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Book SynopsisThis series summarizes current thinking in the field of comparative management. The series is intended to make an academic contribution through focused essays, presenting material in a fashion suitable for both scholars and advanced students.Table of ContentsPart 1: the characteristics and performance of Japanese-North American joint ventures in North America, Andrew Inkpen; approaching heterachy - a review of the literature on multinational strategy and structure, Julian M. Birkinshaw. Part 2 Expatriates and entrepreneurs: the boundary spanning role of expatriates in the multinational corporation, David C. Thomas; US expatriates and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 - dissolving boundaries, Sully Taylor and Robert W. Eder; corporate entrepreneurship - United States firms operating in the Middle East and the Arab World, Carol Carlson Dean and Mary Shephered Thibodeaux; organizational changes in planned economies in transition - an eclectic model, Mike W. Peng; learning from the Asian NICS - policy options for Central and East European republics, Raymond Saner and Lichia Yiu.

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Book SynopsisChina''s economy is currently undergoing double transformations or transitions: the system pattern is being transformed from central-planned economy into a market economy, and the development frame is changing from a low-income type to a middle-income type. That the double transition take place simultaneously in a developing and socialist country, China, is quite significant for the whole world. People try to understand in what way and to what degree the current development is different from traditional China; and how it is associated with the roads that developed countries have passed. This book centres on the transformation to an economic system pattern. It endeavours to define the transformation extent of China''s economic system pattern up to now and to measure the paces of marketisation progress. The stages and features of China''s economic system reform are described as well as the features of the target pattern. Then the implications and features of marketisation are elucidated because they are the basis for the design of the measurement indicators.

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Book SynopsisThese books provide an overall account of small and medium enterprises in selected Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Canada. All of these countries have given high policy agenda on the development of small and medium enterprises since SMEs contribute significantly to the respective national economic development. The books therefore provide various experiences on SMEs, issues and challenges, incentive and policies adopted by various governments and, more significantly, prospects for growth and development potential of SMEs in the new millennium.

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Book SynopsisThese books provide an overall account of small and medium enterprises in selected Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Canada. All of these countries have given high policy agenda on the development of small and medium enterprises since SMEs contribute significantly to the respective national economic development. The books therefore provide various experiences on SMEs, issues and challenges, incentive and policies adopted by various governments and, more significantly, prospects for growth and development potential of SMEs in the new millennium.

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Book SynopsisThese books provide an overall account of small and medium enterprises in selected Asia-Pacific countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Canada. All of these countries have gained high policy agenda on the development of small and medium enterprises since SMEs contribute significantly to the respective national economic development. The book therefore provide various experiences on SMEs, issues and challenges, incentive and policies adopted by various governments and, more significantly, prospects for growth and development potential of SMEs in the new millennium.

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Book SynopsisIn a timely and provocative book, Philippe Legrain, formerly trade and economics correspondent for the Economist, argues that the idea and practice of globalization has been misrepresented by political activists who fail to understand its workings. Globalization, he insists, is neither a label for Americanization nor an excuse for worldwide corporate domination, and it does not eliminate local cultures or make governments irrelevant. Reassessing the pros and cons of the most controversial economic movement of our time, Mr. Legrain finds no real foundation for the alarm that globalization has generated among a variety of protest groups. His compellingly readable and balanced evaluation analyzes all the major forces in the economic equation—workers, companies, governments, national economies, industry and agriculture, patents and profits, money and finance—and makes a clear case that we are free to choose our future and to shape globalization for the benefit of all. Open World is a spirited and incisive work of socio-economic analysis and a clarion call to restore our faith in government. "At last a good book on globalization...lucid and persuasive."—Financial Times "If you have been convinced by Naomi Klein or Noreena Hertz, you owe it to yourself to read Legrain's persuasive defense."—New Statesman "One of those rare books that grabs the conventional wisdom and turns it on its head....Anyone who cares about our world and its future should read it."—Jonathan FreedlandTrade ReviewA truly fascinating book that demonstrates not only the inevitability of continued globalization but its virtues as well. * The Philadelphia Inquirer *...A well-argued book that should serve as balance to current negative accounts. * Booklist *In vanishingly short supply are books that are intellectually rigorous without being stuffy or inaccessible; which explain in plain words...globalization.... So in fact the world did need another book about globalization; Open World is it. * Economist *At last a good book about globalization...lucid and persuasive. * Financial Times *Philippe Legrain counters many predispositions, on the left and right, and sets the stage for a more useful debate. The issue, he explains, is not being for or against global trade but how to manage economic change for the greatest benefit to the most people on a global scale. -- Bill Barnhart * Chicago Tribune *Legrain masterfully defines a middle ground between the contending forces for and against globalization.... In a rare and frank analysis...Legrain argues forcefully that the worst abuses usually associated with globalization are in fact caused by a continued reliance on self-serving policies by the strongest governments in the world.... -- Michael R. KraigA rapid rebuttal of the flimsy critique of anti-globalization activists. * Independent *In this wonderfully lucid and intelligent book, Philippe Legrain takes on the many mistakes of the anti-globalizers. Globalization, he argues, is neither a label for Americanization, nor an excuse for worldwide corporate domination. It does not eliminate local cultures. Still less does it make governments irrelevant. It is a chance for mutual enrichment, not a route to global impoverishment. -- Martin WolfShould be required reading for politicians and voters during this election year. Explains real injustices that exist in the trading system. Provides ample evidence of how corrupt and bad governance stunts growth in poor countries. -- Mike Moore * New York Sun *Makes a compelling case for an ever-continuing advance toward globalization. Legrain has written a truly fascinating book that demonstrates not only the inevitability of continued globalization but its virtues as well. * Green Bay Press-Gazette *Here is a book that refreshingly argues for rather than against globalization. Legrain, writes in a style suitable for a general audience, but his work contains sufficient content to interest specialists in the field. He effectively addresses many if not all the objections of those opposed to free trade. * CHOICE *Legrain…has written a robust defense of globalization that combines the virtues of journalism with analytical rigor. * Finance and Development *Here is a book that refreshingly argues for rather than against globalization…. Recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPart 1 Foreword ix Part 2 Introduction 3 Chapter 3 FREE TO CHOOSE: What kind of globalisation do we want? Part 4 WORRIED WORKERS: Why globalisation is actually the least of their worries 25 Part 5 THE POOR PROFIT: Globalisation is the only route out of poverty 47 Part 6 A BRIEF HISTORY OF GLOBALISATION: How our open world emerged 80 Part 7 BRAND NEW WORLD?: Why brands are not all-conquering beasts 118 Part 8 GIANTS WITH CLAY FEET: Why companies don't run the world 132 Part 9 THE PHANTOM MENACE: Why government is not under threat 151 Part 10 GLOBAL GOVERNMENT: How the world should (and shouldn't) be run 174 Part 11 FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Why farm trade should be freed 211 Part 12 ENDANGERED EARTH?: How globalisation can be green 236 Part 13 PATENTLY WRONG: How global patent laws harm the poor and the sick 254 Part 14 FINANCIAL FAILINGS: Why global money should be caged 270 Part 15 CULTURE CLASH: Individual freedom, not Coke, rules OK 293 Part 16 A DIFFERENT WORLD: We can build a better globalisation 320 Part 17 Notes 335 Part 18 Bibliography 348

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Book SynopsisThe U.S.-Japan Structural Impediments Initiative (SII) was an attempt in which U.S. and Japanese officials tried to solve trade frictions and adjust their economic systems both by creating an international epistemic community and regime and by accelerating domestic structural change through a joint bureaucratic structure (working group) and mutual pressure. With four multidimensionally-layered conceptual models, the book systematically describes and explains the political process of the SII, the reasons for its initiation and reaching agreements. Unlike most studies on U.S.-Japan trade negotiations which use the theoretically undefined case study method, the author tested propositions focussing on different factors (level of U.S. pressure, size and strength of various transgovernmental coalitions, and level of perception gaps) for different degrees of Japanese trade concessions across five SII issue areas (saving-investment patterns, the distribution system, exclusionary business practices, land policy, and keiretsu) by combining a detailed case study with content analysis of newspaper indexes and meeting records. The book adds to the tradition of U.S.-Japan trade negotiation/decision-making research with great insights and practical implications. It further develops Graham Allison's approach, applying it to international trade negotiation process, thereby enhancing the power of describing, explaining, and predicting outcomes of international trade negotiations. Intended for graduate students and specialists studying U.S.-Japan trade negotiations as well as policymakers practicing such negotiations. To know why and how the SII was initiated and agreed upon and what factors contributed to different degrees of Japanese trade concessions, four multidimensionally-layered conceptual models systematically describe and explain the political process of the SII. Unlike most studies on U.S.-Japan trade negotiations which use the theoretically undefined case study method, the author tested different propositions for different degrees of Japanese trade concessions across five SII issue areas by combining a detailed case study with content analysis of newspaper indexes and meeting records. The book adds to the tradition of U.S.-Japan trade negotiation/decision-making research. It further develops Graham Allison's approach, applying it to the international trade negotiation process, thereby enhancing the power of describing, explaining, and predicting outcomes of international trade negotiations. Intended for graduate students and specialists studying U.S.-Japan trade negotiations as well as policy-makers practicing such negotiations.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction Overview of SII Process and its Agreements Theoretical Framework and Research Design The SII as a Means of Gaiatsu: The Perspective of Government as a Unitary Rational Actor Quantification of Interactions between Governments: Pressures and Negotiations The SII as a Site of the Transgovernmental Coalition of Subunits The U.S. Agencies' Concerns: Content Analysis of the SII Meeting Records The SII as Part of a Transgovernmental Coalition among Top-level Policy-Makers The SII as Part of a Transgovernmental Elite Policy Networks of Working-Level officials Conclusion: Findings and Implications Appendix A: Tables Appendix B: The Coding Method for "Performative Structure" Content Analysis Appendix C: The Coding Method of Key-Word Content Analysis Bibli1ography Index

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Book SynopsisEveryone needs to budget money and manage costs, whether for groceries and everyday purchases, rent or mortgage, education, retirement, or even a business. Like it or not, accounting infuses most everything in life. From credits, debits, and basic bookkeeping to getting the most out of tax deductions to creating a business plan to better understanding accounting lingo, The Handy Accounting Answer Book can help anyone with the skills to run a business, plan for retirement, establish everyday budgets or budge for a big purchase, and improve money management acumen.Trade Review“… accessible guide … for anyone baffled by the subject. … Anyone interested in learning more about personal or corporate accounting will find useful information here.” – Library Journal“… concise overview of financial and managerial accounting … well written and easy to understand … useful to a reader with little to no accounting knowledge, making it a good choice …” – Booklist“Accounting professor Amber Gray's "The Handy Accounting Answer Book" is a good gift for accountants to give their … clients.” – Accounting Today“… addresses topics found in introductory accounting textbooks, as well as information for non-accountants …” – Protoview Book NewsTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. What is Accounting? 2. Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Conceptual Framework 3. Elements of Financial Statements 4. Four Basic Financial Statements 5. Financial Statement Analysis 6. Bookkeeping and the Accounting Cycle 7. Specific Accounting Issues 8. Cost Accounting Basics 9. Budgeting, Planning and Controlling 10. Managerial Accounting Basics 11. Starting a Small Business 12. Accountants and the Future of Accounting Appendix 1: Journal Entries examples for most basic transactions Appendix 2: Partnership Accounting Appendix 3: Service Company, Merchandiser, and Manufacturer Financial Statements Appendix 4: Public Company Annual Report Form 10-K : Vera Bradley, Inc. Glossary of Terms Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisPrediction has a venerable tradition among economists. In ""Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,"" John Maynard Keynes, the well known classical economist,—even as the Great Depression was unfolding—famously threw aside the contemporary ""attack of economic pessimism"" and predicted that a century later the ""standard of life"" in economically progressive countries would be ""between four and eight times as high as it is to-day."" History has generally vindicated this optimism. As a whole—like Keynes and other economists who have answered this question about the future—our experts are generally optimistic, although the optimism is carefully guarded in some cases. This optimism accords with the broader opinion held by economists surveyed about a decade ago, although the intervening ten years of disappointing economic performance appears to have tempered it a bit. The reasons for economic optimism are abundant but can be boiled down to the fact that economists expect technology will continue to improve provided that reasonable economic incentives to encourage this discovery and to implement its fruits persist. The predicted changes range from innocent innovations that will make life a bit more comfortable (such as the pillow that learns your sleep rhythms partnered with the coffee maker that knows when you have awakened) to potentially chilling technologies that might strip our human dignity (including the almost complete elimination of privacy and electronic supplementation of the brain embedded in a government controlled educational system). So pull up a chair and listen to our group of experts expound on what they think our economic future is going to look like in fifty years!Table of ContentsChristopher J. Coyne is the F.A. Harper Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Co-Editor of The Independent Review. Michael C. Munger is Co-Editor of The Independent Review and Professor of Political Science, Economics and Public Policy, and Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program at Duke University. Robert M. Whaples is Co-Editor and Managing Editor for The Independent Review and Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University.

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Book SynopsisThe African Growth and Opportunity Act offers a wide variety of benefits to businesses, workers, manufacturers, and farmers in eligible countries. It is important to remember that the Act can only offer opportunities. African countries are encouraged to seize the opportunities provided in the Act and to create enabling environments to strengthen prospects for expanded trade and investment. This new book focuses on the Act''s trade preference benefits. The Guide is divided into 10 Chapters. Chapter 2 provides answers to frequently asked questions such as ''how can I determine whether the products I manufacture and want to export could benefit from the Act?''. Other chapters contain information on the specific trade benefits available and on the eligibility criteria that must be met for a country to receive these benefits. Chapter 8 provides a brief summary of other provisions of the Act and Chapter 10 provides a time line of key dates. Information on general US agricultural market access is provided in Chapter 9.

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Book SynopsisWhen GUERRILLA MARKETING was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson was considered a pioneer with his unique "take no prisoners" approach to marketing, oriented to owners of small & medium-sized companies. Almost 20 years & 1,000,000 copies later, GUERRILLA MARKETING is now considered the Marketing Bible & the consulting book for entrepreneurs. Full of scores of solid guerrilla marketing weapons as well as invaluable business recommendations for today's marketers, this completely revised & expanded edition (Spanish version), identifies the following:The fastest-growing markets for the 21st century, with suggestions on how to reach them.Special strategies for forming strategic marketing alliances with other businesses.The latest tactics for independent contractors & those who do business on the telephone.Up-to-date information on the Internet & other technologies that help the guerrilla entrepreneur choose the proper business & make it grow.Management lessons for the entrepreneur in the 21st century.Trade Review""A genuine festival of marketing techniques and secrets. More than 100 ideas on marketing that is free, low cost but effective, for small and medium-size businesses."" -- LOS ANGELES TIMES ""LOS ANGELES TIMES""

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Book SynopsisThis book brings empirical analysis to bear on the policy debate on the economic and environmental impacts of agricultural trade liberalisation on a small developing country, represented by the island of Fiji. It is timely because many African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are faced with challenges in the years ahead as a result of globalisation and liberalisation of world trade. Some ACP countries, including Fiji, have already signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union to replace the Cotonou Agreement. Other future changes in the trading regime are likely to come from the eventual conclusion of the Doha Round. What is lacking in the current debate is solid empirical analysis to investigate the impacts of these policy changes. What little analysis has been carried out lumps developing countries into regional aggregates. Thus, it may be argued that these studies do not take account of the individual countries'' circumstances. The book focuses on the sugar industry to discuss the broad topic of agricultural reform. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to support the analysis and discussion in the areas of structural reform in the sugar and other industries as well as the effects of trade liberalisation strategies. The empirical investigation is carried out using appropriate econometric techniques and a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The material is presented in such a way that the non-technical reader will also benefit from the discussion, which has policy making as its focus. It should appeal to a wide readership including policymakers, policy analysts, researchers in industry and the public sector, as well as postgraduate students in various fields such as agriculture and natural resources, international trade, and economic modelling.

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Book SynopsisInternational Standards on Auditing (ISA) are standards or guidelines that auditors follow when conducting a financial audit of a companys financial statements in those jurisdictions that have adopted ISAs or some version of ISAs. These standards are issued by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) through the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). ISA covers a wide variety of ground. It designates specific responsibilities of an auditor including how to plan an audit; how to evaluate and conclude on the adequacies of internal controls; how to evaluate audit evidence and draw conclusions from it and how to write an audit report. These are just some of the designated responsibilities among a wide range of auditing requirements. The USA, on the other hand, has its own auditing standards: the so-called Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) set forth by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for use in private company audits; and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), standards which apply to the audits of publicly-owned corporations. The problem for both practitioners and students is that the auditing principles of the ISA and the AICPA are not identical, even though they are moving towards convergence, or at least attempting to do so. That said, the standards of the ISA and AICPA still differ; and this problem is compounded because of the significant differences between the standards of ISA and PCAOB. In fact a study commissioned by the European Community found at least five areas where there are substantial differences. The areas of substantive differences relate to: Assessing and reporting on internal control. Reference to the work of another auditor in a group audit. Documentation requirements. Risk assessment and responses to assessed risks. This is probably one of the most significant differences.. Going concern reporting. Under the PCAOB the foreseeable future is limited to 12 months but under the ISA the look forward feature has a different definition. Books have been written on both the PCAOB and ISAs standards. In this proposed book we plan to focus on the differences between the PCAOB and ISA standards. We will cover in a clear and concise way the important differences and similarities between them and provide check lists of dos and donts. This should be of importance to upper level undergraduate students of auditing and auditors in the US and internationally.

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Book SynopsisWhen Peter Drucker wrote Concept of the Corporation in 1946, he revealed what made the large American corporation tick. Similarly, The Art of Japanese Management by Richard Pascale in 1981 explained the unique practices developed by the Japanese to bring that country's economy out of the ashes. The emerging Chinese juggernauts-the Alibabas, Lenovos, and Haiers-need similar revelation since they are a different breed in their own right. Little is understood about them, how they work, and what makes them such potentially imposing competitors.Now, based on unprecedented access to the people who have created and grown the great private companies of China-the "General Electrics and Sonys" of that country, Michael Useem, Harbir Singh, Peter Cappelli and Neng Liang bring to life the distinctive practices of Chinese business leaders as they invent their own way forward to create world-class companies, and provide a comprehensive look at the leaders and businesses that are the future of the Chinese economy-and major competition to Western companies.Chinese companies are emerging on the global stage as never before, and their leadership lessons are invaluable in understanding and coping with their growing commercial presence worldwide. Company managers everywhere will want to understand China's distinct way of doing business if they are to compete against the companies that already dominate the domestic Chinese market and are coming to the fore in foreign markets, including the U.S.

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Book SynopsisA study of early transatlantic trade in South Carolina that exposes the divisive complexity that led to war.London’s “Carolina traders,” a little-known group of transatlantic merchants, played a pivotal but historically neglected role in the rise of tensions in the South Carolina lowcountry. In Trade, Politics, and Revolution, Huw David delves into the lives of these men and explores their influence on commerce and politics in the years before and after the American Revolution.Beginning in the 1730s, a few select merchants in Charleston fueled South Carolina’s economic rise, used their political connections to prosper in British-Carolinian trade, and then relocated to London, becoming absentee owners of property, plantations, and slaves. Using correspondence, business and slave trade records, newspapers, and a wealth of other sources, David reconstructs the lives of these Carolina traders and demonstrates their shifting but instrumental influence over the course of the eighteenth century. Until the 1760s these transatlantic traders served as a stabilizing force, using their wealth and political connections to lobby for colonial interests. As the British Empire flexed its power and incited rebellion with laws such as the so-called Intolerable Acts, South Carolinians became suspicious of the traders, believing them to be instruments of imperial oppression.Trade, Politics, and Revolution offers a fresh understanding of trade in South Carolina’s early history and the shifting climate that led to the American Revolution, as well as reaching beyond the war to explore the reconstruction of trade routes between the newly founded United States and Great Britain. By focusing on one segment of transatlantic trade, David provides a new interpretive approach to imperialism and exposes the complex, deeply personal rift that divided the Carolina traders from their homeland and broke the colonies from the mother country.

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Book SynopsisWithin a simple dependency-oriented framework this book analyzes the effects of liberalization policies in Turkey.

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Book SynopsisFrom the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Sichuan Province was the largest opium-producing region in the largest opium-producing country, China. This book uses a chronological approach to describe and explain the rise and fall of opium in Sichuan. Through discussing the growth of opium production, the government policies toward opium and its usage, the impacts of opium on Sichuan politics and peopleOs lives, it tries to show how SichuanOs economic, social, and psychological milieu influenced and shaped opium production and consumption, and seeks to illuminate how the changing political climate led to the opium prohibition campaign, as well as the results of these campaigns. The story of opium reflects the provinceOs ever-changing political reality, economic conditions, and social circumstances. Study of opium in Sichuan adds to the understanding of this issue across all of China.

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Book SynopsisStanding as the world's two largest economies, marshaling the most imposing armies on earth, holding enormous stockpiles of nuclear weapons, consuming a majority share of the planet's natural resources, and serving as the media generators and health care providers for billions of consumers around the globe, the United States and China are positioned to influence notions of democracy, nationalism, citizenship, human rights, environmental priorities, and public health for the foreseeable future. These broad issues are addressed as questions about communication-about how our two nations envision each other and how our interlinked imaginaries create both opportunities and obstacles for greater understanding and strengthened relations. Accordingly, this book provides in-depth communication-based analyses of how U.S. and Chinese officials, scholars, and activists configure each other, portray the relations between the two nations, and depict their shared and competing interests. As a first step toward building a new understanding between one another, Imagining China tackles the complicated question of how Americans, Chinese, and their respective allies imagine themselves enmeshed in nations, old rivalries, and emerging partnerships, while simultaneously meditating on the powers and limits of nationalism in our age of globalization.Trade ReviewThis volume is a fresh and fascinating rhetorical exploration of the stories humans have invented to imagine China in the age of globalization. It is indispensable reading not only for intercultural communication scholars, government officials, educators, students, and political scientists but also for anyone keenly interested in the unforgettable power of words to move our thoughts and actions." - Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University, and author of Empathy in the Global World: An Intercultural Perspective

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Book SynopsisIf Amazon can't win in China, can anyone? When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited China in 2007, he expected that one day soon China would be a double-digit percentage of Amazon's sales. Yet, by 2019, Amazon, the most powerful and successful ecommerce company in the world, had quit China. In Winning in China: 8 Stories of Success and Failure in the World's Largest Economy, Wharton experts Lele Sang and Karl Ulrich explore the success and failure of several well-known companies, including Hyundai, LinkedIn, Sequoia Capital, and InMobi, as more and more businesses look to reap profits from the demand of 1.4 billion people. Sang, Global Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Ulrich, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Wharton School, answer four critical questions: Which factors explain the success (or failure) of foreign companies entering China?What challenges and pitfalls can a company entering China expect to encounter? How can a prospective entrant realistically assess its chances? Which managerial decisions are critical, and which approaches are most effective? Sang and Ulrich answer these questions by examining the stories of eight well-known and respected companies that have entered China. They study: How Norwegian Cruise Line's entry into China displays how cultural differences can boost or sink different companies; How Intel, one of the oldest, most respected firms in Silicon Valley, thrived in a country that seems to favor agile upstarts; How Zegna, the Italian luxury brand, has emerged as another surprising success story and how it plans to navigate new headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic.Through these engaging and illuminating stories, Sang and Ulrich offer a framework and path for organizations looking for a way to successfully enter the world's largest economy. History can be a teacher, and China, a country with 3,500 years of written history, has much to teach.Trade Review"China isn't easy for anyone, and many foreign players have stumbled. But Lele Sang and Karl Ulrich have done meticulous firsthand research and shown that it is absolutely winnable, no matter your origins or industry. Rather than cherry pick successes, they've picked a spectrum of instructive case studies that will help anyone with an interest in the Chinese market to maximize their chances, and they give straightforward, actionable advice. Read it!" * Rui Ma, Creator and Co-Host of Techbuzz China *"How does a foreign business gain a foothold in the vast Chinese economy? In this slim volume, Sang and Ulrich present a series of case studies of companies that have succeeded and failed in the enticingly large, albeit potentially disastrous, market . . . . One standout portion involves Norwegian Cruise Line, which, in its attempt to tailor to the wants of Chinese customers, went so far as to design the ship Joy to cater to their specific needs. Things did not ultimately tilt in Norwegian's favor yet the details illustrate just how far a company will go in trying to crack a lucrative market—and how it can come up short even with its best effort. A navigable, sprightly primer on an often elusive Asian market." * Kirkus Reviews *"As China's strong post-COVID rebound recharges its magnetic attraction for foreign firms, Winning in China provides invaluable, practical and actionable lessons for anyone thinking of entering the massive but brutally competitive and politically challenging Chinese market—based on fascinating, well-researched and easy-to-read case studies of success and failure over the past two decades by some of the world's iconic companies." * Geoffrey Garrett, Dean, USC Marshall School of Business *

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Book SynopsisIf Amazon can't win in China, can anyone? When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited China in 2007, he expected that one day soon China would be a double-digit percentage of Amazon's sales. Yet, by 2019, Amazon, the most powerful and successful ecommerce company in the world, had quit China. In Winning in China: 8 Stories of Success and Failure in the World's Largest Economy, Wharton experts Lele Sang and Karl Ulrich explore the success and failure of several well-known companies, including Hyundai, LinkedIn, Sequoia Capital, and InMobi, as more and more businesses look to reap profits from the demand of 1.4 billion people. Sang, Global Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Ulrich, Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Wharton School, answer four critical questions: Which factors explain the success (or failure) of foreign companies entering China?What challenges and pitfalls can a company entering China expect to encounter? How can a prospective entrant realistically assess its chances? Which managerial decisions are critical, and which approaches are most effective? Sang and Ulrich answer these questions by examining the stories of eight well-known and respected companies that have entered China. They study: How Norwegian Cruise Line's entry into China displays how cultural differences can boost or sink different companies; How Intel, one of the oldest, most respected firms in Silicon Valley, thrived in a country that seems to favor agile upstarts; How Zegna, the Italian luxury brand, has emerged as another surprising success story and how it plans to navigate new headwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic.Through these engaging and illuminating stories, Sang and Ulrich offer a framework and path for organizations looking for a way to successfully enter the world's largest economy. History can be a teacher, and China, a country with 3,500 years of written history, has much to teach.Trade Review"China isn't easy for anyone, and many foreign players have stumbled. But Lele Sang and Karl Ulrich have done meticulous firsthand research and shown that it is absolutely winnable, no matter your origins or industry. Rather than cherry pick successes, they've picked a spectrum of instructive case studies that will help anyone with an interest in the Chinese market to maximize their chances, and they give straightforward, actionable advice. Read it!" * Rui Ma, Creator and Co-Host of Techbuzz China *"How does a foreign business gain a foothold in the vast Chinese economy? In this slim volume, Sang and Ulrich present a series of case studies of companies that have succeeded and failed in the enticingly large, albeit potentially disastrous, market . . . . One standout portion involves Norwegian Cruise Line, which, in its attempt to tailor to the wants of Chinese customers, went so far as to design the ship Joy to cater to their specific needs. Things did not ultimately tilt in Norwegian's favor yet the details illustrate just how far a company will go in trying to crack a lucrative market—and how it can come up short even with its best effort. A navigable, sprightly primer on an often elusive Asian market." * Kirkus Reviews *"As China's strong post-COVID rebound recharges its magnetic attraction for foreign firms, Winning in China provides invaluable, practical and actionable lessons for anyone thinking of entering the massive but brutally competitive and politically challenging Chinese market—based on fascinating, well-researched and easy-to-read case studies of success and failure over the past two decades by some of the world's iconic companies." * Geoffrey Garrett, Dean, USC Marshall School of Business *

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Book SynopsisDiscover how Japan's new leadership model has transformed its top companies and created a new paradigm for business successIn Resolute Japan, Waseda University's Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School's Harbir Singh and Michael Useem reveal a new leadership model that has led Japan's corporations to make a stunning comeback. In the process, they share what they have learned from interviews with more than 100 CEOs and top executives of Japan's largest and most influential companies, including Hitachi, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, NTT, and Panasonic.In this book, you will discover:+ How Japan's new leadership model has led to superior performance in the stock market and beyond;+ The core principles and practices that characterize Japan's new leadership model and how they differ from the old models;+ How Japan's new leadership model enables companies to balance multiple and often conflicting objectives, such as shareholder value and social

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Book SynopsisDiscover how Japan's new leadership model has transformed its top companies and created a new paradigm for business successIn Resolute Japan, Waseda University's Jusuke J. J. Ikegami and the Wharton School's Harbir Singh and Michael Useem reveal a new leadership model that has led Japan's corporations to make a stunning comeback. In the process, they share what they have learned from interviews with more than 100 CEOs and top executives of Japan's largest and most influential companies, including Hitachi, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, NTT, and Panasonic.In this book, you will discover:+ How Japan's new leadership model has led to superior performance in the stock market and beyond;+ The core principles and practices that characterize Japan's new leadership model and how they differ from the old models;+ How Japan's new leadership model enables companies to balance multiple and often conflicting objectives, such as shareholder value and social

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Book SynopsisCan this really be true? Can you really get what you want in life without using cash? The answer is yes, and it is done every day. In this ground-breaking book you will learn how governments, businesses, and even individuals have all been using the ancient practice of Barter to their benefit for centuries. Barter today is no longer about a Farmer trading chickens for a Doctors time. It has evolved into a highly sophisticated financial instrument. Although the book is about barter trade it will stretch your mind and stimulate your imagination more than you ever thought was possible, and you will learn a secret that is said to be known to only 500 people around the world. David Wagenvoord is a legend in his own right, and one of the world icons, when it comes to Barter trade. He is often referred to as the father of Radio Barter. Having been involved in trade for over 40 years. He has done over half a billion dollars worth of Barter Trade, his clients have included some of the icons of American business, including American Express, Hertz, Chrysler, General Motors, Sheraton, DHL, Hilton, to mention a few. Ali Pervez is one of America’s leading marketing experts, and an International Marketing Consultant, with over twenty five years of hands on global marketing experience. He is a best-selling marketing author of ""Get Your Black Belt in Marketing"". For the first time in history both David and Ali reveal how you can unleash the power of barter trade in your business and personnel life. With Barter trade, the sky is not the limit it really is just the beginning. Welcome to a new universe where you will find that no cash is really no problem will soon hold true for you also!

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Book SynopsisThis book is written in the french language. Henri Savall gives his insight on the economic crises in organizations.

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Book SynopsisChina is the world''s largest agricultural economy and the leading producer and consumer of many agricultural commodities. In recent years, its massive population and tremendous income growth have fuelled a rapid increase in both the quantity and quality of food and fibre consumed. While China has met much of its needs by increasing domestic production, it has also emerged as a leading global importer of several agricultural commodities, including cotton, soy beans, vegetable oils, and hides and skins. China''s increase in imports has benefited its trade partners significantly, but only for a narrow range of products. This book provides information and analysis regarding the conditions of competition in China''s agricultural market and trade and their effects on U.S. agricultural exports.

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Book SynopsisFor many years, the U.S. government has played an active role in promoting U.S. commercial export of goods and services by administering various forms of export assistance through federal government agencies. Congress has had a long-standing interest in the effectiveness and efficiency of federal export promotion activities and may exercise export promotion authority in a number of ways, including through oversight, authorization, and funding roles. The recent global economic downturn has renewed congressional interest in U.S. government efforts to expand U.S. exports levels. This book discusses and analyses U.S. export trends to provide context and federal export promotion efforts, with a focus on the National Export Initiative (NEI) and policy issues raised for Congress by such activities.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes the position that successful OD applications in cross-cultural settings are predicated on the ability of OD experts to localise them for purposes of suiting local conditions and context. Cultural frameworks have been utilised by global OD experts to understand the general cultural settings of environments in which they are working and applying OD techniques. However, the complexities of culture within organisations, communities and countries may not always be understood within these cultural frameworks and models. Assumptions of culture based or reliant on models alone can impede the successful applications of OD. The author discusses the role of cultural translations of OD techniques within a southern African context. It examines the approach of western consultants in a southern African environment as well as the approach of local southern African consultants as they interact with western developed OD applications in their own local environments.The book uses three methods for conveying the opportunities and experience of OD in southern Africa: research, practitioner point of view, and storytelling. The author recognises the works of renowned African scholars in the field of management as well OD practitioners carrying out innovative and pioneering work in southern Africa. Their work may not have had much exposure in the West; however, their contributions to the field of management should be recognised. OD is discussed in this book as an opportunity for change and development for southern African countries that are in democratic transitions, post conflict environments and on a path of development. The future of OD is explored within the context of economical, global and political emerging issues. The time is right for change and development in southern Africa with OD as the driving force.

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Book SynopsisLike Advanced Economies and Emerging Markets, the 'flagship' book of the series, from which this book is derived, Doing Business in Emerging Markets recognizes that there is intense competition among emerging markets to capture their share of the global economy. The series addresses questions that are germane to accomplishing this goal. Most important to this end is the study and practice of international business and foreign trade. Undertaking such a study raises many questions which the series will attempt to answer: Why are emerging markets and the firms doing business in them internationalizing so aggressively; and why in the past decade has the pace of internationalization accelerated so rapidly? What competitive advantages do these emerging economies enjoy in comparison to advanced economies, such as the G20, and what are the origins of those advantages? This volume is devoted to presenting the practical aspects and challenges of doing business in global emerging markets.

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