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The Myth of the Ethical Consumer Hardback with DVD
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 259

The Myth of the Ethical Consumer Hardback with DVD

A no-holds-barred examination of 'ethical' consumerism.

Global Entrepreneurship
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 339

Global Entrepreneurship

The role that small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play in the economic development and growth of cities, regions and nations has been an increasing subject of debate and study for the last half century. This volume focuses on the opportunities and challenges that entrepreneurs and SMEs face in a world of global competition.

Philosophy of Science and Meta-Knowledge in International Business and Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 518

Philosophy of Science and Meta-Knowledge in International Business and Management

This volume explores major issues and concepts in the field of international business and management and asks the question 'What is it that we know?' It examines key topics such as multinational enterprise and strategic management theory, post-merger integration, internalizing firms and the strategy-performance relationship.

Institutional Theory in International Business
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 498

Institutional Theory in International Business

Part of "Advances in International Management" series, this title presents contemporary research by leading and emerging scholars working on institutional theory. It also presents theoretical frameworks of institutions and proposes interesting ideas that provide the foundation for doctoral dissertations and research projects.

Breaking up the Global Value Chain
  • Language: en

Breaking up the Global Value Chain

Recent developments are challenging the traditional separation between advanced and emerging economies as host of knowledge and production-intensive activities, respectively. Authors assess whether the co-location of R&D and manufacturing is critical for development and innovation.

The Essence of Corporate Strategy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 364

The Essence of Corporate Strategy

A holistic, comprehensive and applied expression of essential strategic thinking, conceived specially for corporate strategists, advisers and MBA study.

Knowledge Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 220

Knowledge Management

This book presents a unique blend of articles which combines both conceptual and practical concerns related to devising and implementing sustainable Knowledge Management systems and solutions in contemporary global organizations. The book's contributors are among the leading thinkers and practitioners in this growing field. The seamless synthesis of the human, organizational, and technological dimensions of Knowledge Management makes this book a definitive guide for academics and practising managers alike. Prof. Joseph Davis is the Director of the Language Technologies and Knowledge Management Research Laboratory and of the Information Systems Program at the School of Information Technologies, the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. Dr. E. Subrahmanian is a Research Professor at the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems and the Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. Prof. Art Westerberg is Emeritus University Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.

Management and International Review
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 158

Management and International Review

The major changes in strategy and structure in MNEs increasing levels of global integration, innovation by design, new network structures, outsourcing of major value-chain activities, E-commerce and the backlash against globalization. This special issue includes an overview of the integration-responsiveness framework.

Market Response Models: Econometric and Time Series Analysis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 389

Market Response Models: Econometric and Time Series Analysis

This book reports over a decade's worth of research on the development of empirical response models that have important uses for generating marketing knowledge and improving marketing decisions. Some of its contributions to marketing are the following: 1. It integrates state-of-the art technical material with discussions of its relevance to management. 2. It provides continuity to a research stream over 20 years old. 3. It illustrates how marketing generalizations are the basis of marketing theory and marketing knowledge. 4. It shows how the research can be applied to marketing planning and forecasting. 5. It presents original research in marketing. The book addresses both marketing research...

Organizing Political Parties
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 362

Organizing Political Parties

Political party organizations play large roles in democracies, yet their organizations differ widely, and their statutes change much more frequently than constitutions or electoral laws. How do these differences, and these frequent changes, affect the operation of democracy? This book seeks to answer these questions by presenting a comprehensive overview of the state of party organization in nineteen contemporary democracies. Using a unique new data collection, the book's chapters test propositions about the reasons for variation and similarities across party organizations. They find more evidence of within-country similarity than of cross-national patterns based on party ideology. After exp...