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Book SynopsisDrawing on case studies from the Pacific Rim, this book traces the selective adaptation of international trade law to local conditions.Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Concepts and Methods Introduction: Selective Adaptation, Institutional Capacity, and theReception of International Law under Conditions of Globalization /Pitman B. Potter Global Competition Governance: A Step towards Constitutionalizationof the WTO / Ljiljana Biukovic Methodology and Current Research Directions in Cross-CulturalConflict Resolution / Emma Buchtel Part 2: Local Implementation of GlobalStandards Globalization and Local Culture in Contracts: Japanese Companies inThailand / Yoshitaka Wada NAFTA, Labour Mobility, and Dispute Resolution within a NorthAmerican Context / Kathrine Richardson The TRIPS Agreement and New Developments in IP Law in China /Liao Zhigang Competition Policy, Capacity Building, and Selective Adaptation:Tentative Lessons from Japan's Experience with Anti-Cartel Policies/ Richard Schwindt and Devin McDaniels Selective Adaptation of Economic Governance Norms in China:Transparency and Autonomy in Local Context / Pitman B.Potter Part 3: Case Studies on Dispute Resolution International Dispute Resolution in Japan: A Combination of Judicialand Other Systems / Maomi Iwase Introduction to International Trade Dispute Settlement in China /Wang Shuliang Alternate Dispute Resolution in Japanese Legal Education:Preliminary Evidence from the 2003 and 2004 Curricula / MayumiSaegusa and Julian Dierkes A Comparative Study of Olympic Marks Protection and Beyond: Canada,the United States, and China / Wenwei Guan Conclusion: Reaching Normative Consensus in International Trade Law/ Ljiljana Biukovic Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on case studies from the Pacific Rim, this book traces the selective adaptation of international trade law to local conditions.Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Concepts and Methods Introduction: Selective Adaptation, Institutional Capacity, and theReception of International Law under Conditions of Globalization /Pitman B. Potter Global Competition Governance: A Step towards Constitutionalizationof the WTO / Ljiljana Biukovic Methodology and Current Research Directions in Cross-CulturalConflict Resolution / Emma Buchtel Part 2: Local Implementation of GlobalStandards Globalization and Local Culture in Contracts: Japanese Companies inThailand / Yoshitaka Wada NAFTA, Labour Mobility, and Dispute Resolution within a NorthAmerican Context / Kathrine Richardson The TRIPS Agreement and New Developments in IP Law in China /Liao Zhigang Competition Policy, Capacity Building, and Selective Adaptation:Tentative Lessons from Japan's Experience with Anti-Cartel Policies/ Richard Schwindt and Devin McDaniels Selective Adaptation of Economic Governance Norms in China:Transparency and Autonomy in Local Context / Pitman B.Potter Part 3: Case Studies on Dispute Resolution International Dispute Resolution in Japan: A Combination of Judicialand Other Systems / Maomi Iwase Introduction to International Trade Dispute Settlement in China /Wang Shuliang Alternate Dispute Resolution in Japanese Legal Education:Preliminary Evidence from the 2003 and 2004 Curricula / MayumiSaegusa and Julian Dierkes A Comparative Study of Olympic Marks Protection and Beyond: Canada,the United States, and China / Wenwei Guan Conclusion: Reaching Normative Consensus in International Trade Law/ Ljiljana Biukovic Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA framework for transforming business cultural clashes intocultural synergy. As the global economy continues to expand, the need forcross-cultural understanding is a key component to businesssuccess. In the U.S. and Japan alone, more than two millionbusiness people are directly involved in cross-cultural businesssituations. Atsushi Funakawa, a native of Japan who has studied and workedextensively in both the U.S. and Japan, outlines his innovativemodel for managing people across cultures. This comprehensive guideshows how the two cultures have very different ways ofcommunicating that often lead to conflicts in which each blames theother for problems. Funakawa''s framework ?Intercultural BusinessManagement? has proven to be effective for transcAnding differencesand breaking down communication barriers to form a constructivedialogue across cultures. By applying this revolutionary model,companies can remake themselves into truly geocentricorganizations.Trade Review"Highly recommAnded for anyone interested in the theory or practiceof global business relationships, particularly between Japanese andAmericans. Full of excellent examples and applications." (Robert T.Moran, Ph.D., professor of international studies, ThunderbirdAmerican Graduate School of International Management) "This book brings a new identity to business based on a culturalintervention for adapting, surviving, and prospering in a new age."(Hiroyuki Sawada, president, Gemini Consulting (Japan), Inc) "This is the first business management book based on a trulymulticultural perspective. Only a multilingual, multicultural,multiorganization consultant can render such keen insights intomanaging today's multicultural organizations. Funakawa offers solidtheories, realistic strategies, and crucial communication methods.I highly recommend this book to any manager who wants to take on agenuine global perspective." (T. Todd Imahori, Ph.D., associateprofessor, San Francisco State University) "This is a rare book of great importance. It provides comprehensiveperspectives and guidelines on cultural aspects of global businessmanagement that are critically important to business success buttoo often neglected by international managers." (Masazumi Ishii,managing director, AZCA, Inc) "This book presents the best Japanese-American cultural paradigm Ihave seen for business. Funakawa respects and carefully explainsthe relevant differences in the cultures while providing anexcellent blAnd of theory and the facts. If your task is to developa new organizational culture in Japan, reading this book is thebest way to gain the needed understanding and at the same time avery practical place to start." (Rex Valentine, general manager,Diabetes Health Care, Nippon Becton Dickinson Company, Ltd.) "As an international business consultant I highly recommend thisbook, not only to anyone doing business with Japan, but also to keypeople in companies doing international business anywhere."(William T. Grubb, managing director, InterContinental MarketingSystems) "Transcultural Management provides the critical linkage of suchsoft issues as culture and communication and hard corporatestrategies. Funakawa has proved the importance of the convergencefor practitioners." (Hisataka Takasugi, managing director, DentsuBurson-Marsteller Co., Ltd.)Table of ContentsPart One: The Impact of Culture on Global Business. 1. The Tragedy of Ignorance. 2. Why Culture?. 3. Language Matters. Part Two: Transcultural Management for Individuals andOrganizations. 4. Globalization and Cultural intervention. 5. Enabling Global Organizations: Five Core Competencies. 6. Achieving Competency: Seven Mental Disciplines. 7. Managing Cultural Context. 8. High-Context, High-Content Management: The Direction of GlobalOrganizations. Part Three: The United States And Japan. 9. Root Causes of Cross-Cultural Business Conflict. 10. American Companies in Japan. 11. Japanese Companies in the United States. 12. United States--Japan Alliance Management. Part Four: Moving Forward Across Cultures. 13. Embracing Bridge Persons. 14. Searching for a New Identity for the 21st Century. Appendix: Interventions for Transcultural Organizaions.

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Book SynopsisIn Entrepreneurial States, an innovative examination of the comparative politics of reform in stakeholder systems, Yves Tiberghien analyzes the modern partnership between the state and global capital in attaining structural domestic change. The emergence of a powerful global equity market has altered incentives for the state and presented political leaders with a golden bargainthe infusion of abundant and cheap capital into domestic stock markets in exchange for reform of corporate governance and other regulatory changes. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with policy and corporate elites in Europe and East Asia, Tiberghien asks why states such as Korea and France have embraced this opportunity and engaged in far-reaching reforms to make their companies more attractive to foreign capital, whereas Japan and Germany have moved forward much more grudgingly.Interest groups and electoral institutions have their impacts, but by tracing the unfolding dynamiTrade ReviewYves Tiberghien, a professor of political science at he University of British Columbia, examines the comparitive politics of reform in stakeholder systems in this book. Tiberghien analyzes the modern partnership between the state and global capital in attaining structural domestic change, looking at how Korea, France, Japan undertake reforms differently. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews with policy and corporate elites in Europe and East Asia, Tiberghien asks why states such as Korea and France have embraced this opportunity and engaged in far-reaching reformsto make their companies more attractive to foreign capital, wheres Japan and Germany have moved forward much more grudgingly. * The Korea Herald *

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Book SynopsisFirms are central to trade policy-making. Some analysts even suggest that they dictate policy on the basis of their material interests. Cornelia Woll counters these assumptions, arguing that firms do not always know what they want. To be sure, firms...Trade ReviewThis is a truly excellent book that should take the field of international political economy in promising directions. Firm Interests deserves a wide audience of political scientists, policymakers, economists, and scholars of management, public policy, and business-government relations.... It will help us to make better sense of how firms' managers decide what is best and, as well, how firms attempt to influence policies in their favor.... Woll has engaged in impressive field research to find out what firms wanted and why, combining prodigious secondary research with primary interviews at many of the firms that participated in some of the most important trade debates of the past 20 years. * Perspectives on Politics *

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Book SynopsisFrom the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man to the Principality of Liechtenstein and the state of Delaware, tax havens offer lower tax rates, less stringent regulations and enforcement, and promises of strict secrecy to individuals and corporations alike. In recent years government regulators, hoping to remedy economic crisis by diverting capital from hidden channels back into taxable view, have undertaken sustained and serious efforts to force tax havens into compliance.In Tax Havens, Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy, and Christian Chavagneux provide an up-to-date evaluation of the role and function of tax havens in the global financial systemtheir history, inner workings, impact, extent, and enforcement. They make clear that while, individually, tax havens may appear insignificant, together they have a major impact on the global economy. Holding up to $13 trillion of personal wealththe equivalent of the annual U.S. Gross National Productand serving as the legal home of two milliTrade ReviewIf you are looking to understand how tax havens and offshore financial centers work, how they are governed (or not!), and what kind of economic and political impacts they have, then this book is for you! This recent text by well-recognized experts in the field is a most welcome addition to the literatures.... It fills an important void, since there was not until now a general but nevertheless detailed reference text on tax havens... it should be mandatory for courses in IPE, international finance, and international business. -- Patrick Leblond * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Tax Havens and Their Uses 1. What is a Tax Haven? 2. Tax Havens: Vital Statistics 3. The Instruments of Tax HavensPart II: The Evolution of Tax Havens 4. Origins of the Tax Havens 5. The British Empire Strikes BackPart III: Tax Havens in World Politics 6. Tax Havens and the Developed World 7. Issues in DevelopmentPart IV: The Battle for Hearts And Minds 8. Signs of Discontent 9. Institutional Attacks on Tax Havens 10. Tax Havens in the Twenty-First CenturyConclusionGlossary References Index

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Book SynopsisAt the close of the twentieth century, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland emerged as unlikely centers for high-tech competition. In When Small States Make Big Leaps, Darius Ornston reveals how these historically low-tech countries managed to assume leading positions in new industries such as biotechnology, software, and telecommunications equipment. In each case, countries used institutions that are commonly perceived to delay restructuring to accelerate the redistribution of resources to emerging enterprises and industries. Ornston draws on interviews with hundreds of politicians, policymakers, and industry representatives to identify two different patterns of institutional innovation and economic restructuring. Irish policymakers worked with industry and labor representatives to contain costs and expand market competition. Denmark and Finland adopted a different strategy, converting an established tradition of private-public and industry-labor cooperation to invest in high-qualiTrade Review"When Small States Make Big Leaps is a first-rate book that adds substantially to debates on European political economy and corporatism. Darius Ornston argues that some small European states have invented a new 'creative' corporatism that turns economic pressure into targeted political pressures that both motivate and enable new kinds of tripartite deals to deliver supply-side benefits. Throughout, Ornston distinguishes among industrial policy, labor market policy, and developments in capital markets. I found this very enlightening and provocative." -- Wade Jacoby, Brigham Young University, author of Imitation and Politics: Redesigning Modern Germany"At a moment when the West is confused on what to do next, Darius Ornston provides us with a remarkably detailed comparative account of the search for solutions to a previous crisis. He demonstrates how the coordinated market economies of Denmark and Finland, by making creative use of corporatism, could transform institutions and move from low- to high-tech societies during the 1990s. These lessons are highly significant for locating theoretically the sources of institutional and social innovation and the capability for searching for new phases of prosperity." -- Peer Hull Kristensen, Copenhagen Business SchoolTable of ContentsIntroduction: Recasting Corporatism 1. The Paradox of High-Tech Corporatism 2. The Crisis of Low-Tech Production in Denmark, Finland, and Ireland 3. From Price-Fixing Cartels to Research Consortia: Rapid Restructuring in Finland 4. From Social Protection to Skill Formation: Diversified High-Tech Production in Denmark 5. A Low-End Producer in High-Tech Markets: Economic Adjustment in Ireland 6. Comparing Corporatisms Conclusion: Explaining Institutional InnovationReferences Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provide an up-to-date evaluation of the role and function of tax havens in the global financial system—their history, inner workings, impact, extent, and enforcement. They make clear that tax havens have a major impact on the global economy.Trade ReviewIf you are looking to understand how tax havens and offshore financial centers work, how they are governed (or not!), and what kind of economic and political impacts they have, then this book is for you! This recent text by well-recognized experts in the field is a most welcome addition to the literatures.... It fills an important void, since there was not until now a general but nevertheless detailed reference text on tax havens... it should be mandatory for courses in IPE, international finance, and international business. -- Patrick Leblond * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Tax Havens and Their Uses 1. What is a Tax Haven? 2. Tax Havens: Vital Statistics 3. The Instruments of Tax HavensPart II: The Evolution of Tax Havens 4. Origins of the Tax Havens 5. The British Empire Strikes BackPart III: Tax Havens in World Politics 6. Tax Havens and the Developed World 7. Issues in DevelopmentPart IV: The Battle for Hearts And Minds 8. Signs of Discontent 9. Institutional Attacks on Tax Havens 10. Tax Havens in the Twenty-First CenturyConclusionGlossary References Index

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Book SynopsisSurveying the development of the steel, automobile, and semiconductor industries in each of these countries, Jeffrey A. Hart illuminates the role of national policy in a changing world.Trade ReviewThe body of the work comprises very good summaries of the ways Germany, France, Britain, Japan and the United States have handled their steel, auto and semiconductor industries. With these comparisons as evidence, Professor Hart argues that differences in national performance are largely shaped by the contrasts in the distribution of power among governments, business and labor.... This is a thought-provoking book, rich in material and clearly written. * Foreign Affairs *

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1957, this study traces the development of the national policy as it affected the growth of the Canadian trade and discusses the grain marketing problems of Western Canada in the decades that followed, with detailed attention to legislation and moves by various growers' groups in an attempt to meet these problems. This important study in political economy is organized into four main parts. In Part One the author traces the development of the national policy and its impact on the growth of the wheat empire in the years before 1900. In Part Two, he discusses the grain marketing problems of western Canada during the 1900-1920 period. Part Three is a masterful exposé of the history of the open market system and of the history and policies of the Canadian Wheat Pools, and Part Four examines the economic philosophy behind the development of the national policy.

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Book SynopsisInternational negotiations have become an important feature of the world trading system, but very few scholars have attempted to analyse this process. Using case studies in four areas - culture, textiles and apparel, autos, and pharmaceuticals - negotiated in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Maryse Robert uses a theoretical framework to help explain the outcome of such negotiations in terms of structure and process that. The structure of negotiations relates to states' objectives, outcomes, resources (in industry and in government), and issue-specific power. Process involves state's behaviour as expressed by its tactics during negotiation. Among the questions the author raises are: How are winning and losing defined in a given issue area? What are a state's resources as it enters a trade negotiation? Are all resources equally important? Is the utility of some tactics linked to certain resources? The key message of the book is that it is the right mix of resou

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Book SynopsisDespite widespread claims to the contrary, Japan's high-tech industrial policies over the last two turbulent decades have proved to be neither cooperative nor successful. This book focuses on MITI and Japan's giant electronics firms-their ambitions and conflicts-to show that the policymaking process is torn by conflict and competition.Trade Review"Callon has done his research with exemplary thoroughness. . . . He draws extensively on Japanese-language documents, newspapers, and government papers. But what makes Callon's evaluation particularly worthwhile is that it is also based on interviews with some 100 Japanese researchers, managers, and bureaucrats. . . . From this wealth of inside information, Callon concludes that it is companies, not government bureaucracies that have been at the heart of Japan's stunning postwar ascent."—The New Scientist"Callon's findings are extraordinary. . . . It is essential for anyone trying to get a little closer to the core of what makes Japan tick."—The Japan Times"Both Japanese and Western readers can learn much from this gold mine of detailed information that sheds light on the workings of Japan's high-tech consortia."—Computing JapanTable of ContentsContents ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT

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Book SynopsisOne of the most important elements in the computer revolution has been agreement on technological standards. This book tells the complete story of the battle between several competing technologies in the late 1970s and early 1980s to become the compatibility standard in one high-tech arena, the LAN (local area network) industry.Trade Review"An important and defining look at the early days of local area networking. Von Burg has captured the interplay of science, people, money, and luck that defines the high-stakes technology business."-—Jim Swartz, founder, Accel Partners"Few people are aware of the intense battles that resulted in today's networking standards. Urs von Burg's engaging history of this tumultuous period, with its analysis of the technological ecosystems and marketing economics involved, contains valuable lessons for anyone interested in capturing a dominant market share for an innovation."-—Dr. Harry J. Saal, former chairman, Network General"Superb. . . . A solid and thoroughly researched study of a major segment of the global high-technology economy. Von Burg's theory of 'technological communities' is an important contribution."-—Richard Florida, Carnegie Mellon University"A vivid picture of a turbulent time. Von Burg objectively describes the technical, financial, and personal battles involved, and he puts the issues into a larger context that will be useful for making sense of today's technological developments."—Maris Graube, founder and ex-chair, IEEE 802."This was a fascinating read." -- Knowledge, Technology & Policy"It was refreshing to see that—at last—one author in the standards domain acknowledges the importance of individual contributors and refrains from seeing the world purely through an economist's eyes." -- Knowledge, Technology, & Policy"I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in standards research and/or history of computing and networking." -- Knowledge, Technology, & Policy"Urs von Burg's well-written book . . . .is timely and useful, and not just to business historians." -- Business History ReviewTable of ContentsList of tables and figures Preface Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction 1. Technological communities and open standards 2. The invention of the LAN 3. Pioneers: the beginning of commercialization 4. The standardization of LAN technology 5. The formation of the ethernet community 6. The rise and fall of ethernet's proprietary competitors 7. The battle between ethernet and token ring 8. Implications Appendices Notes References Index.

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Book SynopsisAlthough firms have been sending employees on international assignments for decades, systematic understanding is sorely lacking. This volume looks at such critical aspects of the assignment process as the selection process, the training required, factors that affect adjustment, performance and commitment, and how to retain and capitalize on the international experience once employees return home.This book is written for human resource managers and executives whose focus includes the global economy and the strategic role of people in achieving international competitiveness. It can be used as a textbook for courses in International Human Resource Management.Trade Review"This book is an important addition to the management literature on globalization. It weaves practical examples and theory to provide new insights on the critical importance of developing the right staffing and human resource strategies to support global strategies. Managers and scholars alike will find this book insightful and valuable."—Ellen Ernst KossekSchool of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University"The book is written by really top-notch people in the field, all of whom have very strong credentials. The use of real examples and "best practices" is excellent. I especially like the use of quotes from experts that are sprinkled throughout the book. The book makes good use of scientific research to support its concepts.""This is a thorough and useful book. The book provides research-based suggestions for policies and practices. The attention to repatriation is particularly important and offers direction for companies to avoid mistakes as well as warning for individuals to heed. The authors go beyond the Western viewpoint to describe how organizations based in other cultures manage their expatriates. There are numerous examples, quotes, and in-depth cases written by executives. Also, excellent charts and figures convey and explain concepts....This book deals with an issue many companies have struggled with for some time."—Manuel LondonDirector of the Center for Human Resource Studies, State University of New YorkTable of ContentsContents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: Introduction. The Strategic Roles of International Assignments in Globalization. The Process of Cross-Cultural Adjustment. Part II: Before the Assignment. Selecting: Identifying Candidates With Global Leadership Potential. Training: Helping People to Do the Right Things. Part III: During the Assignment. Adjusting: Developing New Mental Road Maps and Cultural Skills. Integrating: Balancing Multiple Allegiances. Appraising: Determining if People are Doing the Right Things. Rewarding: Compensation and Pay. Part IV: After the Assignment. Repatriating: Helping People Readjust and Perform. Retaining: Utilizing the Experienced Global Manager. Managing the Entire Global Assignment Cycle: Establishing Best Practices.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the phenomenon of Pokemon in a transnational and multidisciplinary perspectiveTrade Review“I took a peek at the table of contents for Pikachu’s Global Adventure, then read a little of the introduction, and the next thing I knew I was deep, deep in the book and didn’t want to stop. The writing was that engaging, the information and arguments that compelling.”—Henry Jenkins, coeditor of Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture“The contributors to this volume are the smartest scholars working today in the areas of global media and children’s media. This book tells an entertaining and surprising tale of how the little Japanese Pokémon transformed children’s culture and global media economics. The changes that Pikachu wrought are only the beginning of fascinating new trends in role-playing games, video games, cartoons, and toys and the accelerated spread of such fads via the Internet.”—Ellen Seiter, author of Sold Separately: Children and Parents in Consumer Culture“Pikachu’s Global Adventure is a compelling volume, as each essay offers new insights with few weak links or needless repetition.” -- Jason Mittell * Popular Communication *“A valuable contribution to debates about the guiding forces and diverse effects of global media cultures. . . . The fascinating Pikachu’s Global Adventure extends the study of contemporary Japan by taking seriously transnational media in reconfiguring the boundaries of ‘Japanese culture.’” -- Ian Condry * Journal of Asian Studies *"The contributors to this volume provide thoughtful explanations to account for the popularity of Pokémon among children in Japan, America, Israel, and France. Although these essays focus on Pokémon, many of the insights found in this book are also applicable to other examples of children's popular culture that have Japanese origins." -- Mark I. West * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *Table of ContentsI. Contexts and Issues 1. Introduction / Joseph Tobin 3 2. Structure, Agency, and Pedagogy in Children's Media Culture / David Buckingham and Julian Sefton-Green 1 3. Cuteness as Japan's Millennial Product / Anne Allison 34 II Global Circulation 4. How "Japanese" Is Pokemon? / Kiochi Iwabuchi 53 5. Localizing the Pokemon TV Series for the American Market / Hirofumi Katsuno and Jeffery Maret 80 6. Panic Attacks: Anti-Pokemon voices in Global Markets / Christine R. Yano 108 III Places and Practices 7. Initiation Rites: A Small Boy in a Poke-World / Julian Sefton-Green 141 8. Pokemon in Israel / Dafna Lemish and Linda-Renee Bloch 165 9. How Much Is a Pokemon Worth? Pokemon in France / Gilles Brougere 187 IV Pokemon Goes to School 10. Localizing Pokemon through Narrative Play / Helen Bromley 211 11. The Multiple Identities of Pokemon Fans / Rebekah Willett 226 12. Masculinity, Maturity, and the End of Pokemon / Samuel Tobin 241 13. Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of the Pokemon Empire / Joseph Tobin 257 Contributors 293 Index 295

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the phenomenon of Pokemon in a transnational and multidisciplinary perspectiveTrade Review“I took a peek at the table of contents for Pikachu’s Global Adventure, then read a little of the introduction, and the next thing I knew I was deep, deep in the book and didn’t want to stop. The writing was that engaging, the information and arguments that compelling.”—Henry Jenkins, coeditor of Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture“The contributors to this volume are the smartest scholars working today in the areas of global media and children’s media. This book tells an entertaining and surprising tale of how the little Japanese Pokémon transformed children’s culture and global media economics. The changes that Pikachu wrought are only the beginning of fascinating new trends in role-playing games, video games, cartoons, and toys and the accelerated spread of such fads via the Internet.”—Ellen Seiter, author of Sold Separately: Children and Parents in Consumer Culture“Pikachu’s Global Adventure is a compelling volume, as each essay offers new insights with few weak links or needless repetition.” -- Jason Mittell * Popular Communication *“A valuable contribution to debates about the guiding forces and diverse effects of global media cultures. . . . The fascinating Pikachu’s Global Adventure extends the study of contemporary Japan by taking seriously transnational media in reconfiguring the boundaries of ‘Japanese culture.’” -- Ian Condry * Journal of Asian Studies *"The contributors to this volume provide thoughtful explanations to account for the popularity of Pokémon among children in Japan, America, Israel, and France. Although these essays focus on Pokémon, many of the insights found in this book are also applicable to other examples of children's popular culture that have Japanese origins." -- Mark I. West * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *Table of ContentsI. Contexts and Issues 1. Introduction / Joseph Tobin 3 2. Structure, Agency, and Pedagogy in Children's Media Culture / David Buckingham and Julian Sefton-Green 1 3. Cuteness as Japan's Millennial Product / Anne Allison 34 II Global Circulation 4. How "Japanese" Is Pokemon? / Kiochi Iwabuchi 53 5. Localizing the Pokemon TV Series for the American Market / Hirofumi Katsuno and Jeffery Maret 80 6. Panic Attacks: Anti-Pokemon voices in Global Markets / Christine R. Yano 108 III Places and Practices 7. Initiation Rites: A Small Boy in a Poke-World / Julian Sefton-Green 141 8. Pokemon in Israel / Dafna Lemish and Linda-Renee Bloch 165 9. How Much Is a Pokemon Worth? Pokemon in France / Gilles Brougere 187 IV Pokemon Goes to School 10. Localizing Pokemon through Narrative Play / Helen Bromley 211 11. The Multiple Identities of Pokemon Fans / Rebekah Willett 226 12. Masculinity, Maturity, and the End of Pokemon / Samuel Tobin 241 13. Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of the Pokemon Empire / Joseph Tobin 257 Contributors 293 Index 295

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Book SynopsisAn ethnographic study of the relationship between Filipina and Indonesian women who work as domestics in Taiwan and their Taiwanese employersTrade Review“This path-breaking study illustrates how boundaries—of race, class, gender, and citizenship—are imposed on migrant domestic workers. Pei-Chia Lan’s use of boundary-making as the lens through which to analyze the integration of migrant domestic workers is a very important contribution to the burgeoning field of the feminization of migration. This is a brilliant book.”—Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, author of Children of Global Migration: Transnational Families and Gendered Woes“We might imagine that the more contact we have with others across the globe the closer our social bonds. But, as Pei-Chia Lan so ably shows, we would be sadly wrong about that. In some ways the madams of Taiwan are ‘close’ to their maids from the Philippines, but in other ways they are very distant from them. Indeed, in some cases the closer we are, the more distant. Just how this works out is the subject of this clearly written, trenchantly argued, hugely important, must-read book.”—Arlie Russell Hochschild, coeditor of Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy“[T]he book is a major contribution to contemporary research in the relevant areas, including globalization. Its feminist outlook is radical, yet pays attention to the incredible difficulty for involved parties that are willing to undo the inequalities unfolding in the space of the private home. It may be used to compare other proliferating ‘maid economies’ in places like HongKong, Singapore, and the Gulf region.” -- Ann Vogel * Sociology *“[The book] makes fruitful and intelligent use of what broadly might be described as transnational feminist frameworks. . . . [It] provides us with a rich portrait of the constraints and possibilities of a particular space and moment of contemporary existence.” -- Leslie Salzinger * Gender & Society *“This is a fine and challenging ethnographic project . . . . The book is a theoretically informed, sophisticated analysis of employment relationships in the era of transnational migration. Scholars in women’s studies, and international migration and globalization will find this book insightful and informative. It is clearly written, rich in ethnographic insights, and accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students in social sciences and Asian studies.” -- Ping-Chun Hsiung * Labour/Le Travail *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi A Note on Style xv Introduction 1 A Bounded Global Market 29 Disdained Aliens, Stratified Others 59 Jealous Madams and Anxious Mothers 94 Crossing Borders and Gender Divides 125 Cinderella with a Mobile Phone 160 Eat, Drink, Masters and Servants 199 Conclusion 237 Appendices 251 Notes 259 References 277 Index 297

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Book SynopsisExamines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred yearsTrade Review“From Silver to Cocaine is an ambitious and novel application of the ‘commodity chain’ approach to the insertion of a whole continent into the world economy. It has no rivals.”—William Gervase Clarence-Smith, author of Cocoa and Chocolate, 1765–1914“From Silver to Cocaine is an important and innovative collection. It provides a corrective to the purely national studies of commodities and of export sectors, and to studies that posit influence in only one direction, focusing on the international penetration of capital and trade into Latin America. This book makes a strong statement about the direction of future research: it should be required reading for anyone interested in the economic history of Latin America, broadly conceived.”—Edward Beatty, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame“[A] very sound economic history of some of the most important Latin American commodities, one that sheds new light on the histories of the producing countries. Anyone wishing to learn about the individual commodities and the impact of this trade on Latin America history will do well to read this great collection. Just as importantly, though, it provides a sound starting point for a comparative, more global history that can explore the integration of Latin America into the world economy in a more complex manner than can be achieved through the aggregation of national economic histories.” -- Alejandra Irigoin * Social History *“All in all, this is an important volume. The commodity chain approach stimulates economic historians to think beyond national boundaries and contextualizes products within a wider geographical framework. It combines production with consumption, the latter a largely overlooked theme . . . . [T]hese case studies illuminate the economic realities of Latin America and beyond in new and interesting ways.” -- Erick D. Langer * Journal of Social History *“There is much merit in this book, and indeed, in a commodity-chain approach to the study of the varied primary products emanating from Latin America and the Caribbean. It is well put together by the editors, and the translations of chapters written originally in a different language are of a high standard. It is also timely, as globalization and the rise of Chinese demand are driving many Latin American countries back to concentration on commodity exports.” -- Victor Bulmer-Thomas * Business History Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Commodity Chains in Theory and in Latin American History / Steven Topik, Carlos Marichal, and Zephyr Frank 1 1. The Spanish-American Peso: Export Commodity and Global Money of the Ancient Regime, 1550–1800 / Carlos Marichal 25 2. Indigo Commodity Chains in the Spanish and British Empire, 1560–1860 / David McCreery 53 3. Mexican Cochineal and the European Demand for American Dyes, 1550–1850 / Carlos Marichal 76 4.Colonial Tobacco: Key Commodity of the Spanish Empire, 1500–1800 / Laura Nater 93 5. The Latin American Coffee Commodity Chain: Brazil and Costa Rica / Steven Topik and Mario Samper 118 6. Trade Regimes and the International Sugar Market, 1850–1980: Protectionism, Subsides, and Regulation / Horacio Crespo 147 7. The Local and the Global: Internal and External Factors in the Development of Bahia’s Cacao Sector / Mary Ann Mahony 174 8. Banana Boats and Baby Food: The Banana in U.S. History / Marcelo Bucheli and Ian Read 204 9. The Fertilizer Commodity Chains: Guano and Nitrate, 1840–1930 / Rory Miller and Robert Greenhill 228 10. Brazil in the International Rubber Trade, 1870–1930 / Zephyr Frank and Also Musacchio 271 11. Reports of Its Demise Are Not Exaggerated: The Life and Times of Yucatecan Henequen / Allen Wells 300 12. Cocaine in Chains: The Rise and Demise of Global Commodity, 1860–1950 / Paul Gootenberg 321 Conclusion: Commodity Chains and Globalization in Historical Perspective / Carlos Marichal, Steven Topik, and Zephyr Frank 352 Contributors 361 Index 365

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Book SynopsisThis is an analysis of the mining company Freeport's presence in Indonesia. It looks closely at the changing nature of power relations between Freeport and Major General Suharto, the Indonesian military, the traditional landowners (the Amungme and Kamoro) and environmental and human rights groups.

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Book SynopsisThis text synthesizes the theory and practice of international business by analyzing the environments related to contemporary operations, economics, business functions and the future. The underlying rationale of the book is that curricula in education require an international perspective.Table of ContentsPart 1 An overview of international business: the institutional framework; the geo-political environment of international business; cultural environment of international business. Part 2 International trade theory: foreign direct investment; foreign exchange; international banking; balance of payments. Part 3 Structures and forms of international business: international human resource management;international marketing; international law; international finance; international accounting and taxation. Part 4 Multinational enterprise: technology transfer; ethics and global trade; global competitiveness.

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Book SynopsisA volume that concentrates on the substantive gaps in the IB/IM field and addresses whether these gaps are resolvable with the theoretical and methodological toolkit.Table of ContentsScientific mindfulness: A foundation for future themes in international business. Behavioral elements in foreign direct investments. Exploring the role of managerial intentionality in international business. The past, present and future of managing distance: stakeholders and development. Cultural intelligence and all that Jazz: A cognitive revolution in international management research?. Walking the cultural distance: in search of direction beyond friction. Software, distance, friction, and more: a review of lessons and losses in the debate for a better metaphor on culture. The liabilities of origin: an emerging economy perspective on the costs of doing business abroad. Country level corruption as a liability of foreignness: effects on staffing, incentives, and activities. Liability of foreignness: new insights from capital markets. Editors' Biography. Institutional distance in international business research. Building competitive advantage in a global environment: leadership and the mindset. Top management teams and societal context: the international dimensions of top management. Managing the fragmented value chain of global business: exploitative and explorative offshoring toward emerging market economies. Global marketing strategy: past, present, and future. Technological clusters and multinational enterprise R&D strategy. Management innovation and the multinational corporation. Innovation and the multinational enterprise. A multilevel approach to understanding the multinationality–performance relationship. Nonlinear internationalization: a neglected topic in international business research. List of Contributors. Diasporas as drivers of national competitiveness. Internationalization of emerging market firms: a case for theoretical extension. Introduction to Section 1 Booz & co./strategy+business eminent scholar in international management 2009. Editors' introduction. Introduction to Section 2 The past, present and future of international business & management. From culture and behavior to culture and self-deception. Culture, psychology, management, and Harry Triandis. Self-deception and the ideal culture: implications for international management research.

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Book SynopsisThis volume of Progress in International Business Research includes a selection of 13 papers from the 35th European International Business Academy Annual Conference, which was held in Valencia (Spain) from the 13th to the 15th of December 2009.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Introduction. The globalization of high-value activities: Why do firms offshore advanced tasks?. Reshaping the boundaries of the firm: global value chains and lead firm strategies. Comparative evolution of Japanese–European joint ventures in Japan and Europe. New models of internationalization in small traditional manufacturing firms. The influence of environmental international diversification on the proactive environmental strategy of small and medium enterprises. Networks in internationalisation. Limitations of the network organization in MNCs. Subsidiary contribution to firm-level competitive advantage – disentangling the effects of MNC external embeddedness. Influence of subsidiary business networks on the performance of inter-subsidiary innovation transfer in MNCs. The role of globally dispersed knowledge in explaining performance outcomes. Cooperation and innovation in the internationalisation of knowledge-intensive business services. Entrepreneurial orientation and international performance: A contingent approach. Technological resources, external research partners and export performance: A study of Italian high-tech SMEs. Progress in international business research. Progress in international business research. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThe global financial crisis has accelerated the shift of economic power from the West to the East. The emerging markets have become the main engine of global economic growth and firms from emerging markets are playing an increasingly important role in global competition. This volume of Advances in International Marketing is focused on issues that have been largely ignored by the main stream literature in international marketing to emerging markets and by firms from emerging markets. The papers presented report a variety of studies examining: international marketing behaviour of firms from emerging markets; market environments and consumer behaviour in emerging markets; and, MNCs'' international marketing in emerging markets. Collectively they offer significant insight into emerging markets and point to new directions for future research.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. International Marketing and Emerging Markets: An Introduction to the AIM Volume 21. Awakening dragons: an exploration of the internationalisation of Chinese SMEs from the electronics sector. Innovation Platforms for Emerging Consumers: Spinning the Wheel of Retailing in Latin America. Fuelling India's Retail Boom – What Should Be the Right Policy?. Fashion retailing in China: An examination of its development and issues. Advertising appeals strategy: moderating effect on the relationship between innovation and customer equity drivers in China. The impact of brand credibility and brand personality on purchase intention: An empirical study in China. Hallmarks in the development of marketing: Chinese managers' market orientation and ability to deliver service quality. Examining the determinants of interfunctional coordination and export performance: An investigation of Brazilian exporters. Differences between high- and low-performing exporting firms in a developing country. Predicting and explaining complaint intention and behaviour of Malaysian consumers: an application of the planned behaviour theory. A comparative study of location choice for overseas R&D investment of TNCs: An empirical study of the United States and Japan based on panel data. Cross-cultural communication: East vs. West. International Marketing. Advances in international marketing. Advances in international marketing. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisIncludes chapters on various concepts and processes associated with leading across cultures and other boundaries.Trade ReviewI admire the fact that Advances in Global Leadership is meeting its goal of giving voice to non-Western as well as Western authors and is offering interesting and useful chapters from both practitioners and academics. Volume 6 continues this valued contribution toward a better understanding of leading across bordersA".Anne S. Tsui, Ph.D. Motorola Professor of International Management,Arizona State University In my leadership role covering many developing markets in Asia Pacific, The Middle East, Africa and the Americas, I continuously see the need for talent that can lead across culture and other boundaries. The Advances in Global Leadership series provides me with valuable insights into global leadership. In Volume 6, I found the chapters on Global Mindset, leading innovation across cultures, sustainablity and social networking to be particularly valuableA". Frank Rexach, Vice President & General Manager,Asia Pacific, The Middle East, Africa and Latin America As both an academic and practitioner, I find the selection of papers and content in Advances in Global Leadership to be of tremendous value. They are helpful in various settings - whether teaching my MBA students in the U.S. or China, or with my corporate clients in various parts of the world. Volume 6 continues this excellent cross-cultural learning for those of us involved in developing international leadersA". Roman Henson, Ph.D.International MBA Executive Faculty, Rutgers University As a co-editor and contributor to earlier volumes in this series, I appreciate the Volume 6 continuation of blending conceptual, empirical and practitioner perspectives from both Western and non-Western authors. It is only by looking through all these lenses that we can hope to understand the challenges of leading across boundariesA". Morgan W. McCall, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Introduction – passion, compassion and complexity in global leadership research and practice. Conceptualizing and measuring global mindset. Ambidextrous leadership for innovation: the influence of culture. Aligning organizations for positive change: The role of leadership in matching strategy, culture, and social networks to vital organizational challenges. Managing cultural integration in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Managing Sustainability for Economic Return in the Multinational Enterprise. Leading sustainability. Innovation in leadership development. Working toward a model of demonstrated value in predicting and developing leadership success. Global assignment effectiveness and leader development. ‘Turning up the volume’ in inter-personal leadership: motivating and building cohesive global virtual teams during times of economic crisis. Understanding proactive leadership. Human developmental and cultural perspectives on coaching mid-career executives in China. Conclusion: A continuous quest for responsive and responsible global leaders. About the Editors. About the contributors. Advances in Global Leadership. Advances in Global Leadership. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis Festschrift in honour of Professor Yair Aharoni, a pioneer in the field of international business, looks at several of these new trends in FDI, what they will mean for firms and governments, and the opportunities created by these developments to enrich or extend extant theory.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Dedication to Yair Aharoni. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Research on FDI and MNEs in a Changing World. Behavioral Elements in Foreign Direct Investment Decisions. Bringing managers' decision models into FDI research. FDI and the Role of Financial Market Quality. The Evolution of Multinationals. New Players in FDI: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Private Equity, and Emerging-Market Multinationals. Revisiting the “Modern” Multinational Enterprise Theory: An Emerging-market Multinational Perspective. The Impact of Globalisation and the Emergence of the Global Factory. The Born Global Illusion and the Regional Nature of International Business. Unraveling the Relationships Between Internationalization and Product Diversification Among the World's Largest Food and Beverage Enterprises. Trade in Services: The Global Sourcing of Business Services. Governance of Foreign Affiliates as a Distinctive Choice between Networks, Market, and Hierarchy. Global Service Multinationals from a Small Open Economy – The Case of Israeli High-Tech Service Providers. If Teva Changes its “Nationality,” would Israel's Economy be Affected?. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Local Firms: Western Firms in Emerging Markets. The Regulatory Framework for Investment: Where are we Headed?. Subject Index. Authors’ Biographies. The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise. Research in Global Strategic Management. Research in Global Strategic Management. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisCross-border flows of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and ideas have substantially increased. This book focuses on how the interface between firm-specific advantages, liability of foreignness, and location-specific advantages are spelled out in the more global world.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Editors' Biography. Editors' introduction. Introduction to Part I: Booz & Co./Strategy + Business Eminent Scholar in International Management 2010. The Transnational Transition and the Multinational Firm. Connecting the Plots: The Contributions of Stephen J. Kobrin to International Management Research. Governance in a Transnational Era: Stephen J. Kobrin and the Post-Westphalian Reality. Introduction to Part II: Dynamics of Globalization: Location-Specific Advantages or Liabilities of Foreignness?. The Home-Based Advantages and a Hierarchy of Location Resources: Foreign and Local Firms Dependency on Location Resources. The Benefits of Hierarchy? – Exploring the Effects of Regional Headquarters in Multinational Corporations. Overcoming Liabilities of Foreignness by Modes of Structural Coordination: Regional Headquarters and their Role in TNCs. Moving Abroad: Factors that Motivate Foreign Location of Headquarter Activities. Selecting State or Private Joint Venture Partners in Emerging Markets: Impact of Liability of Foreignness and Rule of Law. Liability of Foreignness and Location-Specific Advantages: Time, Space and Relative Advantage. Liability of Foreignness and Internationalisation of Emerging Market Firms. Evolution of Firm- and Country-Specific Advantages and Disadvantages in the Process of Chinese Firm Internationalization. From Stages to Phases, A Theory of Small Developing Country Internationalization. What Lies Beneath the Internationalization of Firms in a Regional Innovation System?. Location Determinants of FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Empirical Analysis. International Entrepreneurship at the Foreign Market Level: Towards a Network Perspective. The Importance of Internal and External Knowledge Sourcing and Firm Performance: A Latent Class Estimation. A Knowledge System Approach to the Multinational Company: Conceptual Grounding and Implications for Research. Author biographies. Dynamics of Globalization: Location-specific Advantages or Liability of Foreignness?. Advances in international Management. Advances in Interantional Management. Copyright page. Dedication.

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Book SynopsisThis critical and thought-provoking book explores the causes and consequences of Europe’s failed political and economic institutions. Most strikingly, the interplay between Europe’s political and economic realms is exposed as the boondoggle it is, with increasingly bureaucratic institutions plaguing the continent and endangering future potential.Trade Review'An important and timely contribution. David Howden has brought together an excellent collection of essays which go beyond the theoretical discussion of Austrian business cycle theory, exploring instead its empirical relevance to one of the most serious financial crises in modern European history.'- Mark Pennington, Queen Mary, University of London, UK 'This is an important and refreshing book which provides an approach of current problems quite different from what is (too often) written. In my opinion it is the only correct analysis of the economic crisis and of European problems. In spite of the diversity both of contributors and topics, a common and rigorous intellectual foundation gives unity and strength to this book. It offers the clues for the best understanding of present and future economic problems.'- Pascal Salin, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University Paris-Dauphine, France 'The current European recession is being offered as an excuse for a wider, more expansive centralized Europe. Failure to recognize the true causes of the recession - failed institutions that have plagued Europe for years, and will continue to do so if permitted to continue - will prolong the current malaise, and hold Europe back from its new future. Let us hope that the current volume does much to bring this new Europe to us.' --- From the foreword by Jesus Huerta de SotoTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Jesús Huerta de Soto 1. Institutional Illusion and Financial Entrepreneurship in the European Debt Scheme Gabriel A. Giménez-Roche 2. A Stock-taking of the Impact of the Crisis Jörg Guido Hülsmann 3. The Irish Economic ‘Miracle’: Celtic Tiger or Bengal Kitten? Anthony J. Evans 4. Europe’s Unemployment Crisis: Some Hidden Relief? David Howden 5. Europe’s Crisis of Accounting Maria Alvarado, Laura Muro and Kirk Lee Tennant 6. Solvency II and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Misplaced Prudence Antonio Zanella 7. The Eurosystem: Costs and Tragedies Philipp Bagus 8. Fiscal Stimulus, Financial Ruin Fernando Ulrich 9. From German Rules to European Discretion: Policy’s Slippery Slope Malte Tobias Kähler 10. The Euro as a Hindrance to Recovery? A Comparative Analysis of the Czech Republic and Slovakia Jiří Schwarz and Josef Šima 11. Compounding Agricultural Poverty: How the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy is Strangling European Recovery Brian Ó Caithnia Index

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Book SynopsisThis important and original book critically evaluates case study practices and calls for a more pluralistic future for case research in international business (IB) and international management (IM).Trade Review’This book provides a thought-provoking and refreshing perspective on case study research. Building on a pluralistic approach it takes us away from the conventional wisdom and adds to our understanding of the various ways in which case research methodologies can contribute to our insights. It is a 'must read' for qualitative researchers, and provides useful insights to all international business researchers.’ -- Yves Doz, INSEAD, France’This is an important book. Most of the key advances in the field of international business have emerged from some form of case study, and yet most researchers today have a remarkably narrow view of what case study research entails. For the first time, readers can be exposed to the full range of case study methodologies in use today, so that they can make better choices about how to do their own research. If you have time to read only one book on case study methods, this is the one!’ -- Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School, UK’Case study research is vital to the ability of international business to retain its comparative advantage in analyzing and responding to the challenges of a global business environment at a level and depth unmatched by competing fields, such as strategy. This book will show you how to conduct such research rigorously and effectively.’ -- Oded Shenkar, Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Jan-Erik Vahlne PART I: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CASE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH 1. Pluralism in International Business and International Management Research: Making the Case Rebecca Piekkari and Catherine Welch 2. The Career of a Case Researcher: An Interview with Christopher Bartlett Rebecca Piekkari and Catherine Welch 3. Fifty Years of Case Research in International Business: The Power of Outliers and Black Swans Yair Aharoni 4. The View from the Editorial Office: An Interview with Pervez Ghauri Rebecca Piekkari and Catherine Welch PART II: MULTIPLE PARADIGMS FOR THEORIZING 5. Critical Realism and Case Studies in International Business Research Ricardo Morais 6. ‘There is No Alternative’ – Or Is There? A Critical Case Study Approach for International Business Research Pasi Ahonen, Janne Tienari and Eero Vaara 7. Sumantra’s Challenge: Publish a Theory-testing Case Study in a Top Journal Gabriel Szulanski and Robert J. Jensen 8. Using Multiple Case Studies to Generalize from Ethnographic Research Mary Yoko Brannen 9. Beyond the Inductive Myth: New Approaches to the Role of Existing Theory in Case Research Poul Houman Andersen and Hanne Kragh PART III: ALTERNATIVE CASE STUDY DESIGNS 10. Case Selection in International Business: Key Issues and Common Misconceptions Margaret Fletcher and Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki 11. Case Selection Informed by Theory Trevor Buck 12. Mixed-method Case Studies in International Business Research Leila Hurmerinta and Niina Nummela 13. The Single MNC as a Research Site Jon Erland B. Lervik 14. When Truth is the Daughter of Time: Longitudinal Case Studies in International Business Research Susanne Blazejewski 15. Theorizing Process through Punctuated Longitudinal Case Study Research Anna Soulsby and Ed Clark PART IV: THE POTENTIAL OF MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES AND ANALYTICAL METHODS 16. Blurring the Boundaries between Case Analysis and Ethnography: Reflections on a Hybrid Approach to Researching Multinational Corporations Raza Mir 17. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: Taking a Holistic Approach to Ethnographic Case Studies in International Business Fiona Moore 18. Digging Archaeology: Postpositivist Theory and Archival Research in Case Study Development Albert J. Mills and Jean Helms Mills 19. Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: New Questions for Documents in International Business Case Research April Wright 20. Comparative Historical Analysis in International Management Research Ayse Saka-Helmhout PART V: TAKING ACCOUNT OF DIVERSE CONTEXTS 21. Fleas on the Backs of Elephants: Researching the Multinational Company Tony Edwards, Phil Almond and Trevor Colling 22. International Research Teams and Collective Case Studies: An Abductive Approach Asta Salmi 23. How to Use Ethnographic Case Studies to Decipher National Cultures Philippe d’Iribarne 24. Doing Case Studies in China: Two Perspectives Hui Tan and Matti Nojonen 25. Conducting Processual Studies in Transition Economies: Reflections on a Case Study Martin Johanson Index

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Book SynopsisTaking a realist approach, this insightful book looks at the forces shaping the evolution of global infrastructure networks. Examined through the lens of economic infrastructure (including transport, energy and information) this book addresses the forces of integration and fragmentation in the development of global networks.Trade Review'Globalisation depends on the physical and digital connectivity that infrastructure systems provide, and it is powered by global energy networks. Yet globalisation is also transforming the nature of infrastructure, for example, establishing it as a financial asset class and reviving its colonial role as an instrument of power. Turner and Johnson look through the lens of political economy to untangle the complex processes of infrastructure development that are shaping societies, economies and landscapes worldwide.' --Jim Hall, University of Oxford, UK'This book can be considered as ''the next level'' in the analysis of global infrastructure networks. The term 'infrastructure' is used here to mean a wide range of technical, economic and political arrangements, including daily commuting systems, container shipping networks, airline networks, and energy networks. Collectively these infrastructures support the flows of people, ideas, knowledge, capital, goods, etc. that facilitate the (re)production of cities as strategic places in the economy. The guiding principle in this book is that (global) cities are not only prominently connected in infrastructure networks, but above all combine the advantages of assuming central positions in these networks to support the global work that is routinely done within and between these cities. A stimulating read for all interested in how global infrastructure networks perform such functions as control, integration, security, and growth.' --Frank Witlox, Ghent University, Belgium'By combining International Political Economy theory and new data, Turner and Johnson provide fresh insight into the evolution and recent trends in infrastructure development which will be of interest to specialists as well as social scientists in general.' --Judith Clifton, University of Cantabria, SpainTable of ContentsContents: 1. Infrastructure and Territoriality 2. The nature of the Global Infrastructure System 3. The Global Transport Infrastructure System 4. The Global Information Infrastructure System 5. The Global Energy System 6. Reflections on the Global Infrastructure System Index

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Book SynopsisThe effects of globalisation, together with the increase in foreign investment and resource development within the developing world, have created a context for human rights abuses by States in which transnational corporations are complicit.Trade Review‘This book will be an important resource for scholars and practitioners alike in the emerging field of business and human rights. Simon Baughen's careful and comprehensive analysis of the US and UK case law on corporate responsibility for human rights abuses is invaluable.’ -- Claire Methven O'Brien, The Danish Institute for Human Rights‘It is extremely satisfying to read such a professionally crafted piece of legal analysis.’ -- Alice De Jonge, Monash UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Corporations and International Law 2. Suing in the US (1): Jurisdiction 3. Suing in the US (2): The Alien Tort Statute 1789 and Statutory Causes of Action 4. The ‘Law of Nations’ as a Cause of Action in the US 5. Tort Claims Against Transnational Corporations in the US 6. Tort Claims Against Transnational Corporations in the UK 7. Customary International Law as a Cause of Action Outside the US 8. Voluntary Codes and the UN Guiding Principles Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis absorbing book addresses the seemingly simple question of who rules the world by linking it to debates about who owns the world and what this means for the dynamics of global power distribution. Others examine how these issues at the global level interact with the regional or nation state level in the US, the UK, China, Australia and Mexico.Trade ReviewThis volume brings together leading scholars from around the world and a cross-section of some of the most exciting and cutting edge of research on transnational capitalists. The varied contributions are timely. They provide great insight into the structures and processes behind today's international business and political headlines. It is a must read for scholars and students of the new global capitalism. --William I. Robinson, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsContents: 1. Capital Mobilization, Transnational Structures, and Capitalist Classes John Scott 2. The Financialization of Global Corporate Ownership David Peetz and Georgina Murray 3. Capital Relations and Directorate Interlocking: The Global Network in 2007 William K. Carroll 4. The Transnational Capitalist Class and Tax Havens Anthony van Fossen 5. The Business Roundtable and the Transnational Capitalist Class Clifford L. Staples 6. Transnational Business Networks in the Eurozone: A Focus on Four Major Stock Exchange Indices François-Xavier Dudouet, Eric Grémont and Antoine Vion 7. The Transnational Class in Mexico: New and Old Mechanisms Structuring Corporate Networks (1981–2010) Alejandra Salas-Porras 8. National and Transnational Structuring of the British Corporate Elite Bruce Cronin 9. Australia’s Ruling Class: A Local Elite, a Transnational Capitalist Class or Bits of Both? Georgina Murray 10. Outward Bound: Transnational Capitalism in China Jerry Harris 11. Corporate Futures and the Consequences from the Top End of Town Georgina Murray Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book analyses the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China as well as making valuable contributions to the theory of FDI more broadly. causality between FDI, domestic investment and economic growth; Rather than crowding out domestic investment, FDI is found to stimulate economic growth by complementing it.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Theories of FDI on Multinational Enterprises and Related Empirical Studies on China 3. Extensions on the Theory of FDI to Host Countries and Empirical Studies on the Impact of FDI 4. Location Determinants of FDI 5. FDI, Domestic Investment and Economic Growth 6. The Relationship between FDI and Tourism 7. Tourism and Economic Growth 8. FDI and Regional Income Inequality 9. FDI Spill-over Effects on Consumption 10. FDI and its Overall Impact in China References Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and fascinating book is written for tertiary level students in the multicultural classroom, whether studying abroad or at home alongside international students.Trade Review'In the age of the 'global village' this book will enable its future citizens to understand how they can improve their learning experience as they travel to and learn in different countries, contexts and environments. The authors have produced a rigorous yet easy to read book that is full of information, advice and practical tips for the International student. Reading and using this book will improve the quality of the experience for both the student and their teacher.'- Roger Palmer, Henley Business School, UK 'This book provides an excellent insight into the means of gaining the most out of an international education. It is simple in language, invaluable in cross-cultural behaviour guidance, meaningful in challenging stereotypes, and useful in self-reflection. Quotes from students bring cultural differences to life.' - Ayse Saka-Helmhout, University of Surrey, UK 'Learning in the Global Classroom is an excellent reference for both university students and for academics who take their responsibilities seriously. This book makes study in another county more do-able, and is very timely given the increasing push for internationalization in universities. What could be an overwhelming challenge for the potential international student is tackled in a logical, reassuring way, with practical strategies that cover personal, social and academic issues. For most students, this text will be an ongoing reference, to be referred to as situations arise. Issues that academics often complain about with regard to non-Western students are addressed, such as learning how to speak up in class discussions, critical thinking and punctuality. The text also offers sage advice that would be valuable to students who are returning to study after a prolonged absence. I will certainly recommend this book to both colleagues and students.' ---Paddy O'Toole, Monash University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Global Classroom 3. Exchange and Study Abroad 4. Studying in a Foreign Culture 5. Benefiting from Lectures 6. The Challenges and Skills of Participation 7. Working in Groups and Teams 8. The Case Method: ‘Learning by Doing’ 9. Communication: Writing in the Global Classroom 10. Communication: Speaking in the Global Classroom 11. Success with Assessment and Examinations 12. Research Students in the Global Classroom Index

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Book SynopsisBased on the view that culture is dynamic and negotiated between actors, this groundbreaking book contains a collection of ten cases on cross-cultural management in practice.Trade Review'Primecz, Romani, and Sackmann provide managers and educators with a powerful framework that goes beyond simple categorization of national and cultural differences in business. Their framework of negotiated meaning systems, and the rich cases that illustrate the ''in-the-moment'' experiences of global managers as they conduct business in culturally unfamiliar milieus provide managers and educators with a powerful tool for developing global managerial skills. This is a book every global manager and cross-cultural educator should have on his or her bookshelf.' --Mark E. Mendenhall, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga'This is a unique, alternative view of culture that has both practical and theoretical significance. The creative analysis of cases from around the world moves the field beyond the sophisticated stereotyping that can result from relying solely on cultural value dimensions to decode interactions. The cases address significant cross-cultural issues, providing useful lessons and richer perspectives on culture.' --Joyce Osland, San Jose State University, US'Cross-Cultural Management in Practice is a powerful pick for any college-level business holding and considers the diversity of cultures around the world and how various management scenarios evolve from the transfer of business management techniques across these cultures. It analyzes the dynamics of intercultural business interactions, is based on findings provided in cases from Europe, Asia, North Africa, the US and Latin America, and offers many eye-opening cases. . . The result is a powerful survey that business managers working in an international arena will find a ''must'' reference.' --The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Culture and Negotiated Meanings: The Value of Considering Meaning Systems and Power Imbalance for Cross-Cultural Management Laurence Romani, Sonja A. Sackmann and Henriett Primecz 2. On the Road Again: Culturally Generic Spaces as Coping Strategies in International Consultancy Sara Louise Muhr and Jeanette Lemmergaard 3. Dynamics of Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism: A Case Study of Finnish–Polish Collaboration Sampo Tukiainen 4. Exploring the Cultural Context of Franco–Vietnamese Development Projects: Using an Interpretative Approach to Improve the Cooperation Process Sylvie Chevrier 5. The Intercultural Challenges in the Transfer of Codes of Conduct from the US to Europe Christoph I. Barmeyer and Eric Davoine 6. When American Management System Meets Tunisian Culture: The Poulina Case Hèla Yousfi 7. Corporate Communication Across Cultures: A Multi-level Approach Lisbeth Clausen 8. Engineering Culture(s) Across Sites: Implications for Cross-cultural Management of Emic Meanings Jasmin Mahadevan 9. Negotiating Meaning Across Borders (Finally!): Western Management Training in Eastern Europe Snejina Michailova and Graham Hollinshead 10. Intercultural Integration in Sino–Brazilian Joint Ventures Guilherme Azevedo 11. Divorcing Globalization from Orientalism: Resembling Economies and Global Value Added Iris Rittenhofer 12. Culture and Negotiated Meaning: Implications for Practitioners Sonja A. Sackmann, Laurence Romani and Henriett Primecz Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, rapid globalization, novel technologies and business models, as well as economic and political changes have transformed the international business landscape.Trade ReviewGlobal economic challenges and political upheavals underscore the importance of geopolitical understanding in the management of the contemporary corporation. Handbook on the Geopolitics of Business assembles a global cast of thought leaders in the geopolitical arena. The insights offered are highly valuable to students, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, government officials, and policy makers. This serves as a compass that would help you find your bearings in the complex world of international business. --Ilan Alon, Rollins College[T]he content is easy to understand and provides a great overview of the geopolitical issues that businesses and researchers should consider in today's global environment. Information contained within the pages of this resource will appeal to a variety of audiences and is useful for research and practical purposes. Users and librarians in academic and public libraries will find the Handbook on the Geopolitics of Business enlightening and beneficial. --Jordan Nielsen, Reference & User Services QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Joseph Mark S. Munoz PART I: GEOPOLITICS AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 1. The Changing Governance of International Trade and Implications for Business Louise Curran 2. The Global Ocean: Geopolitics of Maritime Commerce Jonathan D. Greenberg 3. Diasporas and their Rising Importance to the International Political Economy Masud Chand 4. Economic Growth and Emerging Economies: Introducing TIM BRIC Julie Rowney and Leighton Wilks 5. BRICS in a Multi-polar World: The Emerging Geopolitical Landscape Lakshmi Mudunuru 6. Global Business, Geopolitics and the United Nations Global Compact: The Geographic Reach and Transnational Efficacy of Voluntary Sustainability Codes Van V. Miller, Luiz A. Perez-Batres and Michael J. Pisani PART II: MANAGING GEOPOLITICS 7. Executive Perspectives on Geopolitics: Management Implications for International Corporations Joseph Mark S. Munoz and Anthony Liberatore 8. Expeditionary Economics: Stimulating Entrepreneurship under Geopolitical Risk Robert E. Looney 9. Banks and Geopolitics: Issues of Finance Connections Hubert Bonin 10. The Geopolitics of Organizing Mega-events Martin Müller and Chris Steyaert 11. Impact of the Geopolitical Distribution of Corruption and Crime on the Global Corporation Duane Windsor 12. Asset-seeking Behavior of MNC’s and African Regional Integration Nathaniel O. Agola 13. HIV/AIDS, Geopolitics and Impact on Business in Southern Africa Jayati Ghosh, Ezekiel Kalipeni and Maureen Chirwa PART III: GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGY 14. Cross-country Institutional Differences and Firm Behavior in a Geopolitical Environment Alfredo M. Bobillo, Félix López-Iturriaga and Fernando Tejerina-Gaite 15. Exploring how Foreign Firms Select Partners in International Political Alliances Andrew Barron 16. International Investment Law and Dispute Resolution Jonathan D. Greenberg and Evan Darwin Winet 17. The Economic Powerhouse of Brazil, Russia, India and China: Is Continued Growth Sustainable? Biljana Nikolova and Ramaprasad Bhar 18. From Society to Communities: New Geopolitical Scenarios for Sustainable Business Strategies Marco Tortora and Fabio Corsini 19. Geopolitical Forces and Strategic Approaches for the Contemporary Corporation Joseph Mark S. Munoz and Michael Pettus Conclusion Joseph Mark S. Munoz Index

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Book SynopsisThis text brings together spokespersons from several different disciplines who can present their arguments for or against rational suicide as a viable concept and, consequently, a realistic option.The pros and cons of the discussion format bring the readers to search for their beliefs, and the final decision of acceptance or rejection of the concept is left to each individual reader.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to the Issue of Rational Suicide, James L. Werth; Part 1 Relevant Background Issues; Chapter 2 Can Suicide Be Rational? Yes, Sometimes, Margaret P. Battin; Chapter 3 Reasons, Rationality, and Ways of Life, Daniel Callahan; Chapter 4 The Catholic Condemnation of Rational Suicide, Father Robert Barry; Chapter 5 Is Rational Suicide Rational?, Gerald A. Larue; Chapter 6 The Influence of Rational Suicide on Nonrational Suicide, Steven Stack; Chapter 7 The Moral Imperative to Suicide, Samuel E. Wallace; Chapter 8 “Rational Suicide” As the New Jim Crow, Wesley J. Smith; Chapter 9 Physician-Assisted Dying, Kathryn L. Tucker; Part 2 Service Providers; Chapter 10 Rational Suicide: Life and Death Your Way, Lois Chapman Dick; Chapter 11 Counselors and Rational Suicide, Richard R. Ellis; Chapter 12 Nursing, Angela Albright; Chapter 13 A Nursing Position that Supports Rational Suicide, Margaret L. Campbell; Chapter 14 Are Compassionate Care and Suicide Mutually Exclusive?, Robin Bernhoft; Chapter 15 Physician-Assisted Rational Suicide, Richard MacDonald; Chapter 16 Rational Suicide, Mark J. Coldblatt; Chapter 17 A Psychiatric Perspective on Rational Suicide, Jerome A. Motto; Chapter 18 Psychology and Rational Suicide, Stephen Jamison; Chapter 19 Rational Suicide, Antoon A. Leenaars; Chapter 20 Rational Suicide, Jay Callahan; Chapter 21 In Support of Rational Suicide, Deborah Cummings; Chapter 22 The Presentation of Rational Suicide in Death Education, David K. Meagher; Chapter 23 Rational Suicide, Judith M. Stillion; Part 3 Special Populations; Chapter 24 The False Autonomy of Forced Choice, Carol J. Gill; Chapter 25 Rational Suicide and the Disabled Individual, Karen Hwang; Chapter 26 Arguments Against Rational Suicide, John L. McIntosh; Chapter 27 Suicide Can Be Rational for Senescent or Terminal Patients, Erdman B. Palmore; Chapter 28 A Personal Argument in Favor of Rational Suicide, Patty Rosen; Chapter 29 “Rational Suicide”, Adina Wrobleski; Chapter 30 Conclusion, Charlotte P. Ross;

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Book SynopsisOffers managers and supervisors in the power and petroleum fields basic economic skills that enable them to make better policy decisions relating to energy. This practical textbook contains toolbox of models, along with institutional, technological, and historical information on oil, coal, gas, and electricity (including renewables).Table of Contents Introduction Energy Lessons from the Past for the Future Perfect Competition and the Coal Industry Natural Monopoly and Electricity Generation Deregulation and Privatization of Electricity Generation Monopoly, Dominant Firm and OPEC Market Structure, Transaction Costs Economics and U.S. Natural Gas Markets Externalities and Energy Pollution Public Goods and Global Warming Monopsony-Japan and the Asia Pacific LNG Market Same Theory and the European Natural Gas Market Allocating Fossil Fuel Production Over Time and Oil Leasing Computing Energy Costs and Supply Oil Refining, Energy Transportation, and Linear Programming Energy Futures and Options Markets for Managing Risk Energy Information Technologies Managing in the Multinational World Energy Appendix A: Glossary and Abbreviator Appendix B: Conversion Charts Appendix C: Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA detailed study of the activities of 20 transnational companies who, despite "green" rhetoric, remain the creators of dirty, dangerous and unsustainable technologies.

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Book SynopsisLeveraging its absolute power, low human rights advantage, and tolerance by other countries, the Chinese Communist Party has transformed China into a giant corporation. Living and working is not a right, but a privilege granted by the party. State-owned firms are business units or subsidiaries, private firms are joint ventures, and foreign firms are franchisees of the party. ''China, Inc.'' enjoys the agility of a firm and the vast resources of a state. Meanwhile, foreign firms competing with Chinese firms can find themselves matched against the mighty Chinese state. The Rise of China, Inc. will interest many readers: it will compel business scholars to rethink state-firm relationships; assist multinational business practitioners in formulating effective strategies; aid policy-makers in countering China''s expansion; and inform the public of the massive corporate organisation China has become, and how democracies can effectively deal with it.Trade Review'The Rise of the China Inc. probes the political foundations of China's state-capitalism and provides an original explanation of why this system contains the seeds of its destruction even as it undermines the liberal global economic order. Shaomin Li's admirable ability to analyze how the institutions of a one-party regime shape business environment and corporate decisions has produced refreshing insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the world's new economic superpower.' Minxin Pei, Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College 'Shaomin Li is one of the most well-versed and nuanced scholars writing on China today. This book reflects more than 30 years of both lived experience and scholarship. It is a timely analysis that should be devoured by any scholar, politician, policy maker and business leader wanting to understand 21st Century China.' Timothy M. Devinney, Chair and Professor of International Business, Alliance Manchester Business School'In this deeply researched volume, Li argues that the Chinese Communist Party's rule presents an entirely new challenge to democracies since, unlike the Axis powers in World War II or the USSR in the Cold War, China is closely intertwined with them both economically and socially. Because China relies on these democracies for markets, they must unite to press for the changes they desire, even to the point of delinkage if China does not yield.' June Teufel Dreyer, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Miami'The rise of China as a global superpower presents a challenge for scholars and managers. Dr. Li presents a new perspective to understand the unique political and economic system of modern China, the state governing the entire economy as a large corporation. His decades-long research on social institutions and governance shows that the boundary between the firm and society is unclear. It presents a novel and refreshing view to explain why the Chinese state can be as swift and agile as the firm while corporations act as resourcefully as the state. This new perspective presents a useful framework for multinational corporations and foreign governments to develop successful strategies and effective policies toward China.' Seung Ho Park, President's Chair and Professor of Strategy and International Business, Nanyang Technological University'China, Inc. provides clear recommendations for corporations to deal with a China that is increasingly inwardly repressive and outwardly aggressive. Li provides a pragmatic view for a world where great power competition is unlike any seen before.' Robert Spalding, Brigadier General (Ret.), USAF, and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute'Are the modern democracies safe? Having survived a hot war with the Axis Powers and a Cold War with the Soviet Union, they now face a challenge from what Shaomin Li astutely calls 'China, Inc.' – a huge autocracy that is run like a corporation. China, Inc. is in some ways as frightening as its two twentieth-century predecessors but is a different kind of animal. It is more intertwined with the democracies, and the battle fronts are more psychological than physical. Accordingly, Li accompanies his wake-up call with some practical advice.' Perry Link, Chancellorial Chair for Teaching Across Disciplines, University of California, Riverside'Shaomin Li's work is groundbreaking. Relation-based countries like China operate on a different set of rules set by the international community. Rule of law is replace with rule by law. China's companies are pawns in the Communist government's grand geopolitical game and self-preservation needs. Prof. Shaomin Li provides a clear and concise treatment of the China Inc phenomenon, its origins and consequences. It is a must read to those studying or doing business in China.' Ilan Alon, Professor of Strategy and International Marketing, University of Agder'A masterpiece in explaining the peculiar convergence – and complicity – of communist dictatorship and capitalist profiteering at the expense of Chinese people's wellbeing and the fate of global democratization. Li's work is a must-read for anyone who cares about human freedom and its predicament presented by the rise of the CCP, Inc.' M. Miles Yu, Professor, Department of History, United States Naval AcademyTable of Contents1. Introduction: Who lost China?; Part I. The Advantage of Low Human Rights: 2. The political foundation of China's competitiveness and its failure to democratize; 3. China's legal system is not about the rule of law: The advantages and limits of the relation-based system; 4. Mao plus Deng: A highly aggressive and productive culture; Part II. The Rise of China, Inc.: 5. The emergence of China, inc.; 6. China's industrial policy as a corporate strategy of China, Inc; Part III. China, inc.'s Achilles' Heel and the World's Response: 7. The Chinese communist party's dilemmas and solutions; 8. Open societies versus closed regime: Who needs whom more?; 9. Policy and strategic options for the governments and firms in the democracies; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a succinct account of why English contract law now faces functional and moral redundancy. It explores the diminishing role of the English common law of contract as a regulatory force in modern society, the implications of its decline and possibilities, if any, for its revival.

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Book SynopsisAny practising lawyer and student working with international commercial contracts faces standardised contracts and international arbitration as mechanism for dispute settlement. Based on extensive practical experience, this book explains the interaction between contracts terms, applicable rules of law and arbitration.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. International contract practice and its expectations in terms of the governing law; 2. The role of transnational law; 3. The impact of the governing law; 4. Which state law governs an international contract?; 5. Does arbitration ensure a self-sufficient contract?; 6. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive analysis of the TV industry applies a global value chain perspective to the new video ecosystem that combines streaming platforms, tech giants, and digital infrastructure and technologies.Trade Review'A fascinating application of global value chain theory to the global TV industry that analyses how an industry once dominated by fully integrated broadcasting companies is now vertically disintegrated, globalised and increasingly dominated by tech firms and streaming platforms. A valuable contribution to both the of the television industry and to global value chain theory.' John Humphrey, Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Sussex Business School'Impressively researched and convincingly argued, this pioneering study by Jean Chalaby offers fresh perspectives on the global shift in television entertainment, triggered by the streaming phenomenon. Essential reading for students and researchers in global media studies.' Daya K. Thussu, Professor of International Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, and author of International Communication: Continuity and Change'Jean Chalaby is among the foremost analysts of communication in the world. This volume finds him at the peak of his powers, providing readers with an outstanding vision of television today-and tomorrow. A tour de force.' Toby Miller, Stuart Hall Professor of Cultural Studies, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MéxicoTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Global communication and the GVC framework; 2. The making of a digital GVC; 3. The rise of networks; 4. The rise of platforms;. 5. Technology designed for scale; 6. Infrastructure built at scale; 7. Content production; 8. Media delivery; 9. Digital disruption, firm behaviour and industry structure; 10. The transnational media firm; 11. Formulating GVC-oriented policies; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe lion's share of smartphones, computers, televisions, semiconductor devices, and other electronics goods is made in East Asia. How did Asia become the center of electronics manufacturing? How did learning take place that allowed Asian workers to produce cutting-edge products? This Element addresses these issues.Trade Review'The book provides a really useful combination of relevant theory and East Asian experience in the semiconductor industry. And it does this in under 100 pages!' Gary Hufbauer, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International EconomicsTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Out of the Ashes; 3. How the Tigers Got Their Claws;4. The Little Tigers Emerge; 5. The Dragon Stirs; 6. Free for All; 7. Lessons.

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