International business

An analysis of the development of Latin American multinational companies, based on a wide range of statistical data.

Since China has now become the world's largest energy consumer, its energy sector has understandably huge implications for the global economy.

Global diversity and inclusion management practice is in a state of arrested development.

Japan and Germany have faced very similar challenges, namely ageing populations, changing employment structures, and globalization.

This timely and highly relevant book refocuses the discussion on supply chain innovation for an era of unprecedented challenges and opportunities in global supply chain operations.

International trade and investment have flourished globally but nowhere so spectacularly as in the Asia-Pacific region.

This book examines the vital nature of the subject of leadership in Asia and looks, in particular, at the processes and practices within the Asia Pacific region.

During the first three decades following the Second World War, an increasingly open international trading system led to unprecedented economic growth throughout the world.

Guides policy makers through implementation of public-private partnerships, legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and mobilizing public and private finance.

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An overview of the economic issues that are involved in the privatisation of firms, previously under public control.

The process of globalization has brought about countless changes in societies, communities, regions and economies across the globe.

Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, new forms of working together have been developed, such as global or local virtual team collaboration or extensive work-from-home.

This book places special focus on the importance of trust building, particularly in economies where formal legal arrangements are lacking.

From something as simple as finding a distributor to as complex as founding an overseas operation.

This book provides a flight plan for riding the impending connectivity transformation curve.

This book presents a collection of nine studies which contribute to a more robust and richer understanding of entrepreneurship, self-employment and retirement in a diversity of settings, including the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore and the US, by drawing on both qualitative and quantitative data.

This book features a selection of papers presented at the 15th International Conference "e;Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries"e; (EBEEC), held at the University of the Aegean in Chios, Greece, May 12-14, 2023.

Does guanxi still matter in 21st century Chinese business and management?

The most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the successes and failures of 27 countries post-communism transformation.

Exploring the practices developed by remote teams to maintain trust across cultures, this book offers both theoretical and practical resources to enable better working in challenging contexts of project work.

The United States, Canada and the New International Economic Order examines obstacles as well as opportunities associated with efforts to create a more equitable New International Economic Order (NIEO), with emphasis on the United States and Canada.

Analyzes how emerging market firms upgrade their capabilities to compete globally despite operating in challenging home country environments.

Examining the relationship between law and social change in the context of employees' everyday problems with sexual harassment, this volume elaborates a framework for studying the role of law in everyday acts of resistance - what the author calls the legal consciousness of injustice.

Corporate governance, executive pay, child labour and control of industrial pollution are issues that all companies must face.

This book presents economic research on global paradigm shifts after the COVID-19 crisis.

Finance is key to every business organisation as well as outside.

The Oxford Handbook of the Corporation assesses the contemporary relevance, purpose, and performance of the corporation.

Drucker on Asia is written in two parts (Times of Challenge & Time to Reinvent) which is the result of a dialogue between Peter Drucker and Isao Nakauchi on international themes.

Introduces the emerging field of brand law and explores its interaction with the economics of modern branding.

Exploring global career issues in-depth, this important collection works at the intersection of career management and international HRM.

This book, first published in 1996, focuses on the possible (but problematic) emergence of a so-called 'Greater China' encompassing mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the economic reforms, inward investment, spatial disparities, and changes to business culture that would ensue.

President Trump has raised the intriguing question of bringing the manufacturing of companies like Apple back from China to the U.

This book is a collection of articles on the author's thinking and analysis of China's problems by using the mainstream economic methods.

How one small tech company got smart about social media and became "e;China's new smartphone king"e; (CNN)In this exclusive inside look at the phenomenal rise of Xiaomi the new smartphone company that s giving Apple a run for their money cofounder Li Wanqiang shares the secrets behind the viral marketing techniques, R&D innovations, and user-driven excitement that turned a small tech start-up into a world-class player.

This volume of the Academy of International Business series looks at International Business in the context of a rapidly changing Europe.

A remarkable fifteen Nordic family businesses are among the 500 biggest companies in the world and the Nordic countries have more dynasties than most others per capita and in GDP terms.

This book documents and explains how strategic human resource management (SHRM) and high performance work systems (HPWS) have been adopted among indigenous enterprises, namely state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and domestic private enterprises (DPEs) in China, from both management and employee perspectives.

The author of this thought provoking addition to Gower's Transformation and Innovation Series has worked as a management consultant in the Arab Middle East for 25 years.

The edited volume presents the conference proceedings from the "e;Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Operational Psychology Conference 2023"e; (SEIGOP 2023), organized by the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA) at James Cook University, Singapore.

Most commonly accepted economic "e;facts"e; are wrong Here's the unvarnished, politically incorrect truth.

Using theory, empirical research, and case studies, this book explores the changing nature of business in Africa and how businesses can actively contribute to the development of Africa.

Since the global financial crisis of 2008/09, international cooperation has failed to curb volatile financial markets.

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

International Trade, Labor Relations, and Bargaining Power: International Strawberry Commodity Networks examines power in the commercial food system through the history of always available strawberries.

The approach to managing human resources has changed significantly in China over the last twenty-five years as its transformation from a state planned economy to a market-oriented economy continues.

This book explores and analyzes cooperative management and provides insight into how Korea's consumer cooperatives have evolved and been managed.