Kenichi Ohmae's The Borderless World has changed the way managers view the world and their businesses, and how they invent, commercialize and compete. It vividly shows the increasing dominance of consumers over companies and countries, and the resultant melting away of national economic borders to create a global market. Ohmae's timely advice has enabled major Japanese companies to capture new …
This updated, useful book on business strategy, with The Economist brand, shows today’s manager how to create and sustain a dynamic, profitable business with techniques to support effective decisions. Kourdi evaluates the tools, tactics, and techniques for making profit-boosting decisions.
By Leif Edvinsson Professor of Intellectual Capital University of Lund Lund, Sweden In a marketplace, characterized by the growing importance of intangibles and knowledge, as we have not only in Europe today, it has become more and more evident how important knowledge management and Intellectual Capital management has become. Some of us who started this knowledge exploration journeys some decad…
This book argues that most multinational companies lack an adequate global strategy. The material provides a systematic framework for evaluating which elements of strategy to globalize and by how much, and a practical guide on how to implement a globalization strategy in order to achieve a successful, total global strategy. * spells out the interaction between industry globalization drivers an…
The increasing international mobility of private financial flows is a major aspect of the contemporary global economy, where the volume of cross-border financial transactions far exceeds the level that is necessary to finance foreign trade and investment. Efforts to integrate the sub-Saharan African region into the global financial system have resulted not only in increased inflows of such capi…
Contents: Introduction Part 1 : A new drive for the automobile industry Part 2 : Promoting environmentally friendly businesses Part 3 : Industrial clusters supporting zero emissions Part 4 : Environmental issues and banks : The challenge Part 5 : A perspective on energy and the environment Part 6 : Environmental problems for the construction industry, etc.
Successful management depends on the ability to quickly and effectively manage conflicts. Conflict Resolution includes hands-on information for effectively communicating with employees, disciplining and even terminating employees, understanding and using organizational politics, and more.
This book outlines how to conduct a complete environmental risk assessment. The first part documents the psychology and philosophy of risk perception and assessment, introducing a taxonomy of uncertainty and the importance of context. It provides a critical examination of the use and abuse of expert judgement and goes on to outline approaches to hazard identification and subjective ranking that…
All companies must grow to survive, but only one in five growth strategies succeeds. In Profit from the Core, strategy expert Chris Zook revealed how to grow profitably by focusing on and achieving full potential in the core business. But what happens when your core business provides insufficient new growth or even hits the wall? In Beyond the Core, Zook outlines an expansion strategy based on …
An edited collection of essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. The book pays particular attention to the ways in which foreign policy and international relations theories help explain eco-politics and sustainable development in the region. Case studies cover e…