International business Books
Nova Science Publishers Inc Extent of Marketization of Economic Systems in
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.
£79.04
Nova Science Publishers Inc Small & Medium Enterprises in Asian Pacific
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.
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc African Growth & Opportunity Act: An
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.
£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Trade Barriers and China
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Global Entrepreneurship: Analyses of Performance
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Agricultural Trade in China
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.
£212.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc U.S.- EU Regulatory Cooperation
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Raising U.S. Exports: Federal Promotion Efforts &
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.
£49.59
Management Books 2000 Ltd Talking With The New Business Dragons: The
Book SynopsisThe first edition of this pocket-size volume, written by international businessman, sinologist and inter-cultural expert, Melville Petrie, was warmly received in UK and across Europe by Western businessmen and women embarking on the China Trade. Impressed by his colleague Yingshi Helsby's unique grasp of how the Chinese culture and British cultures interact due to her own upbringing and life experiences across China and Asia, Petrie invited her to co-author this second edition. Yingshi brings a wealth of experience of business and oriental working practices to the attention of our readers. This rewritten second edition offers enhanced depth and updated guidance in the wake of seismic global economic change through which China has grown wealthier and wealthier. Immensely readable and relevant, this thought-provoking book takes a structured and knowledgeable view of The People's Republic of China as it both develops as a modern society and takes on an increasingly influential geo-political role on the world stage. Yingshi explains how thousands of years of Chinese philosophy and religion still affect everyday life and business in China today. Melville Petrie's innovative analysis of business behaviours explains why Chinese and Westerners behave the way they do and gives guidance in putting together strategy and rolling out business. Yingshi covers many important aspects of how to do business with Chinese in detail, including language tips, advice on business cards, and why you should have your own interpreter for important negotiation or meetings. Busy executives can quickly come to grips with why things happen the way they do, manage "guanxi" effectively and trade successfully in China.Trade Review"Provides essential insights into the changing China business environment, its people and how to trade and do business successfully." Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG "Essential reading for anyone with, or looking to develop, business interests in China." Chartered Institute of Management "Melville Petrie has spent most of his working life in Greater China and so is well placed to provide expert input about the dos and don'ts of how foreigners conduct business [there]." China-Britain Business Council
£14.24
New Dawn Press Quest for Excellence Through Globalisation
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Art of Going Global: A Practical Guide to a
Book SynopsisInternationalizing your firm presents both exciting opportunities and daunting challenges, regardless of your industry. While strategy will vary from firm to firm, this book provides a solid set of decision-making tools that will support you as you take your company global. Starting with the most important step – cultivating a truly international perspective in your senior management team – it sets out the pros and cons of each choice you will face as you define and shape a global strategy. With a pragmatic toolkit provided at the end of each chapter, The Art of Going Global will help to improve your decision-making capabilities in relation to a range of challenges, including:· Selecting foreign markets · Adapting your business model· Navigating uncertain global markets· Managing across cultures· Choosing between entry mode options With case studies and insights illustrating how to apply each toolkit, this book is ideal for practitioners, MBA students, and those in executive education. It will help you to consider a variety of alternative solutions for key managerial decisions on internationalization, the costs and benefits of different strategic scenarios, and ultimately drive you to create a clear global vision for your firm. Table of Contents1. Is Your Business Reaching its Full Potential in Global Markets?.- 2. Global E-E-E Mindset: Empathy, Ethics and Engagement.- 3. How to Enter a Foreign Market.- 4. Implementing Internationalization Strategy: People's Issue.
£22.49
De Gruyter The Economic and Legal Foundations of Managing
Book Synopsis Innovation is of critical value in the modern global economy, as it performs several important economic functions. The first is related to supporting the sustainability of socio-economic systems, preventing the emergence of crises and, if they do occur, providing solutions to overcome their consequences. Secondly, innovation allows for the activation of economic growth and social progress through the rationalization of economic activities. Thirdly, innovation supports the global competitiveness of economic systems, allowing for the specialization of production and sales of unique goods that are in high demand in both domestic and global markets. At the same time, innovational development in economic systems is required to mitigate the high levels of risk and requires both effective management and a reliable normative and legal foundation. This book studies the economic and legal foundations of managing the innovational development of economic systems from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together the thoughts of international scholars in management, economics and law.
£59.25
De Gruyter Towards an Elite Theory of Economic Development
Book SynopsisInstitutions are outcomes of elite agency. Leveraging ideas from economics, sociology, politics, and management, this book proposes an elite theory of economic development'. The overarching goal is to foster sustainable value creation at the elite business model level. This work also aims to contribute to transformational leadership, and links are made to the annual Elite Quality Index (EQx), a measure of the value creation of national elites.
£47.77
Koehlers Verlagsgsellschaft Guterstrome Der Welt : The Global Cargo Flow
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£24.75
PHI Learning International Financial Management
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£13.12
PHI Learning International Business: Text and Cases
Book SynopsisThe Fourth Edition of this international business text by Professor Francis Cherunilam offers updated content, case studies, and Indian examples, catering to students and practicing managers. New features include updated information, chapter summaries, model questions, boxes, tables, and marginal notes.
£999.99
Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd Corporate Governance in India: An Evaluation
Book SynopsisComprehensive analysis of corporate governance practices in India and globally, including principles, evolution, structures, and processes. Features case studies of Indian companies, updated content on CSR and environmental issues, and recommendations for governance reforms. Aimed at students and professionals in management, law, and commerce.
£11.19
PHI Learning International Business: Text and Cases
Book SynopsisFifth Edition of widely adopted international business text by Professor Cherunilam offers updated data, Indian examples, and case studies. Latest information and tables included in this edition. Valuable resource for management students and practitioners interested in international business.
£17.96
Excel Books Emerging Trends in International Business and
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Excel Books Managing Global Business A Strategic Perspective
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Excel Books Managing Global Business: A Strategic Perspective
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£19.88
Deep & Deep Publications International Business with Asian Countries
Book SynopsisThe book examines economic cooperation in Southeast Asia through trade and investment, analyzing globalization's impact, recent developments, challenges, and prospects in international trade with Asian countries. It uses a strategic management approach to address practical and theoretical issues in managing international business effectively.
£999.99
Jaico Publishing House Culture and International Business
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Pentagon Press Global Business Negotiation
Book SynopsisIn past two decades, Globalization has activated and propelled the process of integration of nation economy with the global economy through virtual removal of all conceivable forms trade barriers across geopolitical boundaries. This, in turn, has opened-up enormous new vista of trade opportunities for international trading players and partners for business expansion ventures through multilateral contracts, deals and negotiations in all sectors of economy. Hence, to move on with the fast changing global economy the shape of things to come should be to resort to 'Break-through negotiation' in most innovative, imaginative an challenging way to overcome cross-cultural and geopolitical barriers often confronted with in dealing global businesses. Within the broad parameters of this central theme, the Book on Global Business Negotiation provides a comprehensive treatise on the emerging concepts of global trade negotiations as are relevant and applicable in modern times to increasingly diverse, complex and hyper-competitive business environment. The book not only seeks to provide a broad framework of the processes, premises, various modalities as well as conditionality in which to conduct negotiations to eventually create a win-win situation, but also hopefully attempts to expose the readers to practical insights and live examples of successful negotiations that are actually happening in challenging business environment.
£999.99
Copenhagen Business School Press Strategies in Emerging Markets: A Case Book on
Book SynopsisThis book presents seven case studies of large Danish investment companies in India and China. The case studies provide intriguing perspectives on the strategic and managerial challenges and opportunities facing Western multinational corporations operating in these two Asian giants. The case studies encourage readers to adopt a decision maker''s perspective, targeting students and managers interested in multinational corporation strategy in emerging markets.
£18.00
Westland Publications Limited Make it in India: Global Ceos, Indo-US Insights
Book Synopsis"Make it In India" offers CEO insights on successful international business in India and abroad, focusing on negotiations, gender diversity, and efficiency. The book aims to improve India-USA working relationships by addressing infrastructure, technology, and talent needs.
£8.99
Blacksmith Books Getting Along with the Chinese: For Fun & Profit
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Oxford University Press The KnowledgeCreating Company How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation
Book SynopsisHow has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally skilful at imitation, at improving products that already exist. But now two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hiro Takeuchi, turn this conventional wisdom on its head: Japanese firms are successful, they contend, precisely because they are innovative, because they create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies.Examining case studies drawn from such firms as Honda, Canon, Matsushita, NEC, 3M, GE, and the U.S. Marines, this book reveals how Japanese companies translate tacit to explicit knowledge and use it to produce new processes, products, and services.Trade ReviewWhen the authors detail specific examples of knowledge creation, the reader's interest awakens. * The Wall Street Journal *Nonaka and Tekuchi demonstrate for the reader how it is possible to transfer tacit knowledge into explicit, which in turn is used to create new knowledge. * Knowledge Management, June 2000 *Nonaka is indispensable. * Financial Times *Nonaka and Takeuchi have written an academic study that summarises their theories and presents case studies illustrative to a western audience ... a guide to practitioners, based on materials for workshops and consultancy by the authors. * Financial Times *Provides a perceptive and very relevant analysis of how Japanese companies go about creating new knowledge organizationally ... One of the most valuable new books I have covered ... for some time. * Long Range Planning *The book, an esoteric mixture of philosophy and practical guidance, has been a business bestseller in the US. * Charles Leadbeater, Financial Times *
£40.04
Oxford University Press, USA Engineered in Japan Japanese Technology Management Practices Japan Business and Economics Series
Book SynopsisThis book provides a range of empirical studies on how Japanese and US firms manage critical aspects of technology development and deployment. Among the industries discussed are electronics, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles. Almost all of the research has not been previously published.Trade ReviewThe particular benefit of this book is that it distinguishes a technology life cycle and analyzes each of its stages: research and development, process and product development, manufacturing management and methods, technology deployment, and organizational learning. * Booklist *Table of ContentsContributors 1: Jeffrey K. Liker, John E. Ettlie, and John Creighton Campbell: Engineering in Japan: Introduction and Overview I. Applied R&D 2: David T. Methé: Basic Research in Japanese Electronic Companies: An Attempt at Establishing New Organizational Routines 3: Thomas Roehl, Will Mitchell, and Ronald J. Slattery: The Growth of R&D Investment and Organizational Changes by Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms, 1975-1993 4: Howard E. Aldrich and Toshihiro Sasaki: Governance Structure and Technology Transfer Management in R&D Consortia in the United States and Japan 5: Richard N. Osborn and C. Christopher Baughn: Governing United States - Japan High-Technoloy Alliances II. Product-Process Development Practices 6: Daniel E. Whitney: Nippondenso Co. Ltd.: A Case Study of Strategic Product Design 7: Jeffrey K. Liker, Rajan R. Kamath, S. Nazli Wasti, and Mitsuo Nagamachi: Integrating Suppliers into Fast-Cycle Product Development 8: Allen Ward, Durward K. Sobek II, John J. Cristiano, and Jeffrey K. Liker: Toyota, Concurrent Engineering, and Set-Based Design 9: W. Mark Fruin: Competing in the Old-Fashioned Way: Localizing and Integrating Knowledge Resources in Fast-to-Market Competition III. Manufacturing Methods and Management 10: Patrick C. Hammett, Walton M. Hancock, and Jay S. Baron: Producing a World-Class Automotive Body 11: Izak Duenyas, John W. Fowler, and Lee Schruben: Japan's Development of Scheduling Methods for Manufacturing Semiconductors 12: John E. Ettlie and Peter Swan: U.S.-Japanese Manufacturing Joint Ventures and Equity Relationships IV. Technology Deployment and Organizational Learning 13: John Creighton Campbell: Culture, Innovative Borrowing, and Technology Management 14: Mary Yoko Brannen: Does Culture Matter? Negotiating a Complementary Culture to Support Technological Innovation 15: Thomas Y. Choi and S. Nazli Wasti: Institutional Pressures and Organizational Learning: The Case of American-Owned Automotive-Parts Suppliers and Japanese Shop-Floor Production Methods 16: Robert E. Cole: Reflections on Organizational Learning in U.S. and Japanese Industry 17: Jeffrey K. Liker, John E. Ettlie, and Allen C. Ward: Managing Technology Systemically: Common Themes Index
£166.25
Oxford University Press, USA A History of Top Management in Japan Managerial Enterprises and Family Enterprises
Book SynopsisAnalyses the history of management in Japan in conceptual terms based on the work of Alfred Chandler. The book demonstrates the difference between family-owned firms and professionally managed firms. The author uses this framework to explore the development of managerial capability and the evolution of managerial systems in Japan. The book was first published in Japanese in 1996.Trade ReviewThe book is a 'must-read' book for both academics and practitioners who are interested in learning the contexts behind the rise and fall of the family enterprises and the managerial enterprises in Japan. * Asia Pacific Journal of Management *Rich and detailed examples of the Japanese enterprises as well as the author's unique insights and analyses will surely draw prospective readers' interest. * Asia Pacific Journal of Management *... very well written and easy to read. * Asia Pacific Journal of Management *Table of ContentsList of Tables Translator's Note 1: Theoretical Problems Regarding Managerial Enterprises and Family Enterprises 2: The Transition from a Family Enterprise to a Managerial Enterprise 3: Development of Managerial Enterprises in Japan 4: Family Enterprises in Japan Today 5: The Conquest of the Managerial Enterprise Notes Index
£57.00
Oxford University Press, USA The Art of Chinese Management Theory Evidence and Applications
Book SynopsisThis work offers a large-scale empirical survey of Chinese organization in mainland China, with a special focus on the previously neglected private enterprises. It combines theory development, such as the "Web-based Chinese Management" model, with practical advice.Trade ReviewThis is one of the more intriguing books on management in China to be published in the last few years. ... a fascinating account with many insights. * Morgen Witzel, Human Systems Management *Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction and development of Theory - Laying The Groundwork Setting the stage - The Miraculous rebirth of private enterprise in China A new distinctive framework of Web-based Chinese Management (WCM) Part II: Empirical Findings - Establishing the Fact Base Distinctive characteristics of Chinese management Influencing factors of structure and management in China Organizational effectiveness of Chinese companies Part III: Practical Applications - Using the Facts for Design The Organization of the Future: WCM as a Model for the 21st Century? Achieving Excellence in China: Key Success Factors in the Land of Dragons Conclusions and Research Outlook - A Glorious Past, Challenging Present and Bright Future Ahead for China? The art of Chinese management? - Change the present to restore the past Appendix Detailed survey methodology Qualitative research design Research Models Glossary Name Index Subject Index Bibliography
£63.65
Oxford University Press Navigation by Judgment Why and When TopDown Management of Foreign Aid Doesnt Work
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Oxford University Press Global Production Networks
Book SynopsisAccelerating processes of economic globalization have fundamentally reshaped the organization of the global economy towards much greater integration and functional interdependence through cross-border economic activity. In this interconnected world system, a new form of economic organization has emerged: Global Production Networks (GPNs). This brings together a wide array of economic actors, most notably capitalist firms, state institutions, labour unions, consumers and non-government organizations, in the transnational production of economic value. National and sub-national economic development in this highly interdependent global economy can no longer be conceived of, and understood within, the distinct territorial boundaries of individual countries and regions. Instead, global production networks are organizational platforms through which actors in these different national or regional economies compete and cooperate for a larger share of the creation, transformation, and capture of Trade ReviewCoe and Yeungs Global Production Networks is a significant addition to the diverse and rapidly growing literature on international economic development . . . The book contains numerous insights and hypotheses that can guide future empirical research, and it is likely to both sharpen theoretical debates and offer grounds for constructive dialogue among the many scholars who look at economic development through the lens of inter-firm production networks. * Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Duke University *This book provides an important contribution to analysis of the growing complexity of global production networks. It is published at a key juncture given rapid expansion of consumer end-markets within the global South. Its exploration of the implications for uneven economic development is essential for assessing varied strategic options facing diverse actors in the contemporary global economy. * Stephanie Barrientos, Professor of Global Development, University of Manchester *This book is a major and original contribution to the study of the global economy, and unique in the ways in which it provide a rigorous conceptual map of the dynamic and geographical complexities of the current global economy. It is, by far, the fullest and most significant book on global production networks to date. It is a major achievement and will be an important work in economic geography and economic sociology. * John Pickles, Earl N. Phillips Distinguished Professor of International Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 20/04/15 *Given the absence of a book-length treatment of GPN's by the extant literature, the value-add offered by Coe and Yeung in terms of delineating unified casual explainations for the rise and persistence of GPN's is timely and noteworthy. Across its six chapters, the book is cognizant of complementary aproaches, and seeks to inform subsequent empirical exploration by attempting conceptual development of the GPN framework. Coe and Young proceed to profile the actors involved in GPN's as well as the characteristics of these networks in Chapter 2. This is a key strength of the book, where the role of actors ex-firms such as the state, international organisations, and intermediaries are acknowledged and scrutinised for their impact on overall firm activity. Coe and Yeung have done an excellent job in illuminating a fundamental puzzle involving the evolution of production in the world economy, even as they develop a coherent theory of GPN's.Table of Contents1. Global production networks 2.0 ; 2. Organization ; 3. Dynamics ; 4. Strategies ; 5. Development ; 6. Praxis
£35.62
Oxford University Press, USA Universal Banking
Book SynopsisThe deregulation and disintermediation process, the globalization of financial markets, the emergence of new competitors, and the introduction of new information technologies have brought about profound changes in the banking industry. Banks have lost market share and show decreasing economic performance. In the wake of this Professor Canals addresses several important questions: are universal banks bound to disappear? What is the role of universal banks in modern financial markets? What should banks'' strategic reactions be to those changes in the industry?Table of Contents1. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE BANKING INDUSTRY AND THE THEORY OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION ; 2. CAPITAL MARKETS VERSUS BANK INTERMEDIATION ; 3. THE SEPARATION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT BANKING: THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES ; 4. UNIVERSAL BANKS VERSUS SPECIALIZED BANKS ; 5. UNIVERSAL BANKS AND BANK/NON-FINANCIAL COMPANY GROUPS ; 6. GERMANY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BANKS AND NON-FINANCIAL COMPANIES ; 7. THE JAPANESE MAIN BANK SYSTEM AND ITS INFLUENCE ON INDUSTRY ; 8. THE SPANISH FINANCIAL MODEL ; 9. THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF BANKING ; 10. NEW ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS IN BANKING ; 11. UNIVERSAL BANKS, SPECIALIZED BANKS, AND THE REGULATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES ; 12. THE FUTURE OF BANKING: SOME FINAL IDEAS
£157.50
Oxford University Press, USA The Global Environment of Business
Book SynopsisFrederick Guy''s The Global Environment of Business offers a multi-dimensional analysis of the environment in which international business operates. International: How do multi-national corporations, nation states, regional trade blocs, markets, and global institutions interact to shape the international economic system? Who wins and who loses when the economy internationalizes? Is internationalization leading to a global world, or a regional one? How will efforts to curtail and adapt to climate change affect international business?Technological and historical: How has the business environment been shaped by production systems, new methods of business organization, information and communication technology, transport, and the process of technological change itself?Comparative: How do institutional differences affect national specialization and economic performance? How do the business systems of Europe differ from that of the United States, or those of East Asia from those of Latin America? Why do location and face-to-face contact matter in an age of high-speed communication and cheap long-distance transportation? Why have some countries grown so fast while others remain poor?The Global Environment of Business draws on extensive research by economists, political scientists, sociologists, geographers, and business historians. There is more theory and academic debate here than in most books on the subject, but it is presented and explained clearly, and illustrated with lots of examples.Trade ReviewThe author has done the student and the general reader a great favor by weaving together many contributions into a single highly readable book...I am hopeful that many lecturers will chose to stretch into disciplines outside their specialties to make the best use of this uniquely integrative approach. They will be offering the student a rewarding educational experience. * Michael H. Best, Journal of International Business Studies *The book is a remarkable effort to provide an explanation of the current configuration of international business. Namely it tries to answer two key questions: What are the roots of the global corporation? Why did the Nation State accept to enter into a system of integrated markets?...this book should be part of any modern course on international business and/or globalization. * Francesco Bogliacino, Universidad EAFIT and RISE Group writing for Journal of Economics *This thoroughly researched, well written volume provides an extensive and careful investigation of how the complex relationship between policy, technology and the international business system has evolved in time. The approach is multidimensional, blending in a successful way international economics and international business with political economy and economic history. * Francesca Sanna-Randaccio, Professor of Economics, Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy *The Global Environment of Business is a fine text offering an analysis of the environment in which international business operates. From how multi-national corporations and nation states interact to shape the international economic system to how the economy internationalizes and how this can lead to a global world or a regional focus, this is packed with technological and historic assessments based on economic research and political science alike: perfect for any college-level business library. * Midwest Book Review *A unique book on international business providing all essential insights to comprehend the driving mechanisms of economic globalization. The clear presentation of the key intuitions of international trade theory makes this manuscript a main reference for all international business economists. * Cecilia Jona-Lasinio, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Luiss University, Rome, Italy15/04/2010 *I highly recommend, Frederick Guys The Global Environment of Business. It is rare to see a book that with such intellectual depth and breadth that can serve as a course textbook. * William Lazonick, Professor, Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, and Director, Center for Industrial Competitiveness University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA15/04/2010 *This is really the best textbook for a graduate student who studies the world economy. I will use it in my course. * Hiroyasu Uemura, Professor of Economics, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan *Table of ContentsPART I: BACKGROUND: TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, AND POLITICS ; 1. High Fixed Costs, Mass Production, and the Origins of the Large Corporation ; 2. Globalization Comes and Goes: the End of Free Trade in the Late 19th Century ; 3. Mass Production and Lean Production ; PART II: GLOBALIZATION ; 4. Globalization ; PART III: DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS ; 5. Clusters: Location in the Global Economy ; 6. Varieties of Capitalism ; 7. Up From Poverty: Some Issues in Economic Development ; PART IV: THE FUTURE ; 8. Regionalism, the Natural Environment, and the End of Global Market Liberalization
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Palgrave MacMillan UK ICT and Innovation in the Public Sector European Perspectives in the Making of Egovernment Technology Work and Globalization European Studies in the Making of EGovernment
Book SynopsisThis book originates from a multiple year research project on ICT and justice in a number of EU countries. Among the project's major objectives was the development of new methodologies for facilitating ICT-based innovation in the judiciary.Table of ContentsIntroduction; F. Contini and G. Francesco Lanzara PART I: PERSPECTIVES: ICT, INSTITUTIONS AND E-GOVERNMENT Building Digital Institutions: ICT and the Rise of Assemblages in Government; G. Francesco Lanzara How Institutions are Inscribed in Technical Objects and what it may mean in the case of the Internet; B. Czarniawska The Regulative Regime of Technology; J. Kallinikos ICT, Marketization and Bureaucracy in the UK Public Sector: Critique and Reappraisal; A. Cordella and L. Willcocks PART II: EXPERIENCES: ICT, INSTITUTIONAL COMPLEXITY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF E-SERVICES E-justice in Finland and in Italy: Enabling Versus Constraining Models; M. Fabri Aligning ICT and Legal Frameworks in Austria's e-bureaucracy: From Mainframe to the Internet; S. Koch and E. Bernroider Institutional Complexity and Functional Simplification: The Case of Money Claim Online Service in England and Wales; J. Kallinikos Assemblage-in-the-making: Developing the e-services for the Justice of the Peace Office in Italy; M. Velicogna and F. Contini ICT, Assemblages and Institutional Contexts: Understanding Multiple Development Paths; F. Contini
£44.99
Palgrave MacMillan Us CocaGlobalization Following Soft Drinks from New York to New Guinea
Book SynopsisThis book explores globalization through a historical and anthropological study of how familiar soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi became valued as more than mere commodities.Trade Review"Skillfully navigating the pitfalls of reading soft drinks as either a pat story of unmitigated coca-colonization on the one hand or autonomous local resistance on the other, Foster presents a persuasive case for both the openness and the constraints of the processes he traces." - Comparative Studies in Society and History "This is a great book. It is definitely worth incorporating in your teaching if you are a professor, and in your thinking if you are a human being who cares about people and our environment. Foster pulls together many strands of cultural anthropology to create a compelling story about how soft drink corporations are attempting to take over the world not just in terms of sales but also in terms of government and citizenship." - anthropologyworks.com "Neither a politically-correct polemic against corporations nor a paean to the glories of free trade, Coca-Globalization is a thoughtful look at how products can take on extraordinary meaning for human beings and how shareholders and soft drink consumers can have an impact on business decisions. - Mark Pendergrast, author of For God, Country & Coca-Cola and Uncommon Grounds "A profound, scholarly study that doggedly tracks down and records in detail the way Coca-Cola inhabits our world today. Foster s riveting presentation and analysis of Coca-Cola in Papua New Guinea is matched by his sensitivity to global issues of value, shareholder activism, and the environment. A firm foundation for a genuinely informed politics of consumption." - Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture, Department of Anthropology, University College London "The book is simply one of the most eloquently argued and clearly written texts on globalization that I have ever read." - Paige West, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University "Foster's retelling of the story of Coke asks that we not be lured into alarmist opposition to globalization simply because of the power and reach of an immense profit-driven global agent. Nor does his account prompt us to see the global relations of Coke as benign or ethically attuned to the fragility and creativity of local culture. Rather, it suggests that the sources of Coca-Cola's expansive power to affect politics, culture and material conditions can also be instruments for progressive consumer action - for the reformist political action of peoples as consumers." - Socialism and Democracy "The book brilliantly pursues [its] objectives . . . [Foster s] discussion is of such historical depth and analytic breadth that I cannot summarize it here" - American Anthropologist "Well beyond area specialism, the interest of Foster s book lies in the impressive details of his tracking of Coke along global commodity networks. Its originality lies in the sustained application of an approach to value formation that is derived from Callon et al. s (2002) notion that a product is the contingent outcome of a constant process of qualification." - Journal of Consumer CultureTable of ContentsIntroduction: Cola Connections and Worldly Things PART 1: SOFT DRINKS AND THE ECONOMY OF QUALITIES The Social Life of Worldly Things: Commodity Consumption and Globalization Globalizing Coca-Cola: The Multilocal Multinational Corporation Qualifying Products: Trademarks, Brands and Value-Creation A Network of Perspectives: The Meanings of Soft Drinks in Papua New Guinea PART 2: GLOBALIZATION, CITIZENSHIP AND THE POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION Corporations, Consumers and New Strategies of Citizenship Shareholder Activism: Consumer Citizenship Inside the Corporation Pouring Rights: Politics, Products, Agency and Change Conclusion: Product Networks and the Politics of Knowledge References
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MIT Press Lectures on International Trade second edition
Book SynopsisThe greatest strength of this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Lectures on International Trade is its rigorous algebraic and geometric treatment of the various models and results of trade theory. The authors, who now include Arvind Panagariya, offer both policy insights and empirical applications. They have added nine entirely new chapters as well as new sections to several existing chapters (e.g., a greatly expanded treatment of the growing theory of preferential trade agreements).
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Yale University Press In Chinas Shadow
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