete halt (Great Britain). Currently, the U.S. experience seems to most closely resemble the British metric conversion experience.

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‘Projets d'entreprise’ and mission statements: Comparative analysis of concepts and practices, in France, Great Britain and the United States

Strategic Change ◽

10.1002/jsc.4240030305 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 143-149 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dominique Peyrat

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Great Britain ◽

Mission Statements ◽

The United States

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The Samsung–Apple patent war: Socio-cultural comparative study of news frames in a business conflict issue

International Communication Gazette ◽

10.1177/1748048518767789 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 81 (1) ◽

pp. 46-65

Author(s):

Wan-Soo Lee ◽

Min-Kyu Lee ◽

Seok Kang ◽

Jae-Woong Yoo

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

South Korea ◽

Wall Street Journal ◽

The United States ◽

The South ◽

Wall Street ◽

News Frames ◽

South Korean ◽

The U.S

This study explored a comparative analysis of how the South Korean and United States media framed the Samsung–Apple patent lawsuit. The South Korean and U.S. media have a tendency to report Samsung–Apple patent disputes in a completely different angle. While framing in favor of Samsung was frequent in South Korea, neutral frames were dominant in the United States. The South Korean newspapers showed a stronger nationalism in favor of Samsung, whereas the U.S. newspapers portrayed the business conflict in the market logic. The South Korean and U.S. newspapers also showed differences in framing according to the ideological characteristics of the newspaper. In South Korea, the main conservative newspaper ( Chosun Ilbo) framed the issue in favor of Samsung and the largest liberal newspaper ( Hankyoreh) revealed a tendency to frame it in favor of Apple. However, in the United States, only the main business newspaper ( Wall Street Journal) favored Apple. This study contributes to news framing research in that socio-cultural divergences, framing pool (e.g., generic frames vs. issue-specific frames), and journalistic contexts considered systematically.

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How Large Is the “Public Domain”? A Comparative Analysis of Ringer’s 1961 Copyright Renewal Study and HathiTrust CRMS Data

College & Research Libraries ◽

10.5860/crl.78.2.16582 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 78 (2) ◽

Author(s):

John P. Wilkin

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Large Scale ◽

The United States ◽

Public Domain ◽

Methodological Issues ◽

The Public ◽

Determination Process ◽

Review Management ◽

The U.S

The 1961 Copyright Office study on renewals, authored by Barbara Ringer, has cast an outsized influence on discussions of the U.S. 1923–1963 public domain. As more concrete data emerge from initiatives such as the large-scale determination process in the Copyright Review Management System (CRMS) project, questions are raised about the reliability or meaning of the Ringer data. A closer examination of both the Ringer study and CRMS data demonstrates fundamental misunderstandings and misrepresentations of the Ringer data, as well as possible methodological issues. Estimates of the size of the corpus of public domain books published in the United States from 1923 through 1963 have been inflated by problematic assumptions, and we should be able to correct mistaken conclusions with reasonable effort.

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