International Business Press Research Articles

“Approaching an Abyss”: Liberalist Ideology in a Norwegian Cold War Business Paper

The international business press has been a powerful and influential voice in modern societies and, as its formative years took place during the Cold War, a closer look at the ideologies that were promoted in this part of the press is of interest. Until the 1970s, <em>Farmand</em> was the only Norwegian business magazine of any size and standing. Trygve J. B. Hoff,<em> Farmand</em>’s editor from 1935, was part of the Mont Pèlerin Society (MPS), a neoliberal intellectual collective established in 1947 with participants such as Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. This article is a study of the ideas that Hoff promoted, particularly in <em>Farmand</em>, from the 1940s to the 1970s.

Gender in White-Collar Crime: An Empirical Study of Pink-Collar Criminals

White-collar crime is financial crime committed by white-collar criminals. Sensational white-collar crime cases regularly appear in the international business press and studies in journals of ethics and crime. This article is based on a sample of 255 convicted white-collar criminals in Norway from 2009 to 2012. Only 20 out of 255 white-collar criminals presented in Norwegian newspapers in the years from 2009 to 2012 were women. In the popular press, white-collar crime committed by women is sometimes labeled pink-collar crime. In this article, a number of reasons for this gender discrepance are discussed. Women’s access to organizational power structures is rising, but remains still limited. This is in line with opportunity theory. Women may have a greater sense of risk aversion rather than risk willingness, and women may more easily be perceived as victims of crime. However, It is very hard to believe that Norwegian men commit ten times more white-collar crime than Norwegian women, also because Norway is seen as a salient egalitarian country. Therefore, it is a question of whether the detection rate for female white-collar criminals is lower than for males. As a consequence, more attention should be paid to characteristics of female white-collar crime and criminals in future criminology research and law enforcement.

Corporate Crime Does Pay! The Relationship between Financial Crime and Imprisonment in White-Collar Crime

White-collar crime is financial crime committed by white-collar criminals. Sensational white-collar crime cases regularly appear in the international business press and studies in journals of ethics and crime. Many of these scholars apply anecdotal evidence to suggest what might be included and what might be excluded from the concepts of white-collar crime and white-collar criminals. On contrast, with a larger sample, we can study white-collar crime convictions using statistical techniques to identify relationships between variables. For example, it has been suggested that the amount involved in the crime (fraud, corruption, etc.) is an important factor when the judge decides the length of the prison sentence. In our sample of 255 criminal cases we identified 88 corporate criminals and 167 occupational criminals. Age when convicted was 47 years for occupational criminals and 49 years for corporate criminals. Furthermore, occupational criminals served 2.2 years in prison, while corporate criminals served only 2.1 years. This is particularly interesting, when the amount of money that was involved in the crime is taken into account. While occupational criminals on average abused 26 million Norwegian kroner, corporate criminals on average abused as much as 121 million Norwegian kroner. So, even if the magnitude of the financial crime in terms of money was substantially and significantly larger for corporate crime, occupational crime was nevertheless judged more severely in terms of imprisonment.

John Dawson and Jung-Hee Lee (Eds.) 2004International Retailing Plans and Strategies in Asia International Business Press ISBN: 13: 978-0-7890-2889-1 Co-published simultaneously as “Journal of Global Marketing” Vol 18, No's 1/2.

John Dawson and Jung-Hee Lee (Eds.) 2004International Retailing Plans and Strategies in Asia International Business Press ISBN: 13: 978-0-7890-2889-1 Co-published simultaneously as “Journal of Global Marketing” Vol 18, No's 1/2.

John Dawson and Jung-Hee Lee (Eds.) 2004International Retailing Plans and Strategies in Asia International Business Press ISBN: 13: 978-0-7890-2889-1 Co-published simultaneously as “Journal of Global Marketing” Vol 18, No's 1/2.

John Dawson and Jung-Hee Lee (Eds.) 2004International Retailing Plans and Strategies in Asia International Business Press ISBN: 13: 978-0-7890-2889-1 Co-published simultaneously as “Journal of Global Marketing” Vol 18, No's 1/2. - Volume 11 Issue 2

CP Schuster and P Harris (Editors) (1999) Newer Insights into Marketing: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Perspectives Binghamton, New York: International Business Press

CP Schuster and P Harris (Editors) (1999) Newer Insights into Marketing: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Perspectives Binghamton, New York: International Business Press

CP Schuster and P Harris (Editors) (1999) Newer Insights into Marketing: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National PerspectivesBinghamton, New York: International Business Press

CP Schuster and P Harris (Editors) (1999) Newer Insights into Marketing: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National PerspectivesBinghamton, New York: International Business Press

Chocolates El Rey: Industrial modernization and export strategy

Chocolates El Rey: Industrial modernization and export strategy