International business

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.

This book is a timely evaluation of how a harmonious business environment can be created and managed successfully in an increasingly turbulent era.

Facilitation can provide a key route to creating buy-in to the need for change and associated change initiatives.

This collection of exclusive articles presents the latest research in the area of mergers and acquisitions.

This book provides unique and powerful insights into what it takes to succeed as a chairman leading a modern organization.

Within management thinking, behaviours have become repetitive, and organizational performance is stagnant or declining.

The purpose of this annual report is to develop an index of good humanitarian donorship that will measure donors' effectiveness against their commitment to the Principles and Good Practise of Humanitarian Donorship.

Usually, a country brand is not focused, resulting in unsuccessful place branding.

An exploration of the evolution of regionalism and regional economic relations in East Asia since the late 1990s.

In the decade following the Asian financial crisis, the East Asian political economy has experienced a radical transformation.

The second edition extends the influential ideas developed in the original book with more practical advice about working with organizational politics for personal and organizational benefit.

In the bestseller A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom the authors described the problem, gave comprehensive views of how it looked from both sides, and presented the arguments for positive change.

This practical new book is written by a leading wine industry expert, in an easy and accessible style.

This book is an essential read for anyone interested in Public Relations in Asia.

This book is based on research into programme management competence conducted by Cranfield School of Management and SP Associates.

This book considers offshore client/supplier relationships' biggest challenges, including the protection of intellectual property, and managing knowledge transfer and offshore outsourcing at project level.

An exploration into the current status and future growth of the global pharmaceutical industry and the changing needs of global health.

China has used industrial policies to try to build large corporations that can challenge those based in more advanced countries.

In order to regain its competitiveness, Japan is restructuring and globalizing its business and economics system, as well as other aspects of society.

This book contributes to the understanding of Knowledge Governance in the Multinational Corporation.

This highly topical book brings together some of the world's leading specialists on the global car industry who discuss the ins and outs of the faster lane of regionalism at a time that the world is reassessing the ins and outs of globalization.