Isaiah A. Litvak

Some characteristics of successful technical entrepreneurs in Canada

The findings of a study made of 39 successful entrepreneurs involved in the establishment of one or more technologically based enterprises in the secondary manufacturing sector in Canada are presented. Most of these enterprises are small, with a present annual sales volume of less than one million dollars. A major purpose of the study was to examine the social and economic background of the entrepreneurs, the nature of the companies they started or with which they were involved, and their perception of the environment for entrepreneurship in Canada. Special emphasis is given to comparing Canadian-born with non-Canadian-born entrepreneurs. Where feasible, the findings of this study are compared with comparable studies conducted in the United States.

The International Bauxite Agreement: A Commodity Cartel in Action

HE international bauxite-aluminium industry has been characterised as an international oligopoly with the potential for cartel-like behaviour being undertaken both by the firms and certain countries which produce bauxite. The International Bauxite Agreement (IBA) is the industrys counterpart to OPEC and some have suggested that the IBAs success for the eleven member countries 1 is second only to that of OPEC. Success is, of course, a relative term, relative to what happened before, or to what would have happened in the absence of the IBA or in the event of some alternative agreement. Success can be measured in various ways, and the degree of success may differ for each member country of the IBA as well as for those affected by the IBA-producing firms, customers and bauxite-consuming countries. Several years have passed since the establishment of the IBA in 1974, and it is now possible to evaluate in some degree what success has meant to the bauxite-producing countries and what has accounted for these results. Professor R. Mikesell has stated that

Canadian-United States Corporate Interface and Transnational Relations

Transnational relations involving parent companies of United States multinational enterprises with subsidiaries in Canada have begun to interest not only the social scientist but also the politician and businessman. What is the effect of such transnational relations on the economic resources and performance of each country? What political means are used to influence corporate behaviour? What is the effect of the constitutional system on such transnational relations? What are the ways in which the countries reacted to resolve certain related interstate conflicts?

Foreign and International

Isaiah Litvak and Christopher Maules Cultural Sovereignty, The Time and Readers Digest Case in Canada (New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1974---

Comparative Technical Entrepreneurship: Some Perspectives

13.50) Survey of Public Attitudes Towards the Computer (Ottawa: Department of Communications, 1973---

Cultural sovereignty : the Time and Reader's digest case in Canada

1.00, paper) Bernard Rubins Propaganda and Public Opinion: Strategies of Persuasion (Middletown, Conn.: Xerox Educational Publications, 1973---copies on request, paper) Jim Richstad, Michael McMillan, and Ralph Barneys The Pacific Islands Press: A Directory (Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1973---no price given, paper) Judith Tegger Kildows Intelsat: Policy-Makers Dilemma (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books/Heath, 1973---

Japan's Overseas Investments

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