International business

The internationalization of business via the process of globalization has brought issues of culture to the forefront of management thinking.

Over the past several years, productivity improvement has become an increasingly vital economic issue for economies and individual firms.

Globalization: A Key Idea for Business and Society analyzes today's process of global integration.

Since 2008, while the global automotive manufacturing has been faltering, the Chinese auto industry has been swiftly transformed into the largest producer in the world.

Many changes are taking place in the public sector across Europe as emphasis is being placed on the efficient use of resources, the way that public organisations are managed and their relationship with clients and customers.

"e;Human nature is an area of great concern to educational psychologists.

Despite Africa's vast and diverse natural resources, the developmental challenges plaguing the continent still remain.

The Oxford Handbook of Strategy covers the key subject areas and issues currently under discussion in the field of strategy.

Research on the international transfer of technology in economics and management literature has primarily focused on the role of countries and that of companies, in particular multinational enterprises (MNEs).

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.

Asian countries are catching up with the West by transforming their primarily agrarian societies into industrial powerhouses.

As large firms move into international markets, smaller firms find it increasingly difficult to compete internationally.

There are, in simple terms, three principal kinds of capital that come necessarily into play when a society is evolving towards improving the lives, livelihoods, and qualities of life of its people.

Adopting an international business perspective, this book surveys recent business developments in Asia, and the activities of multinational firms in the region, focusing in particular on the changing nature of organizational and institutional relationships, including intra- and inter- organizational relationships, business relationships with institutions, and relationships with stakeholders.

The focal point of this study, first published in 1991, is to investigate the effect of growth patterns on inflation and the distribution of income through inductive examination of the particular experiences in Korea and Taiwan.

Russian businesses in the post-Soviet period have been noted for their unusual, sometimes allegedly corrupt, business practices, and for their role in the enrichment of oligarchs.

Today's multinational enterprises are headed for trouble unless their top-level executives manage to pay the appropriate amount of 'attention' to what is happening in the farther corners of the business world.

This book offers a strong contribution to the growing field of institutional economics, going beyond the question of why institutions matter and examines the ways in which different types of institutions are conducive to the enhancement of competitiveness and economic development.

This book examines the role of government fiscal and non-fiscal incentives in spurring innovation and entrepreneurship in developed and developing economies.

Business takes place in an increasingly global environment, crossing political and cultural boundaries that challenge corporate values.

Since 2015, businesses have been identified as key actors in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Developed and key developing countries heavily support their farmers.

The leadership secrets of the man who built a real estate empire in early modern China I believe that studying Vanke s ability to change is more important than studying the company s successes.

Affordable is not typically the first adjective used to describe an electric automobile.

While organisations become more and more global, they also become more and more dispersed and virtual.

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.

A complete course in applied macroeconomics at the intermediate level that emphasizes the application of economic theory to real-world data and policy.

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

This research and teaching volume has been composed in honour of Rosalie Tung, a distinguished institution builder, thought leader and educator in the field of international business (IB).

Choosing the right location for a business can assure its success, and avoid costly problems.

Business opportunity is defined as the driving force that creates entrepreneurship, change and growth in both SMEs and multinational firms.

This revised and updated fourth edition of this core textbook builds on the text's established success.

Assembling Health Care Organizations combines an institutional theory perspective with a materialist view of the technologies, devices, biological specimens, and other material resources mobilized and put to work in health care work.

Following the British referendum held on June 23, 2016, voters supported the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (EU) (Brexit), a starting point for the third round of European crisis, following the eurozone debt crisis and the migration crisis.

A highly original book that provides policy solutions for development challenges, framing them with insightful and inventive allegories.

The promotion of an enterprise culture and entrepreneurship in India in recent decades has had far-reaching implications beyond the economy, and transformed social and cultural attitudes and conduct.

This book explores the simultaneous Asianisation and feminisation of mid-level management in the financial services sector in world and global cities in the Asia-Pacific.

This book provides an analysis of the development of the Chinese securities market, with special reference to the information disclosure regimes in Mainland China, the UK, and Hong Kong.

The use of comparisons to explain, analyze and understand social and economic phenomena is recognized as a valuable social science tool.

Based on a six-year project at INSEAD, top scholars put these developments into perspective.

Applied International Economics, 5th edition, offers a modern and accessible treatment of international economics, shifting the emphasis from pure theory to the application of theory by using the standard tools of economic analysis.

With the advent of globalization - where corporate organizations and the commercial relations that accompany them are argued to be becoming increasingly transnational - the locus of powers, authorities, and responsibilities has shifted to the global level.

This book explores the increased necessity of organizations to encourage human talent in the globalized economy, with particular emphasis on the impact in Eastern Europe.

Industrial and business economics is a very important field with a great deal of relevance to the commercial world and to business studies students as well as to economists.

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

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

The hospitality sector is facing increasing competition and complexity over recent decades in its development towards a global industry.