International business

The book addresses several research gaps in the study of organisations and rarely analysed areas such as the non-profit sector (NPOs).

The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States is a collection of papers the covers various areas of concerns in the relationship between the European Economic Community (EEC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific States (AFP).

This book provides an analysis of the Chinese economy in the context of globalization after China's admission to the WTO.

This book equips readers to optimize genuine export opportunities.

Management education and training was a key influence on Canadian capital and labour in the post-World War II decades, however it has been the subject of comparatively little academic inquiry.

This book focuses on leadership as a visual discourse and explores the construction of this discourse within the context of Bedouin Arabia, and the Middle East more broadly.

This book focuses on the planning, marketing, and management of Asian tourism destinations, and evaluates current developments within Southeast-Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

Focusing on both pre-colonial and post-colonial eras, this book aims to cultivate a greater understanding of globalisation processes in the context of leadership behaviour in Africa.

The book focuses on analyzing the turbulent situation in the Indian Ocean from the political, economic and security perspectives.

First published in 1978.

Work organizations can lose their fitness and become sick, just as people can.

An examination of the relationship between competition and the deregulation and liberalisation of the US and European air transport sectors reveals that the structure of the air transport sector has undergone a number of significant changes.

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

International business (IB) research on Asian firms is on the rise, challenging conventional theories and providing opportunities for IB researchers to address several paradoxical issues such as ownership advantage and risk-returns.

Since the 1980s, Spain and South Korea have experienced a dramatic transformation from middle-income to advanced economies.

Mergers and acquisitions remain one of the most common forms of growth, yet they present considerable challenges for the companies and management involved.

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are believed to contribute towards economic development of host countries through foreign direct investment (FDI), which results in poverty alleviation and human empowerment through linkages and spillovers with local stakeholders.

Drawing on a range of global case studies, Market Distortions in Privatisation Processes illustrates the ways in which market distortions damaged the ability of privatisation processes to yield concrete benefits to consumers.

Family Business Management provides an accessible overview of the core aspects of family business, with an international, practice-based perspective.

John Dunning's general theory of international production, first propounded in the late 1970's, has generated considerable debate.

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

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

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.

This new and updated book is necessary reading for all professionals working in the Middle East and North Africa, it includes: - The practical impact of Islam on business- Safety and security in the region- Business etiquette- Political and social do's and don'ts The practicalities of doing business in the MEA region are covered in detail, from the initial visit to establishing productive working relationships, including opening an office in the region.

Knowledge when properly leveraged and harnessed contributes to effective organizational performance.

This book analyzes crisis communication in Asia, focusing on how culture (broadly defined) plays a central role in the way a crisis develops and is resolved.

Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy details how firms enter, compete and grow in foreign markets.

The study of ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia has a long tradition.

The Social Media Manifesto  is a handbook to enable leaders across the business to understand how social technology can be incorporated into their company.

Organizational storytelling has been taught for many years in many different places as part of organizational development, organizational change, organizational learning, and business ethics.

This book provides an up-to-date insight to the many innovations of the indigenous aerospace industry from a socio-economic perspective, a final frontier of Chinese technology that will shape global competitive dynamics in the 21st century.

Uses new approaches and solutions to tackle innovations in an international context.

This book critically analyses how home institutional elements influence the design and development of Chinese firms' capabilities at home, and questions if and how these capabilities are applicable in a different business environment.

The third edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly expanded and updated throughout to explore the latest approaches to cross-cultural management.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive guide to other cultures - the often-unfamiliar ways that people from other cultures think, speak and act.

The realities of Japanese-U.

This book investigates the trends and challenges that ports, logistics and supply chains have tackled in recent decades and the way forward.

Knowledge has become increasingly complex and important for organizations.

These papers, by a number of leading international-trade theorists, present the first significant theoretical work to be done on a topic of considerable interest, import competition.

Backed by evidence and research, this practical book presents an innovative yet comprehensive approach to teaching non-native English speakers the main communication and cultural competencies that are required to succeed in an international English-speaking workplace.

For nearly two decades, emerging markets have been a primary source of growth in the world economy.

Industrial competition with rising economies, new regional investment from the West, and trade pacts among competitors threaten Japan's long postwar prominence.

An essential collection at the intersection of globalization, production supply chains, corporate finance regulation, and economic measurement.

Football is an incredibly powerful case study of globalization and an extremely useful lens through which to study and understand contemporary processes of international migration.

This text focuses on leading across cultural, economic, social, national, and political boundaries simultaneously.

Young people are a vulnerable category of workers, finding themselves in a delicate phase of their working life: their first entry into the labour market.

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.

This second edition textbook shows how macroeconomic models for industrial countries may be applied to emerging and developing economies.

Euro on Trial looks back - to the aspirations of the founders - and forward - to the possibility of reform or splitting up.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.