International Business

This book discusses the historical, economic, cultural, political, and technological impacts of globalization and business conduct in Latin American countries. It considers both the contemporary business environment of the area and emerging trends...

This title was first published in 1994, following the Centre for Organisational Studies’ (COS) third Round Table, which discussed East-West business collaboration in relation to the management of organizations. Utilizing a series of case studies, the chapters represent a genuine dialogue between man..

This title was first published in 1994, following the Centre for Organisational Studies’ (COS) third Round Table, which discussed East-West business collaboration in relation to the management of organizations. Utilizing a series of case studies, the chapters represent a genuine dialogue between man..

Economics and the Business Environment enables students to calculate how much competition firms within a particular business sector are exposed to, to analyse the current economic position of a particular country and to make exchange rate prognoses, and to gauge the effect of the economic environmen..

This book provides an in-depth understanding of key variables that play a significant role at the various stages of the innovation process, leading to successful commercialisation of products and services...

Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia’s energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy. Governments persist in having their own agenda and priorities as well as plenty of constraints and taboos, ye..

Provides insights into Europe's cultural challenges of globalization, diversity dilemmas, and opportunities; and case studies, best practices, and resources for finding the common ground and developing the competence needed to succeed. This book addresses how cultural diversity affects the business ..

How has cultural diversity affected the business climate of the growing European Union? What are European institutions and enterprises doing to manage it? In 'EuroDiversity,' Dr. Simons gathers issue-centered perspectives on how Europe's entwined past, present, and future have made it the most strik..

This new edition has been fully updated in order to reflect the fast moving changes and economic instability that has occurred in European Business over the last few years. With a raft of pedagogical features including: case studies, discussion questions and a companion website, this key text remain..

This new edition has been fully updated in order to reflect the fast moving changes and economic instability that has occurred in European Business over the last few years. With a raft of pedagogical features including: case studies, discussion questions and a companion website, this key text remain..

Expatriate Managers and the Paradoxes of Working and Living Abroad examines the global elite from an everyday perspective, showing that understanding the dynamics of a global economy requires probing into the lifeworlds, agency and everyday arrangements of the social actors who are putting globaliza..

John Dunning’s general theory of international production, first propounded in the late 1970’s, has generated considerable debate. This work thoughtfully reassesses the paradigm, and extends the analysis to embrace issues of theoretical and empirical importance. This book, first published in 1988, w..