International Business

This book is a basic text for international marketing courses. It introduces the different elements of the international marketing mix and sets the...

Business groups - large, diversified, often family-controlled organizations with pyramidal ownership structure, such as the Japanese zaibatsu, the ...

This book, based on extensive, original, detailed research presents a comprehensive overview of the Italian multinationals and their activities dur...

Over a century has passed and yet there is growing evidence that knowledge workers across the globe today are as constrained by F.W. Taylor's much-...

Outsourcing is an increasingly popular strategy deployed by a variety of institutions, including banks, multinational companies and small and mediu...

Since the start of the 21st century China has risen to the status of an important world power. This book examines Chinese power, focusing in partic...

This book considers the impact of multinational companies in China on the Chinese economy and on indigenous firms in China. It shows how the global...

The extent to which organisational performance is related to the Human Resource policies and practices adopted has been a question debated by both ...

Adopting an international business perspective, this book surveys recent business developments in Asia, and the activities of multinational firms i...

Over the past ten years there has been a massive growth in call centres worldwide. These centres are said to represent the most dynamic growth area...

China has enjoyed heroic growth rates in the last twenty five years of reform and transition, pulling more people out of poverty more quickly than ...

Family businesses constitute some of the most unique, complex, and dynamic systems in modern society. The blending of the performance-based world o...

The global business world appears to be changing and there is an ever greater focus on developing countries. This change in the international busin...

Most regions and countries in the world are experiencing increasingly diverse populations and labour markets. While the causes may vary, the challe...

Products and services created by small and medium sized organizations account for the vast majority of economic activity across the globe. These or...

By any standard, the pharmaceutical industry's history has been a successful one. In addition to its profits and shareholder dividends, it has been...

For the first time, Shemirani provides a systematic methodology for the study of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) over their life span and emphasizes ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has soared and multinational enterprises (MNEs) have grown in numbers and complexity as globalization has intensifi...

Volume 6 of "Advances in Global Leadership" includes timely and impactful chapters on various concepts and processes associated with leading across...

The book aims to give non-economists a detailed understanding of how macroeconomic policy works in modern economies, and the issues it faces. The w...

Latin America represents one of the most dynamic business regions in the world. Innovation Support in Latin America and Europe explores the need fo...

As globalization explodes, so has international business scholarship. This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of International Business synthesi...

This book focuses on the questions of: why do some economically disadvantaged nations develop significantly faster than others, and what roles do t...

Executive search, headhunting, is now one of the archetypal new knowledge intensive professional services, as well as a labor market intermediary b...