International business

Performance management is the process by which organizations set goals, determine standards, assign and evaluate work, and distribute rewards.

For courses in International Trade.

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.

This book introduces law in the context of international business.

Title first published in 2003.

This book is a compilation of the best papers presented at the 2022 edition of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF), which is held annually in Singapore.

Until this book was published little had appeared on the matter of the organization of production in oil gathering.

Historically, the study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting has largely been within the context of Western economies.

The pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the increasing pace and impact of climate change have brought significant new challenges to leaders of nations, organizations, and professions.

This book offers the latest analytical thinking on emerging market multinationals (EMNCs) and identifies key issues for research by scholars and consultants.

Since the turn of the century bilateral trade between China and Latin America has increased by more than a factor of ten.

China faces significant hurdles in implementing its Belt and Road Initiative.

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

This book explains the law and regulation of global economic governance, focusing especially on international business.

This book discusses the challenges facing business schools and management education systems around the world.

Global business tends to be perceived as a number of individual but powerful multinational corporations, capable of controlling markets and influencing political decisions; in fact, global business is highly organized through a plethora of associations that bring together competing companies and conflicting national businesses.

This research anthology explores the concept of food production and supply, from farm gate to plate, bringing together contemporary thinking and research on local, national, and global issues from a stakeholder perspective.

This volume presents the complex dynamics of organizational behavior.

This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers, identifies the critical influence of supervisors and engineers as key drivers of productivity differentials.

China's rising status in the global economy alongside recent economic stagnation in Europe and the United States has led to considerable speculation that we are in the early stages of a transition in power relations.

In today's world many people live, learn and work in international and multicultural environments.

This book purports to investigate and compare the economic development experiences in both Taiwan and South Korea in last two decades.

This book focuses on the growth of entrepreneurship in Oceania.

This concise, practical textbook clearly explains how to go about developing and implementing a global strategy for any organization, from Born Global start-ups, to more established large companies struggling to manage their global extensions, to nonprofits including non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and charities.

Innovation and technological advancements can be disruptive forces, especially for conventional business in the hospitality and tourism industries.

This book analyses the development of strategic supply chain modelling and its role in optimisingdecision-making in business, in relation to advances in technology and increased demand due to globalisation.

Documents the first sixty years of Ford Motor Company''s international expansion, tracing its global business expansion across six continents.

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.

Once upon a time, economists saw capital account liberalization--the free and unrestricted flow of capital in and out of countries--as unambiguously good.

Institutional Impacts on Firm Internationalization addresses various aspects of the investigated phenomenon, providing an insight in the role of the varieties of capitalism on the globalization of business activities worldwide.

The global economic system is experiencing a profound period of rapid change.

As China becomes the world's largest economy, so it becomes important to understand the key issues shaping the country's business environment and the behaviour of Chinese businesspeople.

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

Control the number one cause of financial loss currency fluctuation With cross-border commerce now the global norm, companies must now face the greatest threat to their financial stability: financial losses due to currency fluctuations.

There are few industries, if any untouched by global competitive forces.

Volume 28 of the Advances in International Management focuses on the opportunities and challenges for multinational enterprises that consider emerging economies as their destinations or their homes.

The ideal text to help you understand the complexities of the rapidly changing world of international businesses.

The Oxford Handbook of the Corporation assesses the contemporary relevance, purpose, and performance of the corporation.

Since the 1990s, economic and cultural globalization has propelled the transnational mobility of managers and fueled cross-border careers.

The faculty at the University of Houston's program in Futures Studies share their comprehensive, integrated approach to preparing foresight professionals and assisting others doing foresight projects.

In the world of creating new ventures with the single goal of achieving financial profitability, it is well known that nine of ten startups are likely to fail.

An overriding value of European legislation on waste management is the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle.

Through a global series of case studies, this pioneering book delves into refugee entrepreneurship - a major economic, political and social issue emerging as a top priority.

This book examines how the internationalization of corporate activities has affected the commercial policy preferences of Japanese corporations.

What are the key factors affecting global supply chains today and how can we manage them?

Is China becoming the "e;workshop of the world"e; in the same way as Britain and the United States once were; or is China - as some multinational companies believe - simply a processing segment in global production networks?

The book's foundations informing its content are anchored to evidence-based primary data, which was collected in the Thailand context utilising interview and case study techniques.