International business

From the author of Doing Business in Europe (SAGE, 2018), Gabriele Suder has teamed up with Sumati Varma based in India, and Terence Tsai from China to bring this comprehensive solution for Asian business teaching and learning.

The need to manage risk is increasingly featured in legislation and regulations.

This book focuses on business firms as catalysts and agents of social and economic change, and explores the argument that sustainable development is the perfect opportunity for businesses to strengthen the evolving notion of corporate social responsibility, while achieving long-term growth through innovation, research and development.

This volume charts the ways in which multinational corporations contributed to the restructuring of the world economy, paying particular attention to the spatial consequences of, and responses to, their operations at a number of scales.

Entrepreneurship is a key element in the development of market based economies and one of the potential drivers of change in countries that are in the process of transformation to market based systems.

Since 1995, USC's Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) has conducted the definitive longitudinal study of the human resource management function in organizations.

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

Contrary to the widely-held view that the East Asian "e;developmental state"e; is neutral in terms of the relationship between capital and labour - a benign co-operation between state officials and businessmen to organise economic development - this book argues that in fact the developmental state exists to promote the interests of capital over the interests of labour.

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.

The forthcoming Olympics in Rio in 2016, and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014, highlight the profound importance of sport in Latin America.

Co-operatives provide a different approach to organizing business through their ideals of member ownership and democratic practice.

This book examines the complex relationship between the state, society and business in China, focusing on the experience of the island province of Hainan.

Every banking crisis, whatever its particular circumstances, has two features in common with every previous one.

The service sector accounts for a huge proportion of global employment, and is the biggest driver of gross domestic product in developing nations.

This volume focuses on a market that is one of the world=s economically most important and at the same time one of the most difficult to understand culturally - at least from a Western point of view.

The impact of the global financial crisis is still being felt today and the deeply unethical behaviour of the top level leaders at those economic and financial organizations, that were at the heart of the crisis, has served to highlight the importance of integrity, and in particular the need for servant leadership, if we are to avoid another major catastrophe in the management of both commercial and non-profit organizations.

Every generation leaves both assets and liabilities to the next.

This book explores the diversity and dynamism of China's workplaces and of the wider labour market experiences of its workforce.

With the shift of the global economic gravity toward emerging economies and the roaring economic growth of the past three decades in China, East Asian catching-up growth strategies have profound implications for latecomer economies.

The Palestinian Executive is based on field research in the West Bank and Gaza, which involved interviewing 110 executives from 63 publicly and family-owned companies.

When it was founded back in 1944 no one could possibly have foreseen how the World Bank - known more formally as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) - would flourish.

American Supporters of free trade are on the defensive.

This timely book offers up-to-date information for both researchers and decision makers regarding five core areas of Middle Eastern institutional and cultural context and its role in shaping business's strategies and practices in the region.

This book draws together three overlapping relationships and knowledge domains.

One surprising development in the growth of multinational businesses and international trade is the large and growing amount of intra-industry direct foreign investment.

First published in 1993, this book traces and analyses the changing policies of American offshore oil companies concerning the exploration and development of the Outer Continental Shelf in the period from 1970 to 1976 - covering environmental legislation, the oil embargo, presidential initiatives, and proposed international laws.

Why 'Managing across diverse cultures in East Asia'?

Against the backdrop of ancient cultures, a communist legacy and eventual institutional atrophy, many of the societies of Central and Eastern Europe have pursued aggressive development trajectories since the early 1990s.

Das Buch vermittelt praxisbezogen die grundlegenden Prinzipien, Methoden und den Ablauf der erfolgreichen Mediation.

This book is essential for anyone interested in Public Relations in New Europe Whether you are working in PR, studying PR, a journalist dealing with PR, or just interested in this fascinating and fast growing market, this book offers readers a vital insight into how PR works.

What does being a manager mean to those who do managerial work and why has becoming a manager become so attractive for so many people?

Combining academic theory with practical case studies, this book helps students understand global financial markets and business management.

The China Business Model: Originality and Limits emphasizes transformation of the Chinese Business Model over the last decades.

Literature on green marketing continues to gain traction in the sustainability discourse, focusing on core subject areas such as green product development, green marketing strategy and green advertising.

For courses in international economics.

After more than 30 years of reformations in agriculture, manufacturing and trade and industry, China's economy has grown to become the second largest in the world.

Brands - corporate, products, service - today are collectively defined by their customers, deriving from personal experiences and word of mouth.

China is one of the fastest developing emerging economies in the world today.

Russia is a major economy and important power in the global political-economic landscape.

The European International Business Academy (EIBA) is a scholarly association that commemorates its 50th anniversary in 2024.

A discussion of the flexibility in WTO law for developing countries and how it can be used to their economic advantage.

This contributed volume serves as an authoritative reference and guide for anyone looking to study or build a brand in Africa.

On the backdrop of the institutionalisation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability, and the emergence of multi-stakeholder-driven voluntary regulation, this timely collection places special emphasis on India and explores its international voluntary sustainability standards.

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

Unlike other economies, family businesses in China are greatly affected by the derived Confucian culture, excessive marketization, as well as the seemingly endless institutional supervision by a transitional Chinese government.

The third edition of this core textbook, edited and contributed to by recognised international authorities on the subject, outlines the critical contextual and theoretical issues of business and management in Asia and offers a fresh, topical analysis of management in the major Asian nations.

YOUR GUIDE TO A FULFILLING BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FUTUREBased on research by one of the world's largest growth-consulting companies, New Mega Trends identifies the ten most important global trends that will define our future, including business models, smart technology, connectivity and convergence and radical social trends.

This book considers problems which can be serious obstacles in international marketing but which are much less difficult in domestic marketing, such as cultural differences; the establishing and maintaining of relationships with customers' and the special problems for firm strategy and organisation arising from the internationalisation process.

Once upon a time, economists saw capital account liberalization--the free and unrestricted flow of capital in and out of countries--as unambiguously good.