International business

This book is an annual research report on the cruise industry in China and throughout the world in 2021, contributed by Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology and Shanghai International Cruise Economic Research Center.

The authors explore the degree to which Chinese multinationals have a distinctive 'Chinese' approach to human resource management, in the same way as large Japanese companies are widely regarded as having a special Japanese approach.

First published in 1989, Shaping the Corporate Future describes how executives in some of Europe's leading companies see the future for their organizations.

In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations.

Most regions and countries in the world are experiencing increasingly diverse populations and labour markets.

Outsourcing is an increasingly popular strategy deployed by a variety of institutions, including banks, multinational companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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

Contemporary business-to-business (B2B) industries consist of networks of customers, competitors and other stakeholders.

The approach to managing human resources has changed significantly in China over the last twenty-five years as its transformation from a state planned economy to a market-oriented economy continues.

The Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge guide to Asia's financial institutions, markets, and systems.

This book dispels these myths and shows that people rely on the relation-based system not owing to specific cultural factors, but because of the stage of development in these countries.

From language classrooms to outdoor markets, the workplace is fundamental to socialisation.

Sustainable Production and Logistics: Modeling and AnalysisSubject Guide: Engineering - Industrial & ManufacturingThis book presents issues faced by planners of production and distribution operations in terms of smart manufacturing and sustainability, using efficient quantitative techniques in a variety of decision-making situations.

This book analyzes rapidly-growing world-class Spanish retail banks.

Foreign firms typically engage China as a sourcing location or as a market to sell their goods.

In this book, eminent industry specialist Koichi Shimokawa explains the current state of the Japanese automotive industry.

'Written in a clear and straightforward style, and well grounded in succinct and pertinent analysis.

This book is a useful resource  for government policy analysts, academics, students of higher education and business practitioners interested in African economies  and the key economic issues these economies are facing in 2020.

Activists have exposed startling forms of labor exploitation and environmental degradation in global industries, leading many large retailers and brands to adopt standards for fairness and sustainability.

Benjamin Jäcklin untersucht den Einfluss unterschiedlicher Stile der Konfliktbearbeitung bei Führungskräften auf das Intrapreneurshipverhalten von Beschäftigten.

This book looks at how Chinese companies optimize investment opportunities while implementing the Belt and Road Initiative (B&R or BRI).

Explores the ''unexhausted'' potential in current investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms to advance investors'' responsibility for their conduct.

This new edition of Globalizing Human Resource Management examines the strategic and global issues of HRM by showing how organizations address the tradeoffs between global integration and local responsiveness.

This book explores the emergence of new employment practices within foreign-invested Chinese Multinational Corporations from an employee perspective.

Pre-economic liberalization relations between business and the state condition how groups organize before large-scale economic change.

A 2011 analysis of the rise of Brazilian multinationals, examining their competencies and competitive strategies in a variety of different settings.

As the era of ever expanding markets and ample resources ends, governments and business will have to behave differently.

Growing interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has focused attention on the relationship between businesses and key stakeholders, such as NGOs and local communities.

Retailing is changing extremely rapidly in the emerging economies, both as a driver of social and economic change, and a consequence of economic development and the rise of consumer societies.

This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts.

This book demonstrates how shareholder value analysis has become a valuable instrument of strategy assessment.

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.

The International Trade Manual is the definitive book about export, import and freightforwarding for business people and students of further and higher education.

Export-oriented industrialization has transformed the Korean economy so profoundly that it has become known as the "e;Miracle on the Han.

Optimizing Supply Chain Performance takes industrial case studies from SMEs in China to examine the importance of information sharing and coordinated management as essential mechanisms to improve supply chain performance.

This textbook offers a comprehensive picture of the world economy, the global business environment, and international business.

This book covers nine countries of ASEAN and the East Asian area, including major Asian countries, and compares their respective policies to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDI).

In today's world, more and more businesses are taking steps toward globalization, and companies must work to remain competitive.

This edited book serves as the first instalment of a two-part title that aims to provide an academic exploration of the contemporary issues and perspectives on tourism in the Philippines.

International cartels are powerful organizations that impact our everyday lives, although they are little known.

The book highlights the link between consumers and travellers, identifying the meaning of vulnerability in Brazil and the EU.

With billions of dollars generated annually, importing and exporting is a potentially lucrative arena for growthand a bewildering tangle of rules and regulations.

This book is concerned with trainee professionals and their search for meaning through the determined and creative pursuit of a cross-cultural career transition.

Recent years have witnessed the remarkable development of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Asia, from the global popularity of the Japanese games and anime industries, to Korea's film and pop music successes.

Presents transparency as a key tool for managing trade disputes on regulatory barriers between WTO Members.

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With current socio-economic development trends and changing work landscapes, modern workplaces are progressively becoming a subject of flexibilisation and hybridisation.