International business

This work describes California-based wine producer Robert Mondavi's failure to set up business in a small, world-renowned wine-producing village in southern France.

Incorporating an accurate measure of risk is important to the appraisal of an international investment.

There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty.

This book highlights current business practices in the emerging markets of China, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria and UAE, and explains how global competition has created a culture of competitiveness and an era of consumerism.

This 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.

This collection of essays comprises a number of case studies from key wine-growing regions and countries around the world.

This book introduces readers to the dynamic networks made up of businesses, NGOs and multilateral organizations that, for better and for worse, define corporate social responsibility (CSR) today.

Chinese business firms and their networks of personal and business relationships, are becoming increasingly important players in the global economy.

With China's accession to the WTO in Spring 2002 it is essential that Western investors and business people get an effective 'tool kit' which enables them to succeed in the highly competitive Chinese market and to deal with the issues and changes that the WTO will bring.

This book tells the story of China's emergence as a major economic power and the huge impact this will have on world business.

This book explores and analyzes the effects of the globalization strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on national and local development and highlights the implications of these effects for policy makers.

Management by Missions is the idea of distributing the corporate mission to all levels of a company.

This book gathers together thirteen articles that deal with the internationalization strategies of firms, effects of foreign investment on host countries and host country policies vis-a-vis foreign multinationals.

This book addresses major issues related to international enterprises and the world in which they operate from a socio-political perspective.

Recent leadership books have focused on how to lead where tasks are internal and relationships between companies are straightforward market or buy-sell transactions.

This collection of papers from the NIESR conference at the British Academy identifies the channels through which inward investment can affect host economies, and provides quantitative evidence on the extent to which inward investment has acted to shape the size and structure of industrialised economies over the last decade.

Good managers understand the human condition and human needs.

This fascinating book provides a unique experiential view into the hidden globalization of Vodafone, in which was created a social network that was engaged in the acquisition and deployment of a global network of mobile technology that now serves a proportionate mobile customer base of more than 190 million.

This book examines possibly the greatest challenge facing Japanese multinationals as they continue to expand their foreign direct investment: how to integrate local managers into the management process of overseas subsidiaries as well as in that of the parent companies themselves.

For the very first time, this book offers a complete overview the topic and its foundations of international entrepreneurship.

This sixth volume in the Academy of International Buiness Series presents leading-edge research on contemporary themes in international business.

Sterling in Decline takes the devaluations of 1931, 1949 and 1967 as a metaphor for Britain's changing position in the world economy.

This book is about property, informality and institutions relevant to both the developed and the developing world.

This book examines the key issues faced by the managers of multinational companies, and contains cutting-edge strategies and practices designed to enable managers and policy makers to weather the Asian financial and economic storms.

In Bargaining with Multinationals , Loewendahl scrutinises the relationship between multinational companies, regional development and governments, using an international political economy framework of bargaining between government and multinationals.

This book addresses key topics relating to international trade; letters of credit mechanism, collections of bills, trade customs and practice.

This volume is devoted to those areas that can advance our understanding of international business.

The authors review Chinese values and characteristics using Western strategic thinking to understand the new perspective.

Ranked as the second most important growing economy in the world, India represents one of the most interesting sourcing and selling markets.

In order to do business effectively in contemporary South Asia, it is necessary to understand the culture, the ethos, and the region's new trading communities.

The Harry Potter books are the bestselling books of all time.

A principal theme of the book is a plea for ' real venture capital', with the venture capitalist adding substantial value to companies and their founders through a wide knowledge of business, in contrast to the purely financial skills required in other sectors of the private equity field, such as leveraged buy-outs.

In recent years, there has been much interest in the 'virtual' -teams, organizations and communities -in management research and practice.

Multinational enterprises do not regard all locations as being equivalent.

This book presents the findings of the Japanese Multinational Enterprise Study Group and offers the 'Application-adaptation' framework as a means of measuring the degree to which Japanese parent systems are transferred to the subsidiary.

China is the world's biggest market for cigarettes.

Uses new research to examine performance implications of different employee relations in German firms in the UK, Are they using the liberal institutional system for employee relations in the UK to escape the heavily regulated system in Germany?

Using rigorous economic analysis backed by solid data and accounts of real life experiences, this book twists conventional wisdom to drive the thinking about China 'outside the box'.

This book is a collection of eye-opening interviews with CEOs from major international corporations - Nokia, Unilever, Toyota and Bosch are just some of the many included.

A timely evaluation of rapidly globalizing governance mechanisms in China and Japan.

An examination of the elements explicit to the Japanese post war governing system that enable the national ministries to extend their administrative authority over the political economy.

A new look at the different perspectives on energy security policies of European and Asian countries.

The Power of Two presents the best way for your company to increase competitive advantage.

Specialist manufacturers have existed in Japan from even before the start of industrialization in the late nineteenth century.

Public relations is a big and rapidly growing industry, with annual growth rates of 20-30%.

This book is essential for anyone interested in Public Relations in New Europe Whether you are working in PR, studying PR, a journalist dealing with PR, or just interested in this fascinating and fast growing market, this book offers readers a vital insight into how PR works.

Matthew Watson draws a distinction between the spatial and the functional mobility of capital, allowing fresh insights into existing work on the subject whilst repoliticizing the very idea of capital being 'in motion'.

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The author argues that the successes and failures of D-Day, on both sides, cannot be explained by comparing the competing strategies of each side.

This book analyzes rapidly-growing world-class Spanish retail banks.