International business

This book gets behind much generality about globalisation to examine the production of relatively familiar commodities such as refrigerators and ovens in different countries.

Emerging from ten years of post-bubble recession, the Japanese business and economic system will need to enter a period of radical restructuring in order to return to the growth of former years and maintain its influential position in the development of new technologies.

Significant changes are taking place in Asia which suggest that innovation will be the major engine of future economic growth in the region, particularly in China and India.

This book refocuses thinking on how multinational enterprises (MNEs) can achieve a sustained contribution to European transition economies as these countries move from the processes of transformation into pursuit of more sustained development.

Business Elites and Corporate Governance in France and the UK is a cross-national study of business elites and corporate governance in France and the UK.

This book encompasses the latest thinking on management and organisations in China's transitional economy.

Japanese distribution was long seen as archaic and difficult to understand, but today that has changed.

This book highlights the role that national culture plays in shaping the emergent relationship between IT and organisations.

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

In the global business environment, new organizational forms come and go but in today's multinational corporations the headquarters-subsidiary link remains the primary channel by which the firm is managed.

This book criticizes the widespread view that the 1997 Asian crisis was due to 'crony capitalism' and puts the blame instead on misguided liberalization.

This book examines Foreign Direct Investment of major Korean automotive companies in Europe, with particular reference to how economic integration has affected the motivations and patterns of FDI and industrial location.

The Sport Business Future examines the impact of powerful changes on the business of sport, including human-computer interfaces, gene therapy and artificial intelligence.

This is the 10th volume of The Academy of International Business book series bringing together the latest research on firm strategies and management and the internationalization of the firm from the 29th Academy of International Business UK conference.

This book draws together literature from the fields of strategy, management and innovation to examine the importance of a firm's national base at a sectoral level in an era of globalization.

This book evaluates the contribution of third world multinational enterprises to the competitiveness of their home and host countries in the context of Brazilian and Chilean MNE's.

Foreign-owned firms (FoFs) can have significant implications in terms of employment, income and technology for the national economies involved.

This book examines the need for co-operation between Europe and Asia, particularly in view of China's accession to the WTO.

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

The past decade has been a time of drastic developments, both in financial markets and in related academic research.

Whilst actions by business interests are widely acknowledged to be a central mechanism of European integration, the capacity of formal groups which represent them to contribute meaningfully to the integration process is little understood.

Reliance on opportunism is a high-risk strategy in global business, yet many companies operate this way, often acting on limited amounts of information.

This book explores 4 key issues in the world economy: the changing context of international business, the continuing pace of economic integration, international joint ventures and knowledge management.

This book provides invaluable insights to one of the most difficult areas of European integration.

Little discussion about 'globalization' has concerned one of the truly global forces - the management of multi-national and large domestic corporations - and the significance of modern management practices for workers in the developing world.

This book comprehensively analyzes the impact of continuing European integration on industrial relations institutions and outcomes.

This book delves into the nature of governance in Asia both at government and corporate level.

The focus of this book is the on-going Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, which is endeavouring to further liberalize trade in goods and services.

Japan's economy and businesses are entering this century with new management systems but their values unchanged.

All Eyes East: How Chinese Youth will Revolutionize Global Marketing provides brands looking to capitalize on this new world order with the insight they need to understand and capture the world's most powerful audience.

A collection of research papers about self-initiated expatriates and their experiences.

What happens off the football pitch?

A comprehensive survey of the key areas of research in cross-cultural communication, based on the authors' experience in organizing and delivering courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students and in business training in the UK and overseas.

The Olympic Games are the world's most complex and challenging sport mega-event to organize.

Business opportunity is defined as the driving force that creates entrepreneurship, change and growth in both SMEs and multinational firms.

International trade plays a definitive role in the economic growth process.

The papers in this volume cover three major areas of International Business: Developments in Theory, The Foreign Market Servicing Strategies of Multinational Firms and Asia-Pacific Issues.

Understand the impact of a global ageing population on how products are bought, and the effect this has on how to market and advertise these products and services to the older generation of consumers.

Management has lost the art of strategic thinking.

The fifth volume of the Academy of International Business Series concentrates on three crucial areas of International Business: organizational issues across multinational enterprises, international market entry strategy and emerging markets.

This book provides an essential update for experienced data processing professionals, transaction managers and database specialists who are seeking system solutions beyond the confines of traditional approaches.

The first of January 1998 was the deadline for market liberalisation within the European Union, which together with the passing of the USA Telecommunications Act, has served to open up major markets in the Telecommunications Industry.

The basics of management remain the same.

This book provides a clear and practical approach to creating and implementing cost-effective business processes.

Japanese carmaker Honda has pioneered a new breed of multinational enterprise - true manufacturing at the global scale.

This book provides a guide to successful management.

Ethics and Empowerment is a major contribution to the ongoing debate about the role of business in society.

Being 'world class' is inextricably linked to being competitive.

The retail sector has undergone a major structural transformation in the past fifteen years and one aspect has been the enormous growth in airport retailing which now represents one of the major methods of profit generation for the airport authorities.

This book uses the case of the National Health Service to examine the management of ambiguity and change.