Global Business
Global Business
The “great recession” has completely changed today’s economic climate. Consumers are buying less and saving more, banks are lending very little money, and conservationist policies are emerging from developed nations,...
In a global economy, contemplation of culture is neither new nor unusual. In fact, it is crucial for a successful business venture. Often, when company executives seek to break into the international market or form...
In China Versus the West, Ivan Tselichtchev describes the Western economic crisis that occurred parallel to unyielding Chinese growth and how this created a global power shift. He explains the genesis...
No economy has exploded as quickly as that of China. In just 30 years, China has been transformed from a backward, bureaucratic country where innovation was stifled and trade with the West was virtually nonexistent...
Within the past 10 years, China has evolved from a third world country into one of the most economically powerful countries in the world, second only to the United States. With China’s government-backed development of...
Until about 25 years ago, almost no one in China had ever eaten a piece of chocolate. For the world's leading chocolate makers, this was both a great challenge and a great opportunity. In Chocolate Fortunes, Lawrence L...
There are some economists who view the current financial crisis as a “once in a hundred years” event in the business cycle that is a severe but necessary readjustment that must be endured. However, the current crisis...
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...
The world has only so much food, water, energy, and precious metals to meet the needs of its growing population. In Earth Wars, Geoff Hiscock outlines the struggle for resources as the world’s...
Since 2007 food prices have risen rapidly worldwide, creating hunger and unrest. In Endless Appetites, Alan Bjerga contends that deregulated commodities trading is the cause for the hunger and unrest....
