International business

This collection of seminal readings in international political economy charts the historical and theoretical evolution of the field from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Conventional wisdom holds that China's burgeoning economic power has reduced the United States to little more than a customer of Beijing.

Exploring Culture brings Geert Hofstede's five dimensions of national culture to life.

This companion provides broad and in-depth insights into family business in Asia and how Asian family firms navigate in the digital economy.

Events, including repeat annual events, have the unique ability to drive sustainable tourism to certain areas and regions and to generate economic benefits for local communities.

This is one of the first books of its kind to highlight family firms in a Latin American context, helping students to understand the distinctive nature and challenges of Latin American family businesses and how these issues compare to family businesses around the world.

A rigorous analysis of how the innovative practices of emerging multinationals from the BRIC countries are transforming global competition.

Although literature on corporate social responsibility is vast, research into the use and effectiveness of various communications through digital platforms about such corporate responsibility is scarce.

This book deals with both the understanding of, and the explanation of, knowledge about the causes, processes, and patterns of convergence innovation.

Given the strong migration trends in our society all over the years, this handbook addresses the upcoming topic of migrant entrepreneurship in all its colourful facets.

Taking a strategic imperative perspective, this book introduces business leaders to a key differentiator that contributes to competitive advantage and financial sustainability: cultural competence.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Offers a guide to the concepts essential for understanding macroeconomic analysis and policies at a practical level.

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First published in 1981, this edited collection reviews the operations of state-owned enterprises, examining the actual performance of such organisations in the advanced industrialised countries.

The post-2008 financial regulatory reforms do not fully appreciated the critical role of the supervisory model in attaining financial stability.

The 133rd edition of The Statesman's Year-Book is completely revised and updated.

The art market is worth billions globally, despite the effects of the Covid-19 health pandemic.

The Global Economy: A Concise History traces the history of the global economy over the past thousand years.

Software Engineering Approaches to Enable Digital Transformation Technologies features contributions reflecting ideas and research in enabling digital transformation technologies through software engineering.

Difference in the levels of progress between developed and developing countries poses significant challenges for firms from the developing world to operate successfully in markets in the developed world.

In this new book, Hara, Kambayashi and Matsushima gather together a collection of case studies of innovation in various industries in modern Japan, including automobile, electronics, semiconductor, component, chemical, pharmaceutical and service industries.

This text remains the only book to analyse corporate internal investigations on an international level, covering the applicable law in each jurisdiction and providing guidance on how an integrated international investigation should be conducted.

'Today, Fair Trade finds itself at a crucial point in its evolution from alternative trading mechanism to a mainstream economic model.

National oil companies are big business with about 80 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, and they are crucial to the world's energy supplies.

This book, first published in 1988, examines the nature of trade agreements with Chinese companies, and is divided into three parts which are arranged in accordance with the stages of development: from a trade talk to the final stage of a contract.

International Joint Ventures (IJVs) combine the resources of local and foreign firms to create independent business entities, however, their failure rate is high.

This book assesses Chinese acquisitions in developed countries, evaluates the drivers and opportunities and, above all, explores the major operational challenges.

This book provides a systematic view of current and future research perspectives on intercultural knowledge sharing and offers a model for the growth of organizational knowledge in the digital age.

Cultural entrepreneurship uses culture as a way to understand innovative business ventures.

The growth of entrepreneurship in South Korea has turned the country into an economic powerhouse.

Many business-to-business (B2B) managers think that customers act rationally and base decisions mostly on price, customer loyalty isn't considered.

Providing in-depth analysis, this book enables readers to understand the theoretical aspects of personal selling and explores the difficulties of selling services which are sensitive to cultural, age and gender differences, and to customers originating from diverse cultural zones.

An international consensus approach to patent remedies treating complex products such as smartphones, computer networks, and the Internet of Things.

India is the largest provider of generic drugs globally.

A unique Chinese perspective on the superpower's fast-growing influence in world affiarsIn Prosperity in China, China s leading scholars weigh in on the nation's remarkable achievements, its obligations as a growing superpower, its relationships with Western nations, and the challenges it faces in the 21st Century.

Providing a deeper understanding of leadership, followership theory, and the follower as servant leader, this book provides employee and follower perspectives of servant leadership in the workplace.

There are few industries, if any untouched by global competitive forces.

The West cannot afford to ignore China.

Creative Arts Marketing third edition is a long-awaited update of a classic and influential text.

Good, bad, or indifferent, every customer has an experience with your company and the products or services you provide.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of issues in trade law and EU pharmaceutical law concerning market access for traditional Chinese medicinal products.

The period of economic decline during the 1990s produced a wave of studies focusing on the failure of Japanese management according to western criteria.

Regional management has taken on a new role and is becoming more important.

Trade Unions and Regions: Better Work, Experimentation, and Regional Governance is about the place of workers and their unions in the modern world.

Dealing with cultural differences isn't just an intellectual exercise.

Strategic management has traditionally concerned itself with delivering objectives based on an assessment of resources and the market environment.

This book examines how Russia's entrepreneurs operate in a business environment beset with risk and uncertainty.

Taking readers through the nature and realities of employee voice across the Global North, this book identifies the significance and effects of contexts, cultures, web and social media, and dissimilarity of institutional factors in enhancing employee voice or promoting silence.