International business Books

This is an innovative collection of papers written by a panel of highly respected academics and financial experts. Whilst providing an insight into the phenomenology of the financial crises of the 1990s in Asia and Latin America, the book also explores...

This book sets new trajectories for language-sensitive business and management research and pedagogy. The existence of language plurality characterises these. Empirical studies have been established as important and relevant for contemporary research. It...

Drawing upon the work of eminent thinkers such as Barthes, Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard and Bahktin, Macintosh develops revolutionary insights into the introduction of contemporary poststructuralist ideas into accounting theory.

The profound economic transformation in China is not a linear process. It is subject to fundamental shifts in its underlying structure. One of those structural transformations will be a shift from unlimited to limited supplies of labour in China's...

The Caspian Basin region has boomed since the late 1990s due to new oil discoveries, new pipelines that have diversified countries' transport options and world oil prices that have risen from below $10 in 1998 to $70 in 2006. This book analyzes the...

Edited by two leading scholars who have been instrumental in the shaping of current thinking in the field of regional and industrial economics, this volume brings together a range of theoretical and empirical contributions that analyze and explain...

The widespread move towards more market-driven models of political economy combined with the expanding internationalisation of business and commerce has led to a series of proposals for global competition rules. To date these proposals have been hotly...

Over the past ten years, the corporate governance environment in East Asia has undergone a significant transformation. The Asian Financial crisis, together with Japan's long economic malaise, undermined confidence in the corporate structures, governance...

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in international production worldwide, accompanied by considerable changes in its geographical structure. This volume examines the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the geography of international...

Whether it's bungee jumping in Queenstown or visiting the Guinness factory in Dublin, where we travel - and what we do when we get there - has changed significantly in the past twenty years. This innovative textbook explores what is possibly the most...

This book, the result of an international research project, comprises a comprehensive comparison of three key countries. Adopting an institutional approach, with top level contributors, it analyzes political factors in conjunction with entrepreneurial...

Climate change has become an important topic on the business agenda with strong pressure being placed on companies to respond and contribute to finding solutions to this urgent problem. This text provides a comprehensive analysis of international...

We are in a critical period where civil society organizations actively influence business political behaviour, while corporations and business associations are adopting new and flexible strategies aimed at closer contact with civil society. Against the...

This study explores the question as to whether the way in which Chinese management handles conflict is fundamentally different from elsewhere or much the same. It does so by examining in detail an international joint venture construction project,...

Recent institutional changes have seen the increasing dominance of globalization and neoliberalism in the world economy. As markets have been deregulated, privatization and unproductive government spending have been promoted. Yet the greater volatility...

The beginning of the twenty first century has been characterized by the expansion of economics, politics and institutional relations. this book illustrates the local answer to the challenge of increasing competition.

Examines how and why corporate strategy, structure and culture is continuing to change markedly in Southeast Asia.

The last years have seen a profusion of books and articles on managing technology, focused almost exclusively on leading edge firms in leading edge countries. This book argues that succeeding as a follower-firm requires learning from many experiences and...

In an era of systemic crisis and of global critiques of the unsustainable perpetuation of capitalism, Pervasive Powers: The Politics of Corporate Authority critically questions the conditions for the maintenance and expansion of corporate power.

Strategie di Marketing: Dalle Fondamenta alle Frontiere Future si presenta come una guida essenziale e completa per navigare nel dinamico mondo del marketing moderno. Attraverso un viaggio che parte dalle radici storiche del marketing fino ad arrivare...

ACTIVATE YOUR BUSINESS POTENTIAL: FAST-TRACK YOUR SUCCESS IN TODAY'S COMPETITIVE MARKETToday's business world is inundated with fast-paced transformation. Several entrepreneurs and companies leverage technology to drive their business goals. "Activate...

Introducing 10 Strategies for Better Advertising. This book covers subjects such as what constitutes advertising, emphasising benefits rather than features, pushing consumers' emotional buttons, utilising credibility and proof, crafting a headline that...

Presenting Across Cultures shows those needing to make international business, sales, and marketing presentations - how to adapt their structure, delivery style, content and message in 16 key markets and regions around the world. There is also a chapter...

Absolutely! Good leaders are out there! Although not all of them were born to lead employees, just about anyone can work on their strengths and weaknesses to become a better leader!In commemoration of our 20th anniversary, we present you with a new...

Master's Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, grade: 1,3, Berlin School of Economics and Law (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin), course: Internationale Economics, language: English, abstract: In...

Découvrez l'œuvre révolutionnaire qui a transformé le monde du travail et de la gestion : Les Principes de l'organisation scientifique du travail de Frederick Winslow Taylor. Ce livre pionnier, publié pour la première fois en 1911, propose une approche...

The focus of the book is to help readers understand how certain concepts and values influence the way Germans like to do business. Germany is the strongest economy in Europe, and one of the largest worldwide. The business climate is good, people are...

From Zero to Viral: An Influencer's Journey is an enlightening exploration into the fast-paced, thrilling world of social media influencers. This book serves as your guide, shedding light on the path from being an aspiring influencer to becoming a viral...

If your website does not generate sales, leads, subscriptions, or revenue at the rate you think it should, then this book is probably for you. This is a step by step guide that will outline all the conversion barriers on your site. If you follow the...

An accountability storyYou may have heard about the organization that employed some people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure thatSomebody would do it. Anybody could have done it,...

Employment Relations is widely taught in business schools around the world. However, an increasing emphasis is being placed on the comparative and international dimensions of the relationships between employers and workers. It is becoming crucial to...

This Handbook provides an accessible, diverse and ground-breaking overview of literary, cultural, and political translation across a range of activist contexts. It is an indispensable resource for all activists, translators, students and researchers...

This book fills a significant gap in the work on the development of Southern European capitalism and its large corporations by analyzing the Italian and Spanish cases and comparing them with each other and with what has occurred in the United States and...

Rating Valuation: Principles and Practice has long been the standard go-to guide for both students studying rating valuation and practitioners needing a comprehensive reference book covering rating law, valuation and, importantly, practice.

There is no questioning the enthusiasm that welcomed impact investing as an alternative approach to making investments: Take account of both financial returns and the social and environmental impacts. But there is no denying that the approach has fallen...

What is the G8? Every year world leaders convene for their annual summit, accompanied by thousands of protestors and anti-globalization activists. In Genoa in 2001, street battles between police and demonstrators made world headlines, as one protestor...

Contributed to and edited by leading academics, the conceptual and empirical papers included in this significant volume consider how interaction between business associations and government is affected by Europeanization and globalization.

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a challenging project that will kick-start enormous changes in trade policy-making as well as in market openness in Canada. It will mark the EU's efforts to re-make the Atlantic Economy. This book...

Asia is no longer simply the continent to which the world turns for outsourcing and off shoring of production, leaving retailing to Western countries. Asia now contains many of the world's largest markets plus many emergent markets as well. Each chapter...

Boomer Marketing is the first book to address the current global recession and its effects on firms' marketing strategies. Chaston argues that firms need to revise their strategies to focus on baby boomers (consumers in the 50+ age bracket), who are the...

Design is central to every service or good produced, sold and consumed. Manufacturing and service companies located in high cost locations increasingly find it difficult to compete with producers located in countries such as India and China. Companies in...

South East Asia has undergone important economic, social and political developments in the last decade. The emergence of China as Asia's largest pool of cheap labour has resulted in remarkable changes in the volume of foreign direct investment it...