International business

Combining economics and business perspectives, this undergraduate textbook explores key principles of the world economy through a uniquely integrated lens.

In Corruption in Latin America the reader is presented with an alternative starting point for understanding corruption in this key region.

This book examines the imperative role of global environmental governance, and the need to incorporate corporate environmental accountability and mechanisms for enforcement, to effectively address the global environmental crisis.

This title was first published in 2002.

For more than two decades Australia has not only prospered without a recession but has achieved a higher growth rate than any Western country.

Volume 7 of "e;Advances in Global Leadership"e; includes timely and impactful chapters on various concepts and processes associated with leading across cultures and other boundaries.

This book investigates trust in seven different cultural contexts, exploring how societal culture can influence our expectations regarding what may be considered trustworthy within a cultural context.

This is the first English book on the economic relations between China and Latin America written by Chinese scholars.

There is a false assumption that the systemic corruption that exists in significant parts of sub-Saharan Africa is crippling enough to dominate any discussion of business ethics in the region.

Social Innovation is emerging as an alternate interdisciplinary development pathway of knowledge and practice that aims to understand and address contemporary complexities and multi - dimensional social realities.

Provides the theoretical framework on how to manage crises in organizations.

Guides policy makers through implementation of public-private partnerships, legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and mobilizing public and private finance.

For centuries, almost all economic activity was family-based.

This book addresses health professions educational challenges specific to non-Western cultures, implementing a shifting paradigm for educating future health professionals towards patient-centered care.

A new take on trade law''s roots in consensual exchange, illuminating coercive and exploitative dynamics undercutting both consent and trade.

Global Business Intelligence refers to an organization's ability to gather, process and analyze pertinent international information in order to make optimal business decisions in a timely manner.

This book is an attempt to bridge the academic discipline of economic geography with the professional field of economic development.

International human resource management (IHRM) is a key area of research in the sphere of international business and management.

Since the publication of earlier editions of this book, China's political and economic landscapes have changed dramatically, with the rise of new leadership, evolving alliances, tariff wars, educational policies and technological advancements.

This volume examines how far agribusiness corporations are responding to the opportunities and pressures resulting from emerging environmental awareness.

Bringing together an international range of expertise, this comprehensive Companion to Technology Management is designed to facilitate the development of management frameworks adaptable for a wide range of organizations, as well as an overview of the development and integration of technology in advanced and emerging economies.

A leader's role in the management of change is a critical issue for successful outcomes of strategic initiatives.

This book discusses stakeholders' engagement in corporate governance as an emerging philosophy to empower them and motivate value-based business performance through co-creation and coevolution.

This volume is the first to show the influence that culture has on the success of TQM, and uses the case of Chinese companies operating in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to support the assertion that culture has a greater effect on TQM than has been previously acknowledged.

The activities carried out in a business organization stem from the contribution of subjects who cooperate in the expectation of obtaining adequate rewards.

The liberal-democratic world order is confronting the rise of authoritarian state-led corporate interventions.

Relationships of individual and groups among three-plus firms represent the cornerstone concept in business-to-business (B2B) contexts.

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

Although published thirty years ago this book accurately predicted that joint-ventures would become an increasingly prominent feature on the corporate landscape.

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditionsContrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions.

Enhancing Board Effectiveness seeks to examine the conceptualization and role of the board in a variety of contexts and articulate solutions for improving the effectiveness of the board, especially in developing and emerging markets.

In an increasingly globalised world, an understanding of the diversity in the concept and practice of employee wellbeing, how it is presented, experienced, regulated and contested, is particularly vital.

Decoupling of business models and ecosystems is the disconnection of certain characteristic activities originally planned and completed in coincidence.

Chinese development is widely considered to be an example of successful developmental catch-up with double-digit growth rates year on year.

This volume aims to explore the long-term evolution of different varieties of large enterprises in today's developed economies.

In today's global business environment, it is vital that individuals and organizations have sophisticated global leadership skills.

In Entrepreneurship and Sustainability the editors and contributors challenge the notion that not-for-profit social entrepreneurship is the only sort that can lead to the alleviation of poverty.

This set reprints volumes 1, 2 and 3 of James Bowen's A History of Western Education originally published by Methuen in the 1970s.

"e;The latest volume in the Advances in International Marketing series is a fresh addition to the international marketing literature, expanding the current knowledge in several significant ways.

Latin America: It's Future in the Global Economy is a timely contribution to the effort to meet the complex challenges entailed in Latin America's increasing participation in world markets.

Clinical trials used to be conducted overwhelmingly in the US and Europe but for a range of economic, technical and ethical reasons, the number of multicentre studies recruiting subjects in different regions of the World has grown exponentially.

This book provides a detailed account of the political economy around investment deal negotiations between African governments and private Chinese investors.

Bringing together an international range of expertise, this comprehensive Companion to Technology Management is designed to facilitate the development of management frameworks adaptable for a wide range of organizations, as well as an overview of the development and integration of technology in advanced and emerging economies.

Explore and understand the principles of international businesses from theory to practice.

The rise and spread of the Internet has accelerated the global flows of money,technology and information that are increasingly perceived as a challenge to thetraditional regulatory powers of nation states and the effectiveness of their constitutions.

In today's global economy, NAFTA continues to present unprecedented opportunities for companies in cross-border commerce.

The globalization of world markets has had its impact on the Middle East as on the rest of the world.

Spread trading trading complex, multi-leg structures--is the new frontier for the individual options trader.