International business

This proceedings volume focuses on the business models and higher education schemes in various countries that drive sustainable development.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and unparalleled reference point for studying continuous business transformation.

This monograph highlights the benefits of public-private partnerships (PPP) for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bringing together a collection of interdisciplinary chapters on China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, or also known as One Belt One Road), this book offers a comprehensive overview of the topic from a business and management perspective.

This book is a timely guide on what constitutes effective leadership in Africa.

This edited collection collates the most up-to-date and important research within the area of operations and logistics management.

This book explains the subtle maneuvers of what researchers call "e;facework"e; and demonstrates the vital role it plays in the success or failure of cross-cultural interactions.

With a particular focus on the British printing industry, this book tackles the ongoing issue of pay inequality and examines the challenges facing many women today.

A growing number of people in the world have embraced globalization and actively seek opportunities to live, study, and work in other cultures.

This is the seventh volume of The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations: Other Voices series, which is the first to offer an authentic worldwide view of the history of public relations freed from a corporatist framework.

According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, more than 1.

This volume presents the current thinking on finance and strategy inside China.

Manpower planning is a new approach &, which represents a systems approach to personnel in which the emphasis is on the inter relationships among various personnel policies and programs.

This book makes a significant contribution to the comprehension of the law and practice of provisional measures issued by international courts and tribunals, including international commercial arbitration.

As a leader, a coach is the most significant role you can play.

This book explores how the business transformation taking place in Japan is influenced by the digital revolution.

Developing Leadership and Management Skills is essential reading for anyone studying the Level 5 CIPD L&D module of the same name as well as all learning and development professionals looking to develop the skills of leaders and managers in their organisation.

Understanding Organisation Development is essential reading for students studying Organisation Development (OD) as part of a wider HR degree or professional qualification, is the core textbook for the CIPD level 5 Unit 5UOD, and is ideal for professionals looking for a solid theoretical grounding that they can apply in practice.

Developing and Using Consultancy Skills supports students and practitioners in their understanding of the meaning of consultancy and the skills required in consulting in a learning and development context.

Enhancing Participant Engagement in the Learning Process is an accessible guide for students studying Learning and Development (L&D), and is the supporting text for the CIPD Level 5 Unit 5PEL.

Designing and Developing Digital and Blended Learning Solutions is essential reading for anyone studying the Level 5 CIPD L&D module of the same name as well as all learning and development professionals looking to understand the growing role of technology in L&D.

Sustainability is an increasingly urgent and important factor in logistics and supply chain management, impacting the whole supply chain lifecycle from product design and development, to supplier management, packaging, transportation, warehousing and distribution.

A Brookings Institution Press and Asian Development Bank InstituteAlthough emerging economies as a group performed well during the global recession, weathering the recession better than advanced economies, there were sharp differences among them and across regions.

Educating Social Entrepreneurs: From Business Plan Formulation to Implementation 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 current volume offers a concise and analytical portrait of the contemporary world.

The ability to help an organization effectively deal with change is a key competency that all human resource (HR) professionals must possess.

This book distills lessons gained from the author's 20 years of experience, building out and staffing two enormously successful Internet startups and helping firms land the talent they need to reach their greatest potential.

Look beyond the borders and unlock your company's potential from the East Coast to the West Coast, from the Deep South to the Great Lakes.

In a challenging economy filled with multiple competitors, no one can afford to stagnate.

This book will help you become proactive in learning how to avoid the disastrous scenarios befalling companies every day.

SOUNDVIEW BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAREvery manager has to deal with difficult employees.

To see a program successfully through to completion, a program manager must break the work down into simpler, smaller pieces and organize it into interdependent tasksand this book helps you do just that.

How do you motivate the disengaged, and further engage the engaged?

Surveys show that 73% of workers are less motivated than they used to be, and 84% could perform significantly better if they wanted to.

Unlock the secrets to turning even ordinary employees into extraordinary performers!

This book offers a far better way to educate employees, one that connects learning solutions with strategic business goals.

Today's global knowledge economy requires individuals and companies alike to quickly adapt to new tools and strategies.

Even the most experienced project managers aren't immune to the more common and destructive reasons for project collapses.

Managing people is a tricky businessand managers and small business owners need a clear understanding of the essentials of human resources to survive.

Success in business often hinges on good negotiation, and that takes advanced skills in listening, self-awareness, conflict resolution, assertiveness, and more.

Using a sophisticated approach that unifies the three key areas of supply chain strategies, sales and operations planning (SOP), and lean manufacturing, The Market-Driven Supply Chain is the only book that takes a comprehensive approach to succeeding in today's on-demand environment.

A well-designed and implemented incentive program is an essential tool for building a motivated, highly effective sales force that delivers the results you need.

This book looks at a number of contemporary issues in relation to the current role China plays in trade investments, especially outward investments, a fairly new phenomenon in Australia, Africa, and Europe, three major strategic destinations for China.

The recent growth and interest in Islamic financehas left many business CEOs, students,and managers around the world without an insideview of Islamic management until now.

This book considers the interrelation among macroeconomic politics, macroeconomic policymakers, macroeconomic policies, and macroeconomic perform ance.

Expatriation is a big topic, and is getting bigger.

We hear a lot about the growth of world trade, globalization, and imbalanced distribution of incomes.

The word innovation is often used today regarding China, as if the concept were new to the Eastern country.

This exciting new title by Michael Czinkota is the perfect read for businesspeople to better understand just what is at stake in understanding and strategizing about international issues and opportunities.