The growing importance of projects in organizations, combined with difficulties in their implementation, is accompanied by the need for professional knowledge in the field of project management.
This book, first published in 1995, analyses both theoretically and empirically the effects of a material injury clause of the type found in the Trade Act of 1979 on the behaviour of the dumping or subsidised foreign and import-competing domestic industries.
Since 2008, while the global automotive manufacturing has been faltering, the Chinese auto industry has been swiftly transformed into the largest producer in the world.
Sustainability is normally considered to be about choices for the future being limited by decisions made in the present, and is frequently portrayed as concerning environmental issues alone.
The first management book to describe with numerous original examples, how successful leaders combine 'the three agendas' of strategy, leadership and followers' engagement.
Since the implementation of the European Directive on Takeover Bids, a European common legal framework governs regulation of takeovers in EU Members States.
Most of the established theories of economics, particularly of international trade, became obsolete in the new world trade and production architecture.
In this revealing book Peggy Chiu argues against the common belief that maximizing wealth is the primary concern of ordinary small shareholders when they make their share-buying decisions.
This concise overview of the practice and processes of management in the African context is the first of its kind, and the introductory volume in the new Essentials of Business and Management in Africa short-form textbook series.
The 25 years leading up to the international financial crisis have been depicted as 'capitalism unleashed', containing deregulation, privatisation, demutualisation and financialisation.
Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are a massive subset of the healthcare industry that negotiate lower costs for healthcare supplies by buying for several hospitals at once.
This textbook explores the theoretical and practical aspects of managing international business operations while also dealing with multi-cultural, multi-national and global issues of managing business expansion beyond the domestic market.
Reconfiguring Global Health Innovation presents the findings of multi-year research, contrasting experiences of different latecomer countries in building health innovation systems to cater to local needs.
This fully revised and updated fourth edition of International Business offers an action- focused, practical approach to the topic, helping students understand the global business environment and its repercussions for executives.
Re-issuing this successful book in its seventh edition the author starts with an overview of basic marketing concepts and their applicability on an international basis.
The book contains a wealth of detailed and fascinating case studies of New Public Management (NPM) in practice in the UK, exploring the enactment of NPM in its specific organizational contexts.
International Economics and Development: Essays in Honor of Raul Prebisch provides information pertinent to the developments in the field of international economies as it relates to the problems of the underdeveloped countries.
Since the process of liberalization and opening of markets in the 1990s, the emerging markets have created a thriving culture of entrepreneurship, creativity and global collaboration.
This book provides a critical insight into China's evolving socio-cultural relations with Islamic countries in the face of growing geopolitical uncertainty.
This book provides valuable insights into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) through a comprehensive examination of Vision 2030, an ambitious economic plan by the KSA to reinvent and diversify its economy from a heavy dependence on hydrocarbon to knowledge-based resources.
This edited collection explores how digitalization is changing the management of innovation, and the subsequent implications for the next phases in its development.
This book serves as a platform for the global community of halal researchers to share their insights on approaches to solve halal industry issues through science.
Wolfgang Berger und Dietmar Schrey übertragen mit der Methode Business Reframing Forschungsergebnisse aus Neurologie, Biologie, Resilienz, Immunologie, Psychologie u.
This volume explores how the idea of 'culture' is used and exploited by transnational managers to further their own ambitions and their companies' strategies for expansion.
This book provides a much needed 'middle ground' for risk practitioners who need an in-depth understanding of risk management without excessive formulae or theory.
