Contemporary businesses are exposed to global competition enhanced by new information technology and liberalized cross-border transactions in many industries.
The role that small- and medium-sized enterprises play in the economic development and growth of cities, regions and nations has been an increasing subject of debate and study for the last half century.
Sure to become a leading textbook for business students, Marketing Case Studies includes 25 pedagogical case studies encountered by contemporary firms in the realms of marketing management, integrated marketing communication, consumer behavior,branding, customer relationship marketing (CRM), and more.
Dieses Fachbuch beschreibt den Weg der Entwicklung eines international nutzbaren Produktes mit Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle von der Theorie über die Konzeption und Gestaltung bis hin zur praktischen Umsetzung.
The term "e;sheng nu"e; ("e;leftover women"e;) has been recently coined in China to describe the increasing number of women, especially highly educated professional women in their late twenties and over who have not married.
For the last 136 years, The Statesman's Yearbook has been relied upon to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world.
Global Imbalances, Financial Crises, and Central Bank Policies assesses the relationships between global imbalances, financial crises, and central bank policies, with a specific focus on their reserves.
Educating Social Entrepreneurs: From Idea Generation to Business Plan Formulation appears at a time of unprecedented environmental disasters, natural resources depletion, and significant failure of governments and global businesses to attend to worldwide social problems.
The multinational corporate guide for thriving in the Asian marketplace Led by China and India, the rise of emerging Asia is transforming the structure of the global economy.
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 literature in female entrepreneurship has witnessed significant development in the last 30 years, with the research emphasis shifting from purely descriptive explorations towards a clear effort to embed research within highly informed conceptual frameworks.
In the context of intensifying nationalism and protectionism and a reconfiguration of the global value chains, the world's leading economies find themselves confronted with significant challenges.
Though corruption exists wherever there is organized human life, reports continue to show markedly higher levels of, for example, bribery, kickbacks, cronyism and nepotism across the Asia Pacific area - particularly as compared to the 'developed' Anglo-European West.
Explores China''s multinationals, their development, increasing global footprints and future, in the socio-economic contexts of China and the wider world.
Dieses Fachbuch vermittelt erfolgversprechende Strategien für Investitionen in das zukunftsträchtige Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen der Volksrepublik China.
Taking a fresh and much-needed perspective on the management of international acquisitions, this book focuses on socio-cultural integration, and in particular the importance of emotions and values.
Cross-country differences in institutions of corporate governance and corporate finance tend to be undermined by the increasing internationalization of financial markets.
Dieses Praktikerbuch vermittelt interessierten Investoren erstmals einen Gesamtüberblick über die klassischen Investmenthubs Dubai, Hongkong und Singapur.
Over the past decades, the total value of executive compensation packages has been rising dramatically, contributing to a wider pay gap between the chief executive officer and the average worker.
The events of 9/11 and subsequent border entry security initiatives have led to increased costs and transportation delays that have the potential to impact Canada-U.
The first edition of this book looked at the emergence of 'ecopreneurs' - environmental entrepreneurs gaining competitive advantage for their firms through understanding and utilising green issues.
Large western companies are accelerating their expansion into emerging economies, while relying on oversimplified frameworks to make decisions and complex matrix organizations to make things happen.
Global firms must operate in turbulent conditions, facing relentless pressure to be efficient, whilst also accommodating local factors and ways of thinking.
The financial crisis of 1931 marked a turning point in British economic foreign policy, as decades of laissez-faire principles were abandoned and an active interventionist policy was introduced.
International Business and Culture: Challenges in Cross-Cultural Marketing and Management explores the intricate relationship between culture and business, offering valuable insights for both practitioners and scholars.
The classic and dominant paradigm of entrepreneurship emphasizes the relatively universal and homogeneous responses of a small, but influential, minority as they make unique and breakthrough contributions.
The book explores how time is materialized and performed in organizations; examines how organizations and organizational members are constituted by and constitutive of material artefacts; and reflects on what a historical perspective on these materializations can bring to the study of organizations.
This book analyzes female entrepreneurship in the textile sector in Africa as a phenomenon that favors the social integration and economic development of women in certain geographical areas.
Practical negotiating skills, including those needed for cross-cultural negotiations have long been taught in classrooms, along with some of the theory that underpins them.
This volume presents a collection of cases that examine the status of financial inclusion for women across a variety of states in the African continent.
