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Ironically, as telecommunications technology--the embodiment of modernity--advances, bringing people in different nations into more direct contact during conflict situations, traditional cultural factors become increasingly important as differing ways of thinking and acting collide. The mass media can be seen as a factor in the creation of international conflict; they also, claim many scholars, are the key to control and resolution of those problems. Whichever side of the coin one chooses to look at--mass communication as cause or cure of conflict--there is no doubt that the news media are no longer peripheral players on the global scene; they are important participants whose organizational patterns of behavior, values, and motivations must be taken into account in understanding national and international conflict. In this volume, a distinguished group of authors explores the variety of ways the news media--newspapers, radio, and television--are involved in conflict situations. Conflicts between the United States and Iran, India and Pakistan, and the United States and China are examined, and national-level studies in Sri Lanka, Iran, Hong Kong, and the United States provide varied contexts in which the authors look at the complex interrelationships among government, news media, and the public in conflict situations.

AAR Corp. -- Alfred Nickles Bakery Inc. -- Amtech Systems, Inc. -- APAC Customer Services Inc. -- Associated Grocers of New England, Inc. -- Author Solutions, Inc. -- Barbour Corporation -- Bedoukian Research, Inc. -- Big Y Foods, Inc. -- The Boler Company -- Boustead Singapore Ltd. -- Bridgewater Associates L.P. -- Burris Logistics -- C.A. Curtze Company -- C&D Technologies Inc. -- Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc. -- City Lights Books, Inc. -- Compagnie Plastic Omnium S.A. -- Cristal Union S.C.A. -- Dahl's Foods Inc. -- Daphne International Holdings Ltd. -- Day & Zimmermann Group Inc. -- Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. -- Drew Industries Inc. -- Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. -- East Balt, Inc. -- Emin Leydier S.A.S. -- Enbridge Inc. -- Entremont Alliance S.A.S. -- Feesers Inc. -- Formosa Plastics Corporation -- Franklin Electric Company, Inc. -- Fresh Start Bakeries, Inc. -- Golden State Foods Corporation -- Goodman Fielder Ltd. -- Grotto Pizza Inc. -- Grove U.S. L.L.C. -- GVT S.A. -- Hafele GmbH & Co Kimmanditgesellschaft -- Halliburton Company -- Hengdeli Holdings Ltd. -- Holloway Sportswear Inc. -- Hsu Fu Chi International Ltd. -- I-Mei Foods Company Ltd. -- Illovo Sugar Ltd. -- J.G. Niederegger GmbH & Co. KG -- JetBlue Airways Corporation -- Joy Cone Company -- Keane, Inc. -- Klosterfrau Deutschland GmbH -- Lewis Bakeries Inc. -- Li & Fung Ltd. -- Lionbridge Technologies Inc. -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company -- McCormick & Company, Inc. -- Megastudy Company Ltd. -- Mestemacher GmbH -- Michael Foods, Inc. --

International Cultural Tourism: management, implications and cases provides a comprehensive exploration of the management, operations and marketing of cultural tourism attractions and resources in a global context. Topics explored include: * For the first time, an evaluation of the use and transformational impact of global media and new ICT in the management and marketing of cultural tourism attractions and resources. * The changing nature of the global cultural tourism marketplace (including demand, supply, product development and political changes). * Consumer behaviour, profiles and motivations of cultural tourists. * Environmental performance, management and wider issues of social and cultural sustainability. Written by a team of contributors from Australia, Hong Kong, UK, US, Canada, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Finland, this text provides a thoroughly global insight into the issues and techniques involved in the successful management and marketing of cultural attractions. * An overview of the way in which cultural tourism resources and attractions are managed and marketed in a global context. * Analysis of the demand, profiles and motivation of tourists * An investigation of the transformational and dynamic impacts of new technologies on cultural resources and products * International contributor team provide case studies from first-hand experience and research.

Should deep seabed mining (DSM) stop or proceed? The international community is now facing a difficult choice. No matter what decision is made, environmental consideration is the core of the issue. This book tackles the compelling question of how to secure the marine environmental protection in DSM from an international law perspective. It deals with two major research questions: What are the international environmental requirements of participants - the contractor, the sponsoring State and the International Seabed Authority (ISA)? What are the legal consequences for them when environmental damage occurs? In doing so, it analyses the international DSM legal regime and general international environmental principles, observes the functioning of the ISA, and draws on law and practice of various environmental treaty mechanisms. The examination reveals the potential practical difficulties as well as fundamental obstacles in the application of international environmental rules and principles in the specific context of DSM

Should deep seabed mining (DSM) stop or proceed? The international community is now facing a difficult choice. No matter what decision is made, environmental consideration is the core of the issue. This book tackles the compelling question of how to secure the marine environmental protection in DSM from an international law perspective. It deals with two major research questions: What are the international environmental requirements of participants - the contractor, the sponsoring State and the International Seabed Authority (ISA)? What are the legal consequences for them when environmental damage occurs? In doing so, it analyses the international DSM legal regime and general international environmental principles, observes the functioning of the ISA, and draws on law and practice of various environmental treaty mechanisms. The examination reveals the potential practical difficulties as well as fundamental obstacles in the application of international environmental rules and principles in the specific context of DSM.

The Greening of Antarctica reveals how the geopolitical, intellectual, conceptual, and legal foundations of contemporary Antarctic environmental protection and imagination were formed in the crucial period between the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959 and the signing of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in 1980.

A -- Aaron Rents, Inc. -- Adidas AG -- Air New Zealand Limited -- Amdahl Corporation -- American Maize-Products Co. -- Amoco Corporation -- AMP Incorporated -- Applebee's International Inc. -- Arby's Inc. -- AT&T Istel Ltd. -- Atlas Van Lines, Inc. -- B -- Bank of Mississippi, Inc. -- Banner Aerospace, Inc. -- Barings PLC -- Bates Worldwide, Inc. -- Beckman Instruments, Inc. -- Beloit Corporation -- Biogen Inc. -- Books-A-Million, Inc. -- Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. -- Boston Celtics Limited Partnership -- British Airways PLC -- Brother Industries, Ltd. -- Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation -- Brush Wellman Inc. -- Business Men's Assurance Company of America -- C -- Carmike Cinemas, Inc. -- Casco Northern Bank -- Cato Corporation -- CCH Inc. -- Centocor Inc. -- Chemical Banking Corporation -- Choice Hotels International Inc. -- The Chubb Corporation -- Cianbro Corporation -- CMS Energy Corporation -- Cobra Electronics Corporation -- Colgate-Palmolive Company -- Commonwealth Energy System -- Computer Data Systems, Inc. -- Consolidated Products Inc. -- Consumers Power Co. -- Consumers Water Company -- Corby Distilleries Limited -- Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- D -- D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc. -- Dannon Co., Inc. -- Dauphin Deposit Corporation -- The David J. Joseph Company -- Day Runner, Inc. -- DDB Needham Worldwide -- Del Webb Corporation -- Department 56, Inc. -- Deutsche Bank A.G. -- Discount Drug Mart, Inc. -- E -- Eastman Chemical Company -- Edmark Corporation -- Elano Corporation -- Exar Corp. -- F -- Fastenal Company -- Fidelity Investments Inc. -- First Nationwide Bank -- Foodmaker, Inc. -- Formosa Plastics Corporation -- G -- General DataComm Industries, Inc. -- Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream Company -- Gould Electronics, Inc. -- GranCare, Inc. -- Grand Metropolitan PLC -- Great Lakes Chemical Corporation -- Greenwood Mills, Inc. -- H -- Harbert Corporation -- The Hartstone Group plc -- Harza Engineering Company -- Health O Meter Products Inc. -- HealthSouth Rehabilitation Corporation -- Heilig-Meyers Co. -- Hermes S.A. -- The Hillhaven Corporation -- Holson Burnes Group, Inc. -- Hughes Supply, Inc. -- I -- Ibstock plc -- Illinois Bell Telephone Company -- Immunex Corporation -- Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated -- Intuit Inc. -- Irwin Toy Limited -- J -- J.D. Edwards & Company -- Jim Beam Brands Co. -- John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. -- Johnson & Higgins -- K -- Kernet Corp. -- Key Tronic Corporation -- Kikkoman Corporation -- King Ranch, Inc. -- Kinney Shoe Corp. -- Kitchell Corporation -- Knoll Group Inc. -- L -- La-Z-Boy Chair Company -- Lance, Inc. -- Lawter International Inc. -- Lincoln Telephone& Telegraph Company -- Lintas: Worldwide -- Logica plc -- Lotus Cars Ltd. -- Lukens Inc. -- M -- Mannesmann AG -- Metromedia Companies -- Michael Baker Corp. -- Michigan Bell Telephone Co. -- N -- National Sea Products Ltd. -- Natural Wonders Inc. -- Nevada Bell Telephone Company -- Newhall Land and Farming Company -- Noble Roman's Inc. -- O -- Octel Communications Corp. -- Odetics Inc. -- The Ohio Art Company -- Ohio Bell Telephone Company -- OmniSource Corporation -- Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. -- Overnite Transportation Co. -- P -- Parisian, Inc. -- The Peak Technologies Group, Inc. -- PeopleSoft Inc. -- PETsMART, Inc. -- Physician Sales & Service, Inc. -- PLATINUM Technology, Inc. -- PriceCostco, Inc. -- R -- Raley's Inc. -- The Rank Organisation Pic -- Roche Bioscience -- Rosenbluth International Inc. -- Roundy's Inc. -- Royal Doulton Plc -- S -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. -- SBC Warburg -- Schering-Plough Corporation -- Schottenstein Stores Corp. -- Sealed Air Corporation -- Shared Medical Systems Corporation -- Shelby Williams Industries, Inc. -- Shell Oil Company -- Shoe Carnival Inc. -- Siemens A.G. -- Sime Darby Berhad -- Sonic Corporation -- Southdown, Inc. -- Spartan Motors Inc. -- Spelling Entertainment Group, Inc. -- Spencer Stuart and Associates, Inc. -- St. John Knits, Inc. -- Stone Manufacturing Company -- The Summit Bancorporation -- Sverdrup Corporation -- Sybron International Corp. -- Syratech Corp. -- T -- Tasty Baking Co. -- Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. -- Texaco Inc. -- Thomas J. Lipton Company -- Thomas Nelson Inc. -- Tiffany & Co. -- TNT Freightways Corporation -- Todd Shipyards Corporation -- TRW Inc. -- Tyson Foods, Inc. -- U -- United States Postal Service -- United Stationers Inc. -- Urban Outfitters, Inc. -- U.S. Bancorp -- V -- The Vanguard Group of Investment Companies -- Verbatim Corporation -- Vienna Sausage Manufacturing Co. -- W -- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. -- The Wackenhut Corporation -- Waffle House Inc. -- West Bend Co. -- Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company -- Wisconsin Bell, Inc. -- Wolters Kluwer NV -- Worthington Foods, Inc. -- Wyle Electronics -- Wyman-Gordon Company -- Y -- Yellow Corporation -- Z -- Zebra Technologies Corporation.

Adia S.A. -- Advo, Inc. -- Aegis Group plc -- American Building Maintenance Industries, Inc. -- D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Inc. -- Equifax, Inc. -- Grey Advertising, Inc. -- Hakuhodo, Inc. -- Katz Communications, Inc. -- Kelly Services Inc. -- Ketchum Communications Inc. -- Olsten Corporation -- Servicemaster Limited Partnership -- TBWA Advertising, Inc. -- Wells Rich Greene BDDP -- WPP Group plc -- Aeroflot Soviet Airlines -- Air Canada -- Air-India -- Alaska Air Group, Inc. -- Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiana, SPA -- All Nippon Airways Company Limited -- America West Airlines -- American Airlines -- Cathay Pacific Airways Limited -- Delta Air Lines, Inc. -- EgyptAir -- Finnair Oy -- Garuda Indonesia -- Groupe Air France -- Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana S.A. -- Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. -- Malaysian Airlines System BHD -- Northwest Airlines, Inc. -- Philippine Airlines, Inc. -- Qantas Airways Limited -- Saudi Arabian Airlines -- Singapore Airlines Ltd. -- Southwest Airlines Co. -- Thai Airways International Ltd. -- Transportes Aereos Portugueses, S.A. -- United Airlines -- USAir Group, Inc. -- VARIG, SA -- CDI Corporation -- CRSS Inc. -- Foster Wheeler Corporation -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. -- Ogden Corporation -- CBS Inc. -- Cineplex Odeon Corporation -- National Broadcasting Company, Inc. -- Orion Pictures Corporation -- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. -- Walt Disney Company -- Extendicare Health Services, Inc. -- FHP International Corporation -- Manor Care, Inc. -- Universal Health Services, Inc. -- U.S. Healthcare, Inc. -- Caesars World, Inc. -- Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc. -- Club Mediterranee SA -- Mirage Resorts, Inc. -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -- Apple Computer, Inc. -- Compaq Computer Corporation -- Computer Associates International, Inc. -- Computer Sciences Corporation -- Conner Peripherals, Inc. -- Digital Equipment Corporation -- Hewlett-Packard Company -- ICL plc -- Intelligent Electronics, Inc. -- Intergraph Corporation -- International Business Machines Corporation -- Lotus Development Corporation -- Microsoft Corporation -- National Semiconductor Corporation -- NCR Corporation -- Novell, Inc. -- Oracle Systems Corporation -- Storage Technology Corporation -- Tandem Computers, Inc. -- Unisys Corporation -- Wang Laboratories, Inc. -- Xerox Corporation -- Service Corporation International -- Alltel Corporation -- Belgacom -- Bell Canada -- British Columbia Telephone Company -- Centel Corporation -- Cincinnati Bell Inc. -- Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. -- Mccaw Cellular Communications, Inc. -- Pacific Telecom, Inc. -- Posti-Ja Telelaitos -- Rochester Telephone Corporation -- Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. -- Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation -- Telecom Australia -- Airborne Freight Corp. -- Alamo Rent A Car, Inc. -- Amerco -- American President Companies Ltd. -- Avis, Inc. -- Canadian National Railway System -- Carlson Companies, Inc. -- Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. -- Carolina Freight Corporation -- Chargeurs -- Chicago and North Western Holdings Corporation -- Compagnie Generale Maritime et Financiere -- Crowley Maritime Corporation -- DHL Worldwide Express -- Emery Air Freight Corporation -- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company -- GATX -- Hapag-Lloyd AG -- Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. -- Koninklijke Nedlloyd Groep N.V. -- London Regional Transport -- Mayflower Group Inc. -- NFC PLC -- Ocean Group Plc -- OSterreichische Bundesbahnen GmBH -- Preston Corporation -- Schenker-Rhenus AG -- Seino Transportation Company, Ltd. -- Tobu Railway Co Ltd -- Transnet Ltd. -- TTX Company -- Air & Water Technologies Corporation -- American Water Works Company -- Atlanta Gas Light Company -- Atlantic Energy, Inc. -- British Nuclear Fuels plc -- Brooklyn Union Gas -- Central Hudson Gas and Electricity Corporation -- Central Maine Power -- Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company -- CIPSCO Inc. -- City Public Service -- The Consumers' Gas Company Ltd. -- DPL Inc. -- DQE -- Eastern Enterprises -- Elektrowatt AG -- Equitable Resources, Inc. -- Gulf States Utilities Company -- Hongkong Electric Company Ltd. -- Hydro-Quebec -- Illinois Power Company -- IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -- Kansas City Power & Light Company -- Kentucky Utilities Company -- LG&E Energy Corp. -- MCN Corporation -- Midwest Resources Inc. -- National Fuel Gas Company -- NICOR Inc. -- NIPSCO Industries, Inc. -- New York State Electric and Gas Corporation -- Oglethorpe Power Corporation -- Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company -- Ontario Hydro -- Peoples Energy Corporation -- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation -- Portland General Corporation -- Potomac Electric Power Company -- PSI Resources -- Public Service Company of Colorado -- Public Service Company of New Mexico -- Puget Sound Power & Light Company -- Questar Corporation -- Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation -- SCANA Corporation -- Sonat, Inc. -- Southwestern Public Service Company -- TECO Energy, Inc. -- Transalta Utilities Corporation -- Tucson Electric Power Company -- Utilicorp United Inc. -- Washington Water Power Company -- Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc. -- Wisconsin Energy Corporation -- WPL Holdings, Inc.

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has benefited from the skills of foreign qualified doctors for many years. International medical graduates (IMGs) – that is, those doctors with primary medical qualifications outside the European Economic Area (EEA) – have come to the UK despite the significant personal and financial costs, alongside the burden of taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) examination. Despite the costs and increasing indications that the UK job market was becoming saturated with the increased indigenous medical school output and expansion of the EEA, doctors still migrate to the UK in their thousands (McGinn, 2005). The government's active international recruitment policy, which continued until very recently despite the significant increase in places in UK medical schools, was partially responsible for this trend. Until last year, once registered to practise in the UK, access to specialty training was facilitated by the permit-free training visa (PFTV) system, which allowed IMGs to work and train simultaneously, without the need for a work permit. This meant that they could compete on an equal footing with UK graduates for training opportunities in the UK. The implementation and potential impact of some of the recent policy changes in the NHS specifically with regard to IMGs is discussed here briefly.

An important issue in the divisionalized firm are the relationsships between the three levels; topmanagement, divisional management and the operational level. In the international firm thephysical location of the divisional management level becomes especially problematic because ofthis level's strategic role concerning the links to the top management and the foreign subsidiariesrespectively.Most literature on international business leaves no doubt that the parent company, the "centre",designs the organization and controls the subsidiaries, the "periphery". However, the relevance ofthis perspective is dependent on the stage of the internationalization process. In later phases ofthis process the subsidiaries can extend their operations to markets outside their own and becomestrong enough to play a strategic role in the group's total operations within a certain product areaor function. Thus a situation can arise with a firm consisting of several centres located in differentgeographic areas, rather than one centre and a periphery. In the paper this is labeled multi-centrestructure.In a political perspective such centres are expected to have considering influence on the formalorganization structure including the location of the divisional management.In the paper the relation between the internationalization of divisional management and the existence of multi-centre structures in 22 Swedish firms is analysed.