International business

This book, first published in 1974, presents the findings of a research project and considers their implications for public policy.

Various phenomena in the global economy, such as intensifying firm internationalization and international sourcing resulting in a growing number of hybrid products, raise the question of whether the country-of-origin (COO) and the country-of-origin effect (COE) still matter in contemporary international business.

Multinational corporate managers, financial analysts, and accountants disagree on what constitutes the appropriate process of translating and consolidating foreign financial statements into US financial statements.

Rules of origin have emerged as one of the most controversial issues in any trade negotiations.

Through further technological development and increased globalization, conducting busines abroad has become easier, especially for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME).

Vietnam has emerged from long periods of colonialization, wars and ideological conflicts to become an important economic force within Asia and a promising destination for international business ventures.

This book investigates cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) conducted by Chinese enterprises seeking to evaluate the pivotal factors that influence the results of this dominant form of China's outbound direct investment.

An examination of the elements explicit to the Japanese post war governing system that enable the national ministries to extend their administrative authority over the political economy.

Wicked World advocates the need to acknowledge the complex contexts in which managers, professionals and policymakers operate.

The global digital revolution has changed consumer society, service expectations, and funding models forever.

This book provides a contemporary look at spaceports, not only from relevant technological drivers, policies, and legal perspectives, but also from impacts associated with airspace use and aviation stakeholders.

With its unique mix of theory, historical discussion, case studies, and contemporary analysis, this book provides a complete and detailed comprehension of the business environment in Central America, with a focus specifically on Guatemala.

This book examines Shanxi piaohao-private financiers from the Chinese hinterland-in the economic and business history of late imperial China, forming the original theory of Chinese hinterland capitalism.

Investigates eight dimensions of competition which are active yet covert in the lives of managers.

In the fully updated Sixth Edition of Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 34 Nations, Clusters of Nations, Continents, and Diversity, authors Martin J.

Social capital is broadly conceptualised as consisting of resources and network ties embedded in the social structures and relationships that facilitate beneficial outcomes for the actors within those structures.

This book analyzes the top management of leading Japanese enterprises.

This book looks at customer value creation through marketing decisions and analyses the critical phases of theoretical and methodological advancements in solving certain problems and customer-centric issues that firms face.

This book meticulously focuses on seeing technological solutions of overtourism on decimated destinations from a comprehensive viewpoint.

This book explores the issues around small business and entrepreneurial activities in Africa within the context of frequent collapse of businesses, seizures by governments, lack of access to capital and raw materials as well as the reliance on the informal sector.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an important issue in contemporary business, management and politics, especially since the launch of the United Nations Global Compact in 2000 as an initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on them.

This book integrates and synthesizes all available country cluster studies into a nested, meta-structure accompanied by eco-cultural correlates that distinguish amongst clusters.

To the surprise of many, regionally embedded clusters of small to medium sized businesses have continued to exist in spite of industrialisation and mass production.

The Chinese electricity sector is the largest in the world, covering well over 20% of the world's electricity supply.

Japan's high-speed Internet access services such as ADSL, CATV Internet and FTTH are considered the cheapest and fastest state-of-the-art services drawing international attention.

Extensively revised, the fifth edition of this successful textbook offers a practical framework for approaching and carrying out business in China.

The essential guide for working in diverse teams and across cultures today.

The Italian Cooperative Sector is amongst the largest in the world comprising over 60,000 cooperatives from all sectors of the economy directly employing 1.

Stress has recently overtaken the common cold as the most common cause of sick leave in many European countries and is a major cause of concern for companies worldwide.

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.

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

This book is a compilation of the best papers presented at the 2022 edition of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF), which is held annually in Singapore.

Many of the world's 40,000 International NGOs (INGOs) work in places where terrorist financing, sanctions breaches, and diversion are key risks.

This book is a fascinating treatment of ethics, governance, and anti-corruption initiatives from a public sector management perspective and is especially relevant for an Africa looking to benefit from the recently launched Africa Continental Free Trade Area.

Chart a course for success in the fertile terrain of BRIC investing!

Ecology has become an integral part of the strategic context in which corporations operate.

This collection of articles by an internationally recognised authority on the multinational enterprise contains advances in theory, examinations of organisational issues and empirical studies of multinationals in the world economy.

Containing the most influential papers from the International Symposium on Logistics, Developments in Logistics and Supply Chain Management demonstrates the evolution in logistics and supply chain management since the 1990s.

The re-emergence of private enterprises is one of the most important factors in China's recent economic development.

Real estate development shapes the way people live and work, playing a crucial role in determining our built environment.

The era of globalisation brought waves of consolidation in business ownership alongside Leviathon-like state actors.

This edited collection brings into focus the meanings, interpretations and the process of value creation in international business.

--THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER----Thinkers50 Radar list----WINNER Signature Awards 2023--The Values Compass takes us into the hearts, minds, and traditions of the cultures and people of the world.

This is a challenger book.

Global diversity and inclusion management practice is in a state of arrested development.

This book meticulously focuses on seeing technological solutions of overtourism on decimated destinations from a comprehensive viewpoint.