International business

What's the most important factor in business today?

When Wall Street stubs a toe, markets around the world say "e;ouch!

Turn mentoring into PROFITSThere s no doubt that the concept of workplace mentoring is a hot-button issue facing management today.

AS FEATURED IN BBC TWO'S BILLION DOLLAR DOWNFALL: THE DEALMAKER DOCUMENTARYTwo Wall Street reporters investigate the man entrusted with millions to make profits and end poverty but now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen frauds in history.

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Lunch with the FT has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 30 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the world.

Learn an entire two-year MBA programme in a few short hours with this quick and easy-to-read illustrated guideAn MBA is the best way to get ahead in business.

In China's Disruptors, Edward Tse takes an unprecedented inside look at rapidly emerging Chinese entrepreneurs and their game-changing impact on both China and the world.

Tomorrow's business winners need two things: scale and agility.

Global diversity is a key issue facing all companies and organizations.

Green issues have a large impact on how an organization is seen and huge implications for the organization's success, brand values and the sales decisions of consumers towards its products.

This book takes a unique approach to analysing foreign capital flows.

The 13th volume of the Academy of International Business series reflects the complex challenges managers face in today's global economy.

This is a unique collection of papers which brings together those who work in and with EU business associations at the very highest level with many of the leading academic authors on associations over the past two decades.

The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) encompasses the legislative text and political resolutions regulating fiscal policy and public finances in EMU.

Since the end of the Cold War, international organisations have assumed a greater importance on the world stage.

This text explores international business economics from a European perspective, dealing not only within business in Europe but with the external trading relationships of the EU and the position of European firms in a globalized economy.

Ever since Simon Anholt coined the phrase 'Nation Branding, there has been more and more interest in the idea that countries, cities and regions can build their brand images.

Globalization has created new opportunities and challenges for late industrialization.

The advent of the international trade regime has compelled many East Asian governments to retreat from strategic trade policy.

This book addresses the importance of diversification for reducing volatility of investment portfolios.

This book responds to a growing demand for mutual funds.

The fear that China's competitive stress will trigger another Asian crisis is flawed.

This important book brings together an edited series of papers about risk management and the latest developments in the field.

International Joint Ventures (IJVs) combine the resources of local and foreign firms to create independent business entities, however, their failure rate is high.

Understanding how genetic and environmental differences influence people's characters allows leaders as different as Ghandi and Margaret Thatcher to be influential in their own way.

This book places everyday talk and role-modelling interactions at the forefront of an alternative change-leadership agenda, and introduces a number of practical approaches to help line managers and organizational specialists deliver this agenda more successfully.

The first edition of this book was a milestone.

China is growing at a remarkable pace and exerting a powerful influence on the global economy.

New Asian companies are emerging with global ambitions, as old western brands disappear or are overtaken.

Major theoretical approaches stress the superiority of privately-owned over state-owned companies without addressing how corporate performance should best be measured.

Countries adopt policies that attract foreign multinationals, stimulate industrial clustering and foster innovation.

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.