International business

Developing BRIC markets are changing the business models of traditional western technology leaders.

This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the strategies of Chinese Foreign Direct Investments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

The recent financial crisis has awakened a renewed sensibility to ethics in business and management, and an increasing interest in a better understanding of how ethics and economics are intertwined.

Written by experts in Luxury and Fashion Management at SKEMA Business School this exciting new book offers a new perspective that challenges the established rules of the luxury and fashion industry.

A structural overview of the new field of management geography including globalization, embeddedness of MNEs, networking, hybridization, regional economies, technology, acculturation, internationalization, IHRM and implications for management and government.

Looks at the bigger picture, and the future trends that are going to affect the global business world over the next few years.

This book discusses continuous improvement strategies of Japanese convenience store operators.

Corporate Management in a Knowledge-Based Economy traces the evolution of corporate governance over time, with a particular focus on the changing nature of power.

Negotiation is an important managerial skill.

Published as part of Palgrave Macmillan's IE Business Publishing Series, Simply Seven is a practical guide to Internet business for students, entrepreneurs and executives.

Good governance is key to the sustainability of organizations and improving quality of life for all.

Recent corporate failures have attracted the attention of managers, governments and the general public to the role of governance and social responsibility.

What effect have innovations in digital technology had on the way we communicate and work, and what can we expect from the future?

The dangers of involvement in corruption need to be embedded in corporate strategy.

The second annual volume of the International Place Branding Yearbook; this collection looks at the case for applying brand and marketing strategies and to the economic, social, political and cultural development of cities, towns and regions around the world to help them compete in the global, national and local markets.

Private Equity in Poland focuses on the private equity industry and emerging markets in Poland.

This book investigates entrepreneurial initiatives in the three largest economies of the world: China, Japan and the USA.

This book provides comprehensive coverage on the key issues of Chinese investment in the Australian minerals industry.

A comprehensive insight into a region which is characterized by rapid economic and social changes with a significant rise in foreign direct investments and privatization.

For many years companies have been investing in enterprise systems and IT initiatives but they are now struggling to achieve the desired results.

Staying at the pinnacle of the advancing business development of transition economies and the impact of changing business conditions is a challenging task for all firms wanting to do business in them.

With the accelerating integration of China into the global economy, there is a thirst to understand how Chinese managers like to lead and how Chinese employees like to be managed.

As potentially the largest retail market, China has attracted a great number of foreign retail operations.

Indian firms have grown explosively over the last two decades since India adopted wholesale neo-liberal policies in 1991.

This tells the story of the development of the private equity industry in Germany.

Focusing on safety and environmental protection issues, this book provides incisive, cutting-edge theoretical analysis that evaluates the impact of new automotive technologies, and the associated public policies, on social welfare.

The crisis in the auto industry has resulted in a race between Volkswagen, as challenger, and Toyota, as tattered global market leader.

Using 18 new cases this book shows that in the past companies did not manage labour or customers as long as they did not need to.

Negotiation is a key part of daily lives, but learning how to negotiate successfully is a valuable skill.

If you think more strategically than your competitors, your company will win the competitive battle in the mid or long term.

Corporate diversity programs often fail because of resistance in workplace culture.

How do you create world-class educational institutions that are academically rigorous and vocationally relevant?

'Navigating paradigm changes is a critical element of businessleadership: analog to digital; brand to retailer to consumer; reasonto emotion; West to East.

A unique exploration of the the contributions made by multinational corporations to the difficult labour market transitions towards full integration of Central and Eastern Europe members of the European Union.

Sport has a number of distinctive characteristics whichimpact onthe extent of its globalization.

A comprehensive picture of the Greek business system and management practices placed in a comparative context.

In the turbulence of recent times, how we run corporations has been examined from every angle.

In today's globalised world there is a need to investigate new trends in the global economy which impact on Europe.

This book looks at the space industry from a business perspective, with a focus on international competition.

Despite considerable progress on political and economic convergence over the last decade, financial structures of individual countries within the EU remain diverse.

This book is about understanding the differences and risks, ownership, culture and management practices when investing, managing or working with Chinese companies.

The current international business environment is characterized by two contradictory but at times mutually supplementary trends.

The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010.

Participation and social responsibility in innovation is the core theme of this book.

Hong Kong's laissez-faire tradition has crippled attempts to transform it into a more knowledge-intensive economy and this is a lesson with wide applicability.

World economy globalization is driven by multiple interactive forces.

As one of the world's largest economies China is facing many unique management challenges in the wake of the financial crisis.

Today Japan is still the second largest and most important consumer market in the world.

This report provides a comprehensive look at the role of innovation in promoting economic and social development.

Rules of origin have emerged as one of the most controversial issues in any trade negotiations.