The problems of U.S. businesses operating abroad in terrorist environments
By: Susanna W. Purnell, Eleanor S. Wainstein ; prepared for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Contributors: Wainstein, Eleanor Sullivan, 1924-; United States. Dept. of Commerce.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Terrorism -- Economic aspects.; Corporations, American.; International business enterprises.
Description: Based on interviews with 59 businessmen, their advisers, and U.S. government officials, this report focuses on the problems of U.S. businesses that run overseas operations in high-risk environments, particularly Latin America. These problems include operating in a climate of instability, high costs of property damage, ransom payments, and expenditures for security purposes; and managerial and technical adjustments that often lower productivity and hamper quality control. Despite the hardships, most businesses do not pull out of a country as a result of terrorist threats or attacks, but cope with them as with other acts of violence.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 101-103.
"November 1981."