International business

Virtual worlds such as Second Life, have millions of users worldwide.

This book addresses health professions educational challenges specific to non-Western cultures, implementing a shifting paradigm for educating future health professionals towards patient-centered care.

This book explores the impact of neoliberal globalization on labour markets and the state in the developed and developing world.

The book analyzes the recovery process of different industries and sectors from the global health pandemic, as well as its collateral effects.

This textbook focuses on how sustainability is practiced in companies in different sectors of the global economy - examples include aviation, banking, energy, financial services, food, manufacturing, technology, transportation, and tourism.

Digital entrepreneurship refers to business activities in the digital media and information and information and communication technologies.

This Palgrave Pivot provides an introduction to the economy and business environment of Vietnam, a member of the ASEAN Economic Community whose economy is rapidly growing.

The updated sixth edition of International Human Resource Management is an authoritative resource that focuses on international human resource management (IHRM) within multinational enterprises (MNEs).

Collusion between business communities and the state can lead to a measure of security for those in power, but this kind of interaction often limits new development.

This book, first published in 1992, provides an in-depth analysis of the EC policy-making processes elating to trade protection.

Isabel Feichtner examines the WTO waiver''s contribution to the effectiveness and legitimacy of WTO law and international governance.

The pharmaceutical industry faces a well-documented perfect storm: on the one hand, the patent cliff; the lack of new blockbusters and, on the other, economic pressure on pricing from markets with growing expectations and shrinking budgets.

This book offers a comparative review of the ultra vires doctrine in corporate law.

In Cosmopolitan Business Ethics: Towards a Global Ethos of Management, Jacob Dahl Rendtorff maps the concept of global business ethics, related to sustainability and corporate governance, via an examination of the major theories of business ethics and the philosophy of management.

A modern telecommunications network is an essential infrastructure for the world's developing nations.

This is a business history of soy that reveals how Japanese imperial and military institutions and financial-mercantile-industrial interests created a role for soy as a versatile raw material and global commodity beginning in the 19th century, even before the Western world recognized this "e;oilseed.

Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation.

Packed with examples, this book offers a clear and engaging overview of ethical issues in business.

The need to ensure principle-driven, legally sound, and ethically acceptable behavior in the global context is not an easy task for leaders.

This book examines how since about 2008 the economy of Taiwan has become ever more deeply integrated into the economy of China.

This book examines the dramatic increase in automotive assembly plants in the former Socialist Central European (CE) nations of Czechia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia from 1989 onwards.

The investment in global collaboration technology now exceeds US$45 billion.

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing.

This book, first published in 1983, offers a new explanation for the poor performance of British manufacturing since 1950.

As globalization creates the need for leaders who transcend national borders, this book provides an insider's view of what makes them special.

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

The book explains how Gravitational Distance and the System of Cities influence transnational construction-related firms when they venture overseas.

This volume, first published in 1990, commemorates one of the most notable economic historians of his age.

Social Innovation is emerging as an alternate interdisciplinary development pathway of knowledge and practice that aims to understand and address contemporary complexities and multi - dimensional social realities.

In this book, first published in 1890, the author endeavours to determine whether protectionism or free trade better accords with the interests of labour - particularly with regards to the raising of wages.

The book examines business ecosystems in an emerging industry context whilst exploring four essential areas of business ecosystems: the business ecosystems' key constructive elements, their typical patterns of the element configurations, the five phase process of their life cycle, and the nurturing strategies and processes from a firm perspective.

Covering the years 1971-89 the book presents the first substantial analysis of the enormous international expansion of Japanese banks.

The book focuses on higher education governance and management in Africa.

This book collects together the treaty texts, decisions and agreed practices relating to the procedures that apply in WTO dispute settlement.

This book is an analysis of the specificities of public film funding on an international scale.

The modern shipping industry has reached maturity; market demand and landscape shifts force industry agents to find new pathways to successful development.

This book features papers addressing a broad range of topics including psychology, religious studies, natural heritage, accounting, business, communication, education and sustainable development.

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

The traditional walls between banking, insurance and securities markets are breaking down as a result of deregulation and liberalization of financial services.

Human Capital in the Indian IT / BPO Industry analyses human capital management in the Indian information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, which has created a new paradigm for organising global talent engaged in designing and delivering IT and BPO services.

The world of work is rapidly changing.

In many discussions of globalization and growth, attention focuses on Asia, notably China, South Korea, and India.

For many western managers the approach taken by successful Japanese organisations and their managers has tended to inspire awe, envy and incomprehension in equal measure.

This book examines PRC "e;involved"e; seaports overseas, where involvement can take the form of PRC foreign direct investment (FDI), contracting, and/or terminal operations, in countries such as Cambodia, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

This book is based on the review of literature on different themes related to business and management in the Asia Pacific context.

Education, employment policy, and pensions are inextricably linked and critical to any sort of business or economic revival, let alone success, and all three are addressed in Education and Employment in the European Union.

The international conference "e;Sustainable Collaboration in Business, Technology, Information and Innovation (SCBTII) 2019"e; has brought together academics, professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, learners, and other related groups from around the world who have a special interest in theories and practices in the development of the field of digital economy for global competitiveness.