Global Business

Global Business

 
Navigating the Badlands O'Hara-Devereaux, Mary John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2004 Global Business, Leadership, Management

Business forecaster and author Mary O’Hara-Devereaux borrows a metaphor from the old American West, “navigating the badlands,” to describe the journey that business and industry finds itself on in the current...

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Japan Without Blinders Oppenheim, Phillip Kodansha International , 1992 Global Business

A refutation of complacent Western assumptions about Japan’s economy and trading practices. This antidote to the panic and propaganda of "Japan-bashers" reveals the truth about Western approaches and provides...

 
 
Emerging Markets Pacek, Nenad | Thorniley, Daniel Profile Books Ltd. , 2007 Business Strategy, Global Business

For a long time, many companies viewed under-developed markets as a strategic afterthought and, for the most part, tackled them in an opportunistic way. Though this partly explains why so many companies ended up...

 
 
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Perkins, John John Perkins , 2005 Economics & Finance, Global Business

In this book, Perkins paints a clear picture of how the US carved a path to become one of the most powerful countries in the world through padded economic...

 
 
Liberation Management Peters, Tom Alfred A. Knopf , 1992 Global Business, Management

In Liberation Management, Tom Peters aspires to new revolutionary heights by literally turning readers on their heads and shaking out all the mundane, conventional wisdom left rattling around. Peters...

 
 
Business Maharajas Piramal, Gita Viking Penguin India , 1996 Global Business, Management

Ambani, Bajaj, Birla, Goenka, Khaitan, the Shahs, and Tata, eight of India’s most powerful men, are a study in contrasts. Their businesses are distinct and varied. Some are highly educated, others are barely educated...

 
 
Doing Business in China Plafker, Ted Business Plus , 2007 Entrepreneurship, Global Business

Over the past few years, China has transformed itself into a powerful, consumer-oriented culture, and many Western companies have flocked to China to take advantage of this new marketplace. However, entrepreneurs from...

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Trading Places Prestowitz Jr., Clyde V. Basic Books , 1988 Global Business

Few, if any, American companies can compete in industries the Japanese deem important. Japan's social and industrial structure has made it a very difficult market to penetrate. While America embraces free trade and...

 
 
Innovation Explosion Quinn, James Brian | Baruch, Jordan J. | Zien, Karen Anne The Free Press , 1997 Global Business, Innovation, Management

If nations and enterprises hope to be successful in future world competition, they must understand, integrate, and manage their intellectual, technological, and innovation resources in a dramatically different way....

 
 
The Work of Nations Reich, Robert B. Alfred A. Knopf , 1991 Global Business, Human Resources

In The Work of Nations, the concept of borderless nations draws a sharp distinction between societies and economies. Reich contends that corporations and investors are becoming disconnected from their...

 
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