International business

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

The Middle East has for a long time been at the centre of global trade as well as political interest.

The Second Edition of International Business includes recent impacts on international business such as the financial crisis, Brexit and the changing political landscape, Chinese steel prices and the Panama Papers revelations.

An insider's guide to doing business in the fastest growing market in the worldChina!

In Conceptions of Professionalism, Ken Bruce and Abdullahi Ahmed present the results of research into understanding what professionalism means to individuals who are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERa professionals and how they conceive of acting professionally.

Based on a comprehensive quantitative study, Julia Sinnig shows that the impact social media influencers have on brand-related outcomes depends on the identification of consumers with social media influencers.

This Handbook, authored by a stellar line-up of international contributors, explores the diverse phenomena and issues surrounding the Korean business and management world.

Social franchising represents a third generation form of franchising development, after trade-name and business-format franchising.

The international conference "e;Sustainable Collaboration in Business, Technology, Information and Innovation (SCBTII) 2019"e; has brought together academics, professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, learners, and other related groups from around the world who have a special interest in theories and practices in the development of the field of digital economy for global competitiveness.

This Element presents the facts, arguments and scenarios around public debt from a global perspective.

In this fourth and final volume of the CARE-ing for Integral Development series, Ronnie Lessem integrates all that has come before in terms of: Community activation; Awakening integral consciousness; and institutionalized Research.

The present economic system requires us to consume and throw away more and more goods.

This new textbook on the Chinese economy clearly presents all that the world's second largest economy has accomplished, as well as what work remains to be done.

The book explores the effect of financial globalization on Latin American economic policy-making.

The Creative City: Vision and Execution, edited by James E.

Die Schweiz bietet ein einzigartiges und dynamisches Umfeld für Unternehmer und Investoren.

This book analyses and evaluates the accomplishments, challenges, and approaches associated with the New Public Management (NPM) in Africa towards establishing context-specific interventions for public sector institutions' performance.

Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries analyses the functions and advantages of clusters and networks for small enterprises in developing countries.

Parietti addresses one of the most important topic scrutinized by the scholars of International Business.

Once unquestionably the world's leading economic and industrial power, the United States now views with growing dismay the impressive industrial efficiency, vigorous work ethics, and large American holdings of various other nations.

This book analyzes crisis communication in Asia, focusing on how culture (broadly defined) plays a central role in the way a crisis develops and is resolved.

For the first time, Shemirani provides a systematic methodology for the study of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) over their life span and emphasizes the need for a paradigm shift in our approach towards the study of state capitalism.

By any standard, the pharmaceutical industry's history has been a successful one.

This book, based on extensive original research, presents a detailed analysis of the varying opportunities and challenges experienced by Japanese women with professional careers, an important category of the population in Japan, whose lives remain little known.

International Human Resource Management provides a concise overview of the rich HR landscape in Europe to help students develop cutting-edge people management approaches.

This book is a useful resource  for government policy analysts, academics, students of higher education and business practitioners interested in African economies  and the key economic issues these economies are facing in 2020.

Extoling mindful global leadership and now including cases, this book imparts competent, sustainable business practices for global leaders.

This book identifies the driving forces behind globalization and proposes innovative ways for small and medium-enterprises (SMEs) to confront them.

Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world, and they are often not held to account.

A new contribution to the debate on the evolution of European employment and social models.

Open internationalization is a concept that brings a new perspective on the process of firm internationalization.

It is nowadays well accepted that both economic growth and development are highly dependent on improving not just the availability of capital, but also access to technological capabilities, infrastructure and resources.

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In an era marked by unprecedented geopolitical uncertainty, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market explores the intricate ways global events shape the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

Negotiation is an important managerial skill.

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&As) activity has become an important vehicle for firms' internationalization and corporate restructuring over the past three decades.

Corporate governance is an area of key importance for students of comparative management and international business.

The current economic situation has highlighted deficiencies in corporate governance while also showing the importance of stakeholder relations.

This book explores the effective management of HR functions in an African context.

Investment arbitration has become the primary means of settling disputes between states and foreign investors.

Leaders can shape an organisation through their behaviours and their vision.

Over the past two decades international entrepreneurship has become a key issue in international business studies.

The pace of reform for China's enterprises of all kinds has quickened as they seek to cope with the challenges of self-determination in a rapidly evolving context of difficult social and welfare changes, and the realities of increasing global competition.

Many global companies have been focused upon strategic executive development within a competitive environment.

This book highlights the importance of understanding how trust and indigenous African cultural institutions enhance the development of entrepreneurial networks and relationships in Africa.

This book provides a general description and evaluation of the process of urbanization in China and the urgent challenges facing the Chinese government.

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the similarities and differences of contemporary human resource management systems, processes and practices in the two increasingly important economic great powers in Asia.