How Does Homeland Security Affect US firms’ International Competitiveness?
Robert Spich , UCLA Robert Grosse , Thunderbird Abstract: This paper frames the issue of homeland security and its relationship to the international competitiveness of US firms. This is largely a conceptual statement, identifying the areas of national security (homeland security) that are key to business, and exploring the management concerns of business to the new threats and opportunities that have arisen. We establish the point that homeland security is a purposeful, conscious and rational response to terrorist events that is an emergent and evolving systems phenomenon. This systems approach is an especially useful way to look at the implications of homeland security in its relation to business. We then look specifically at the kinds of costs and risks that are generated for US international business (exports, imports, incoming and outgoing investments) as a result of this phenomenon. Management strategies for dealing with these costs and risks are explored for US firms. Our conclus
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