Global and Transnational Business
by George Stonehouse, David Campbell, Jim Hamill, and Tony Purdie
This extensively revised and updated second edition of Global and Transnational Business, builds on the success of the first edition in discussing the complex strategic issues involved in global and international business. Presented within an integrative framework, the authors provide a review of the work of leading authors in the field, and this framework establishes clear linkages between global strategy, global management and global competitiveness. The link is examined between the trend tow...
From Adam Smith To Michael Porter: Evolution Of Competitiveness Theory (Asia-pacific Business, #2)
by Dong-sung Cho and Hwy-chang Moon
Latest Edition: From Adam Smith to Michael Porter: Evolution of Competitiveness Theory (Extended Edition)Traditionally, a nation's international competitiveness has been explained by international trade theories originating from Adam Smith. However, today's global economy is too complicated to be explained by the traditional trade theories. Recently, Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School introduced a new competitiveness theory, the so-called diamond model. He differentiated his theory fr...
Export/Import Trends and Economic Development in Trinidad, 1919-1939
by Doddridge H. N. Alleyne
This book was originally researched and written as an Oxford thesis submitted in 1958, yet it remains a valuable and pertinent study, by no means outdated by the passage of time. The fact is that the economic history of Trinidad and Tobago has been seriously under-researched, as compared with its political, social and cultural history. We still lack a scholarly account of the evolution of the country's economy, both overall and for specific periods. What Alleyne has written is a detailed, empiri...
Global Marketing Management (The Prentice-Hall series in marketing)
by Warren J. Keegan
For courses in International Marketing and Global Marketing. This is the leading MBA text in international marketing-with comprehensive cases. *NEW- Chapter on Global e.marketing. - Students see impact of e-commerce on global marketing. *NEW- New Cases. Kodak vs. Fuji, Education of an Expatriate, CEAC-China and Ascom Hasler, Inc. - Provides students with new cases and teaching notes that refresh and update course. *Classic cases. Such as Harley Davidson, Parker Pen, etc. - These classic cases...
The practice of trading across international borders has undergone a series of changes with great consequences for the world trading community, the result of new trade agreements, a number of financial crises, the emergence of the World Trade Organization, and countless other less obvious developments. In International Trade in East Asia, a group of esteemed contributors provides a summary of empirical factors of international trade specifically as they pertain to East Asian countries such as Ch...
Trade Competitiveness of the Middle East and North Africa (Directions in Development. Trade)
The traditional policy reform agenda concentrated on reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers between countries in the region and toward international markets is necessary, but not sufficient reason, for success. New opportunities, notably on trade and transport, and the services market deserve a higher profile on the policy agenda.
This book examines the objectives set by the World Bank for its operations in Turkey in the period 1993-2004 and the extent to which those objectives were met.
Port Development and Commodity Potential (Port Development and Commodity Potential, #1)
by Nama Priyambodo
International Marketing Cases thoroughly examines important topics of international marketing and how they relate to world-wide business: environment, tactical and strategic issues, planning and control. This unique approach goes beyond a purely developed world perspective with illustrations and examples relating to Third World countries as well.
The Green Bottom Line
To date, both internal and external corporate environmental reporting and management systems have focused on physical input–output measures. However, external stakeholders are increasingly demanding that organisations provide more financial information about the costs and benefits of their environmental actions. As environmental costs rise, internal decision-makers are also seeking such information to ensure that money is well spent. Beyond basic compliance, many companies will not countenance e...
As the demand for environmental quality is increasing and as the current GATT rules monitored by the WTO are not very suitable for environmental protection, either a new international environmental organization may be formed soon or new environmental regulations may be added to GATT. In either case, understanding of the interactions between trade and the environment will be vital. "Trade and the Environment" presents both the theoretical and empirical exposition of the impact of trade liberaliza...
Deutschlands Aussenhandel. 1815-1870 (Schriften Zur Kunstgeschichte / Reihe 1. Allgemeine Und Deutsche Geschichte, #5)
by Gerhard Bondi
Structural Change and International Labour Migration in East Asia
by Prema-chandra Athukorala and Chris Manning
"Structural Change and International Labour Migration in East Asia" provides the first systematic analysis of the rapid growth of international labour migration in East Asia. It examines the increase in international labour migration in relation to growth and structural change in labour-receiving countries.
Deeper Integration and Trade in Services in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
by Daniel Muller-Jentsch
The Arab countries of the southern Mediterranean rim have long suffered from economic stagnation and an increasing marginalization in the global economy. Deeper economic integration with the enlarged European Union - accounting for a quarter of global GDP and foreign direct investment - could become a main driver for economic development in he southern Mediterranean countries. The planned Euro-Mediterranean free trade area for goods is a first step into that direction, but additional measures ar...
This publication examines the economy and trade of Pakistan in the context of global value chains (GVCs), or cross-border production networks. The report combines innovative analytical tools with the latest available data to explore Pakistan's involvement in GVCs. It produces indicators on factors including Pakistan's rate of GVC participation, its patterns of specialization, and the price competitiveness of its exports. It is a joint publication with the Islamic Development Bank Institute.
Global Production is the first book to provide a fully comprehensive overview of the complicated issues facing multinational companies and their global sourcing strategies. Few international trade transactions today are based on the exchange of finished goods; rather, the majority of transactions are dominated by sales of individual components and intermediary services. Many firms organize global production around offshoring parts, components, and services to producers in distant countries, and...
Learn how your business can tap into foreign markets In Export Now, two international business experts reveal the secrets to taking your company global. Offering a real-life strategy that businesses of any size can use to expand their reach around the world, this book is the ultimate guide to identifying, evaluating, and profiting from global opportunities. Essential reading for any company looking to expand abroad, the book explains the five essentials of international growth. All businesses...
Written from an inter-disciplinary perspective within the South African business context, this book provides an introduction to the theory required for studying business ethics and practical guidance for moral decision making. The book is divided up into three parts. Part One is concerned with the relationship between business and ethics and sketches some of the historical debates that have taken place. Part Two looks at moral dilemmas in business, particularly those that are relevant to the Sou...
A Profile of the Furniture Manufacturing Industry
by Susan M. Walcott
The furniture industry serves as an indicator for the changing state of American manufacturing. A brief history of U.S. furniture manufacturing creates the context for continuing geographic shifts among Asian locations, foreign ownership impacts and global market considerations, as well as the demands of three significant domestic market demographics. The furniture industry is separated into its various parts from wood to metal, home to institutional markets. Government actions including tariff...
Paying for the Piper (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context)
by Charles Woolfson and Matthais Beck
This book is an appraisal of current offshore industrial relations, and safety regulations instituted after the 1988 Alpha disaster in the North Sea. This text discusses the oil industry's attempts to contain subsequent, unwelcome regulatory interference, and examines the fraught history of trade unionism in the offshore industry, the conflict over health and safety, and the sometimes brutal struggle over union rights as the workforce attempted to achieve a collective voice in the reshaping of t...
Using new firm-level export data collected in eight MENA countries - Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen - this study provides a finer and deeper diagnostic for the regions lack of export growth and diversification. Several main findings emerge from the analysis. First, MENA under trades but the region-wide aggregates hide considerable heterogeneity. Second, firm-level evidence confirms exchange-rate policy as a priority area for policy action. Third, MENA has failed...
International Business: The Challenges of Globalization, Global Edition
by John J Wild and Kenneth L. Wild
Cultural Understanding in International Business International Business: The Challenges of Globalization is a comprehensive introduction to the difficulties of global entrepreneurship. By employing engaging features and real world examples through a concise and focused text, the Eighth Edition presents a fresh take on the subject that is both interesting and invaluable to students. The material has been thoroughly updated based on both student and instructor feedback and ongoing changes in the i...