Retail Investor in Focus
This book focuses on the regulatory aspect of retail investor protection in the context of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the Indian securities market. The book captures the salient policy changes that have transformed the IPO markets in India from their rudimentary structure at their present advanced structure. While primary markets reforms in India have been an ongoing endeavor, there has been a renewed emphasis in the recent past on reforming the market keeping the retail investors in focus. Greater retail participation is the intended objective of the reforms agenda. The book assesses retail participation in all the IPOs that have been floated between the period 2012-2017 in terms of their subscriptions, size of investment and quantum of applications. The book also provides a concise overview of the significant legislative developments that have been enacted keeping the retail investor in focus.
Transcending Cultural FrontiersPractices, Challenges, and Strategy for International Busin
This book focuses on the cultural challenges often faced by international managers and global business operations. In the last few decades, the world has witnessed unprecedented economic turmoil, volatility, and uncertainty which has altered the political dynamics and sociocultural landscape around the globe and directly or indirectly affected international business activities. Further, new markets have opened up in every corner of the world. Brazil, Russia, India, and China, collectively known as BRIC, are strong emerging economic powers similar to the once captivated 'Asian Tigers' such as Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan which rose decades ago. The emergence of these markets has heightened both the opportunities and challenges for national and international businesses. Multinational firms are gradually expanding in the emerging markets and are expected to become giants in the foreseeable future. As they expand, they also need to assume increasing social responsibilities in a global context, and it is important that the ways business is conducted are developed accordingly. As such, understanding the practices, challenges, and strategies that companies have developed is critical to global firm's success. Against this background, the book highlights the importance of understanding cultural elements when managing multicultural human behaviors in the workplace. Based on conceptual and empirical work, it pushes the frontiers of knowledge of this emerging field in international business setup and management, and explores how globalization is changing the way in which multinational firms formulate their business strategies."The editors of this text bring a wealth of expertise in this area, as is evidenced by their choice of topics, and the strength of the experts they have invited to contribute to the book. The combined chapters provide both strategic guidance as well as a focus on operational concerns that may arise in international business including expatriation and human resource mobility. The authors not only correctly identify the oncoming challenges, but also present evidence regarding the likely solutions such as culture and innovation and global change management. Overall, this book will be a tremendous resource for scholars in the international business field, but I believe the audience will be much wider. The international team of editors and authors bring a wide range of perspective as well as real-world contextual knowledge that will be useful for scholars and practitioners who seek to leverage culture and human capital to advance international business and drive the global economy. I applaud the editors for their vision and leadership in guiding us through one of the most challenging contemporary research areas and through one of the most pressing challenges of our day." -Dr. Richard L. Griffith, Executive Director, Institute for Cross Cultural Management, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA
Narrative Management in Corporate Japan
Scandals and failures in some of the best known international Japanese-owned companies have shown that there is sometimes a considerable difference between the public and internal narratives of Japanese firms. This book explores the extent to which Japanese firms' public claims reflect wider reality.Exploring how and why corporate narrative-management is 'accepted' or 'rejected' by external and internal audiences in Japan, the book clarifies what narrative-management means for Japanese organizations. It argues that the role of narrative-management has become much more prevalent in Japan in recent years, but that it does not serve quite the same role as it does in the Western environments where the theory and practice first emerged. The author presents interview-based case studies within four very different large Japanese organisations, all of which have deployed and loudly announced new restructuring plans based largely on Western models of corporate 'best practice'. The book aims to describe and account for these Japanese corporate narratives, and asks what they are, why they are deployed and who believes in them.As the first narrative-related work in the Japanese context, this volume provides an insight into the development of Japanese narrative-management. It will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese Business, International Business and Organizational Studies.
Multinational Enterprises and Terrorism
This book looks at the impact of terrorism on multinational enterprises in emerging markets. This title looks at case studies in Turkey and Pakistan to study the behaviour of MNE's in these markets.
The Global Leadership Challenge
This book examines what distinguishes successful global leaders and how explains how you can develop such leaders or develop yourself into a successful global leader.
Trading Environments
This book examines the environmental effects and learning that plagued commercial projects in frontier projects. Including cases from Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Africa in the period between 1750 and 1990, it contributes to understanding of how environments are valued as they are traded in commercial systems.
The Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade
In 1953, John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson shook the foundations of imperial history with their essay 'The Imperialism of Free Trade'. They reshaped how historians saw the British empire, focussing not on the 'red bits on the map' and the wishes of policy makers in London, but rather on British economic and political influence globally. Expanding on this analysis, this volume provides an examination of imperialism which brings the reader right up to the present.This book offers an innovative assessment and analysis of the history and contemporary status of imperial control. It does so in four parts, examining the historical emergence and traditions of imperialism; the relationships between the periphery and the metropolitan; the role of supranational agencies in the extension of imperial control; and how these connect to financialisation and international political economy. The book provides a dynamic and unique perspective on imperialism by bringing together a range of contributors - both established and up-and-coming scholars, activists, and those from industry - from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. In providing these authors a space to apply their insights, this engaging volume sheds light on the practical implications of imperialism for the contemporary world.With a broad chronological and geographical sweep, this book provides theoretical and empirical engagements with the nature of imperialism and its effects upon societies. It will be of great interest to a broad range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, especially those working in History, Politics, and Management and Organisation Studies.
The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises: Trends and CharacteristicsTheGlobalization of Ch
Chapter 1 Current trends and features of outbound investment worldwide.- Chapter 2 Current Trends and Features of China's OFDI.- Chapter 3 Problems Faced by Globalizing Chinese Enterprises and Proposed Solutions.
Technology Offsets in International Defence Procurement
This book discusses the theory and practice of offsets, mainly in international defence procurement but also addresses briefly offsets in civil procurement. It focuses on the impact of offsets on industrial and technological development. The book is divided into three parts; part one discusses the theory of offsets, while part two addresses offs
Rules Without Rights
Activists have exposed startling forms of labor exploitation and environmental degradation in global industries, leading many large retailers and brands to adopt standards for fairness and sustainability. This book is about the idea that transnational corporations can push these standards through their global supply chains, and in effect, pull factories, forests, and farms out of their local contexts and up to global best practices. For many scholars and practitioners, this kind of private regulation and global standard-setting can provide an alternative to regulation by territorially-bound, gridlocked, or incapacitated nation states, potentially improving environments and working conditions around the world and protecting the rights of exploited workers, impoverished farmers, and marginalized communities. But can private, voluntary standards actually create meaningful forms of regulation? Are forests and factories around the world actually being made into sustainable ecosystems and decent workplaces? Can global norms remake local orders? This book provides striking new answers by comparing the private regulation of land and labor in democratic and authoritarian settings. Case studies of sustainable forestry and fair labour standards in Indonesia and China show not only how transnational standards are implemented 'on the ground' but also how they are constrained and reconfigured by domestic governance. Combining rich multi-method analyses, a powerful comparative approach, and a new theory of private regulation, Rules without Rights reveals the contours and contradictions of transnational governance. Transformations in Governance is a major new academic book series from Oxford University Press. It is designed to accommodate the impressive growth of research in comparative politics, international relations, public policy, federalism, environmental and urban studies concerned with the dispersion of authority from central states up to supranational institutions, down to subnational governments, and side-ways to public-private networks. It brings together work that significantly advances our understanding of the organization, causes, and consequences of multilevel and complex governance. The series is selective, containing annually a small number of books of exceptionally high quality by leading and emerging scholars. The series targets mainly single-authored or co-authored work, but it is pluralistic in terms of disciplinary specialization, research design, method, and geographical scope. Case studies as well as comparative studies, historical as well as contemporary studies, and studies with a national, regional, or international focus are all central to its aims. Authors use qualitative, quantitative, formal modeling, or mixed methods. A trade mark of the books is that they combine scholarly rigour with readable prose and an attractive production style. The series is edited by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Walter Mattli of the University of Oxford.
The Logic of American Nuclear StrategyTheLogic of American Nuclear StrategyWhy Strategic S
For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack and still be able to respond with a devastating counterattack. This argument is reasonable, but, empirically, we see that the US has always maintained a nuclear posture that is much more robust than a mere second-strike capability. In The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy, Matthew Kroenig challenges the conventional wisdom and explains why a robust nuclear posture, above and beyond a mere second-strike capability, contributes to a state's national security goals. In fact, when a state has a robust nuclear weapons force, such a capability reduces its expected costs in a war, provides it with bargaining leverage, and ultimately enhances nuclear deterrence. Buoyed by an innovative thesis and a vast array of historical and quantitative evidence, this book provides the first coherent theoretical explanation for why military nuclear advantages translate into geopolitical advantages. In so doing, it resolves one of the most-intractable puzzles in international security studies.
Innovation from Emerging Markets
In recent years, emerging markets have come to represent the largest share of global GDP and have made gains in economic development and political influence. In turn, emerging market companies have taken on a new level of importance in driving innovation, local development and global competition. Advancing an integrative view that captures the diversity of innovation among companies in emerging markets, this book highlights the rapid evolution of emerging markets from imitators to innovation leaders. Building upon research conducted by the Emerging Multinational Research Network (EMRN) in collaboration with several universities in North and South America, Europe and China, this rich and expansive collection includes studies of innovation in regions yet to receive focused analysis in the field. The authors also re-examine dominant theories of innovation and capability creation based on a broad range of case studies and research insights. Offering a taxonomy of emerging market innovations, this collection reveals the unique drivers, types, and outcomes of innovation in emerging markets.
Die W瓣hrungspolitik der Volksrepublik China. Entwicklung und Auswirkungen seit 1978
Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich VWL - Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, Note: 1,3, Martin-Luther-Universit瓣t Halle-Wittenberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit untersucht die w瓣hrungspolitischen Entwicklungen Chinas und deren Auswirkungen, mit Hilfe dessen sie den Aufstieg zu einer Wirtschaftsmacht in k羹rzester Zeit bewerkstelligte und in Begriff ist, die USA, in einem mittelfristigen Zeitraum, als gr繹?te ?konomie der Welt abzul繹sen. Unter Verwendung der dokumentaranalytischen Methodik wird im Folgenden gezeigt, wie die Volksrepublik China 羹ber dreieinhalb Jahrzehnte w瓣hrungspolitische Wendepunkte durchlief. Zudem wird aufgezeigt, dass sich ihre Strategien mehrfach 瓣nderten, um sich unter den kontrolliert aufbrechenden, sozialistischen Strukturen im Welthandel zu integrieren. Dabei setzte der Staatsrat nach den ?ffnungsreformen 1978 auf eine Wechselkursfixierung 羹ber dem Marktniveau, sowie strengen Konvertibilit瓣tseinschr瓣nkungen, um die chinesische ?konomie dem internationalen Wettbewerb sukzessiv und kontrolliert auszusetzen. Durch stetige Wechselkursanpassungen der People's Bank of China, passte sich die Leistungsf瓣higkeit Chinas bis 1994 an internationale Verh瓣ltnisse an, sodass der Au?enhandel und insbesondere der Export an Bedeutung gewannen. Mit einer Parit瓣tssetzung zum US-Dollar zwischen 1997 und 2005, entgegnete die Volksrepublik China einer ab 1994 einsetzenden Verteuerung des Renminbi, um einer exportorientierten Wachstumsstrategie zu folgen und sich global als Handelsnation zu etablieren. Seit 2005 k羹ndigt die Kommunistische Partei Chinas an, bspw. durch die Flexibilisierung der Wechselkursfixierung, die Exportorientierung zu lockern und neue Wachstumsstrategien zu erarbeiten, um ihrer Verantwortung als mittlerweile bedeutende ?konomie f羹r den Welthandel gerecht zu werden. Seit der Weltwirtschaftskrise 2008 intensiviert die Volksrepublik ihre Bestrebungen und dr瓣ngt auf eine Internationalisierung des Renminbi. Zuk羹nftig wir
Der nationale und internationale Beitrag zur nachhaltigen wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung in Afghanistan
Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich VWL - Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, Note: 1,3, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit verfolgt das Ziel, anhand der Beschreibung von speziellen Voraussetzungen Afghanistans zun瓣chst Erkl瓣rungen f羹r die Strukturen dieser Volkswirtschaft zu liefern, um ein tieferes Verst瓣ndnis der Rahmenbedingungen der national繹konomischen Prozesse zu erlangen. Ferner will diese Arbeit durch eine Analyse der afghanischen Volkswirtschaft Erkenntnisse liefern, die ihrerseits geeignet sind, potentielle Ansatzpunkte als Anker f羹r einen nationalen und internationalen Beitrag zu einem nachhaltigen Wiederaufbau aufzuzeigen, woraus man Reformen, Konzepte und Strategien ableiten kann. Zun瓣chst sollen landesspezifische Aspekte bearbeitet werden. Anhand von Parametern wie Bev繹lkerung, Lage, Ressourcen (entspr瓣che den Produktionsfaktoren Arbeit, Boden, Kapital) soll dieses Land beschrieben werden, bevor die afghanische Volkswirtschaft analysiert wird. Daf羹r werden die f羹r eine makro繹konomische Analyse wichtigsten Indikatoren abgehandelt. Des Weiteren werden nationale Ans瓣tze mit der Zielsetzung entwickelt, darzulegen, welche M繹glichkeiten die afghanischen Verantwortlichen selber haben, um das Land in seiner relativ betrachtet makro繹konomischen Not zu helfen. Anschlie?end werden Strategien formuliert, die zeigen sollen, inwiefern Afghanistan gemeinsam mit der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft Ma?nahmen ergreifen kann, die der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Dauer verleihen.
Management von Werten - Management of ValuesGlobale menschliche materielle und immateriell
Die heutige Form der Globalisierung und des Weltwirtschaftssystems stellen die Menschheit vor gro?e Herausforderungen. Ich erl瓣utere die Gr羹nde f羹r die Armut in den Entwicklungsl瓣ndern. Mit meinem Konzept, das auf dem Grundgedanken "Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe" basiert, stelle ich konkrete L繹sungsans瓣tze vor, wie das Weltwirtschaftssystem umstrukturiert werden kann. Als ehemaliger Unternehmer bin ich in der Welt herumgekommen, sah viel Elend und beschloss mit meine M繹glichkeiten etwas dagegen zu unternehmen. Mit diesem Buch und meiner Website www.managementvonwerten.de setze ich mich f羹r die Entwicklung globaler menschlicher Werte, eine sinnvolle Globalisierung und ein gerechtes Weltwirtschaftssystem ein. Die Beseitigung der Armut auf der Erde liegt in unseren H瓣nden! The present form of Globalisation and World Economic System confront the humanity with big challenges. I explain the reasons for the poverty in the Developing Countries. With my concept, that is based on the fundamental idea of "Help for Self-help" I put tangible solutions, how the World Economic System can be restructured. As ex-Businessman, I travelled a lot in the world, saw lot of misery, and decided to do something against it with my possibilities. With this book and my website www.managementofvalues.com I want to insert me for development of Global Human Values, for a purposeful Globalisation and a fair World Economic System. The elimination of poverty on earth lies in our own hands!
World Balance SheetGlobal Assets at a Glance
The composition and distribution of global wealth are among the most frequently discussed topics today. But what do we really know about the global capital? For the first time, a detailed financial balance sheet of the world is shown. Core questions at the heart of the global economy are addressed. What is the numerical value of global capital? How is it composed? Does it sustainably support humankind's standard of living?
6 Figure Trucking
Do you want to earn a 6-figure income by becoming a trucker? Do you want to be an entrepreneur, be financially independent and secure a bright future for your family? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, keep reading .....You are already on your way!The fact that you're reading this means you've decided to change your life for the better. And either you've realized or will soon realize that you need to follow a structured plan to achieve success.However, your life's situation demands that you act in a hurry and be on your way as soon as you can.Don't panic, it's not too late. Becoming a trucker isn't easy. However, it's easier than you think once you learn the tips & tricks to become good at your job. You don't want to deal with financial worries, have unpredictable income, or having your relationships affected because of money issues. These are just some of the issues that you can face if you don't have a steady income. For the sake of time, I won't go into details. However, my goal is to save you from ever experiencing these situations.To be a trucking entrepreneur is challenging, which means it's a 24-hour job. By doing your homework and acquiring the necessary skills means that you would save yourself from any unforeseen circumstances. There's a proven process behind becoming a successful trucking entrepreneur and once you know that, you won't have to worry about not having enough money or falling behind your bill payments.In the 6-Figure Trucking guide, you'll discover: Getting an in-depth overview of the trucking industry Securing all the necessary licenses Planning the beginning part of your journey The do's and don'ts of owning your trucking company Finding clients and negotiating better rates Ensuring that your paperwork is in order and you're compliant Completing your drug tests ..... And much more!As a free bonus, you'll get access to the chapter of surviving your first year in the business and establishing yourself as a competent and trusted player. New entrepreneurs can go out of business and it's usually because they didn't learn the process or weren't diligent in applying their skills. But being disciplined and following a proven system to deliver results will make a world of difference and it's so simple to follow that even a caveman could do it. And even if you've never been in business by yourself, you can become a successful trucking entrepreneur. So, if you want to avoid failing at being your own boss, and earn a comfortable 6-figure income as a reputable trucker, scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button and let's get started!One more thing ..... If you're looking for a book about running a trucking business ... this is the book for you If you're looking for books on how to start a trucking company ... this is the book for you If you're looking for cargo trucking book ... this is the book for you If you're trying to learn how to start a trucking business ... this is the book for you If you're trying to learn how to start a trucking company ... this is the book for you If you're trying to learn how to start a trucking company 2020 ... this is the book for you
Immobilienerwerb in Frankreich
Fach- und Sachbuch 羹ber Immobilienerwerb in Frankreich. Viele Menschen kehren aus dem Frankreichurlaub zur羹ck und haben den Entschluss gefasst, sich in ihrer bevorzugten Urlaubsregion oder bevorzugtem Urlaubsort ein H瓣uschen oder eine Eigentumswohnung zu kaufen. Ob Traumvilla an der C繫te d'Azur, ein uriges Granithaus in der Bretagne oder die Eigentumswohnung in Biarritz mit Blick auf den Atlantik - alles sehr verlockend, und sei es nur um ein paar Wochen im Jahr oder auch den Lebensabend bei Baguette, Fromage und Vin rouge zu verbringen. F羹r alle, ganz gleich welchen Immobilientyp sie erwerben, ob alt oder neu, aber gilt: Ohne sorgf瓣ltige Vorbereitung einer solchen Entscheidung, wird Ihr Traum schnell zum Albtraum - und Ihr m羹hsam verdientes Geld zerrinnt zu nichts. Urlaubsfeeling und Abenteuerlust alleine sind also eine schlechte Basis, wenn Sie sich in Frankreich eine Immobilie anschaffen wollen. Sie tun gut daran, sich mit Rechtsbestimmungen, Verwaltungsabl瓣ufen und der frz. B羹rokratie zu besch瓣ftigen, aber vor allem, bem羹hen Sie sich die frz. Mentalit瓣t zu verstehen. Beginnen Sie franz繹sisch zu denken. Vergessen Sie ab sofort folgenden Satz: "In Deutschland ist das aber so........" Wie Sie unerfreuliche Erlebnisse bei Ihrem Immobilienerwerb in Frankreich vermeiden, vermittelt Ihnen dieser Ratgeber anhand vieler Beispiele mit Praxisbezug, leicht verst瓣ndlich, aber auch spannend, geschrieben von einem Experten, der nun seit 25 Jahren als Berater von Deutschen, Schweizern und ?sterreichern als Berater beim Immobilienerwerb in Frankreich sehr gefragt ist. Den vielen Menschen, die mir in dieser Zeit ihr Vertrauen geschenkt haben, danke ich hiermit. Sie haben mir aber auch geholfen, dass Sie nun mit dieser 6. Auflage ein um rd. 100 Seiten erweiterten Ratgeber in H瓣nden halten.
Phenomenology of Trust Behaviour in ChinaExperience of Northern European Entrepreneurs
Document from the year 2015 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, language: English, abstract: The aim of this study is to discover the main cultural issues of building and using trust in China for small Northern European entrepreneur-led companies. The research will focus on Northern European entrepreneurial firms and the entrepreneurs behind them, who are currently or in the past, have been involved with business venturing in China. Against the mainstream sociological inquiry in cross-cultural trust research, this dissertation adapts the cultural ecology lens deploys the humanistic philosophy, which taken theories from resource, climate and geographic studies to describe the differences in trust making between Chinese and Northern European people. The background literature covers the area of cross-cultural trust concept, traditional Chinese cultural concepts and international entrepreneurship. Using the phenomenological approach of inquiry, this research has examined the first hand experience of 12 Northern European entrepreneurs who have embarked their businesses in China through one-on-one interviews. The results identified the preservation of face, over-estimation of self-competence and problematic relational fit as the main causes of distrust in China; furthermore personal skills such as keeping a low profile and time forbearance are recommended for future western entrepreneurs who want to do business with China; and finally being personal and being vigilance are said to be the combinational method that will make the trust building work in China. The research may also serve as a blueprint for future western entrepreneurs that target to China.
Management Logistique du commerce Transfrontalier
Dans le cadre du commerce international, Les Incoterms (contraction de l'expression anglaise INTernational COmmercial TERMS) est un terme normalis矇 qui sert ? d矇finir les droits et devoirs des op矇rateurs de la logistique et commerce international. Les Incoterms sont des sigles commerciaux qui r矇glementent les probl癡mes li矇s ? la logistique internationale et aux transferts de propri矇t矇 des marchandises. Ils interviennent au niveau du contrat de base entre le vendeur et l'acheteur en donnant une d矇finition pr矇cise des obligations des deux parties, de la livraison, du transfert de risque entre les cocontractants, de la r矇partition des frais logistiques pendant le d矇placement de la marchandise ainsi qu'une d矇finition pr矇cise des documents dus par les deux parties au contrat. On retrouve ainsi une s矇rie de r癡gles internationales pour l'interpr矇tation des termes commerciaux les plus courants dans le commerce transfrontalier
FasTrack Export Step-by-Step ProcessPhases 1-5: Start Up a Successful Export Market Expans
If you want to really crack the full potential of the export market and grow global sale, you need your personal copy of FasTrack Export Step-by-Step Process: Phases 1-6. It provides you with a business solution that will maximize your company's success in global markets. The manual incorporates the first six phases in a series of eight, will guide you through each step in the FasTrack process, and will streamline your export expansion program and exponentially grow sales and profits while reducing overall costs. The manual includes 126 instructive process worksheets. The book presents in-depth guidance, insightful case examples, and decision-making process worksheet. Its comprehensive, start-to-finish approach accelerates your success in export and global markets. The FasTrack Export Process works for new-to-export companies and experienced exporters. It addresses issues that are highly relevant to marketing and sales as well as finance, shipping and logistics, R&D and C-suite personnel. It's a great tool for trainers and consultants. The FasTrack step-by-step process was initially presented in the book, Fast-Track Exporting, and has been expanded into a seven-volume series that provides additional insights, guidance, and decision-making worksheets.
Armut trotz Rohstoffreichtum. Der Ressourcenfluch und die Freihandelsabkommen der EU und A
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich VWL - Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, Universit瓣t Kassel, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit setzt sich mit dem Paradox "Armut trotz Rohstoffreichtum", dem sogenannten Ressourcenfluch, auseinander. Ziel ist es, am Beispiel der Freihandelsabkommen EPAs, welche zwischen der EU und den sogenannten AKP-Staaten verhandelt werden, die bestehenden neokolonialen Machtverh瓣ltnisse zwischen den westlichen Industriel瓣ndern und den rohstoffreichen Staaten Afrikas aufzuzeigen. Zun瓣chst wird ein grober ?berblick 羹ber die Inhalte der neokolonialen Theorie verschafft. Im Anschluss daran wird auf den Ressourcenfluch und die herk繹mmlichen Erkl瓣rungsans瓣tze f羹r diesen eingegangen. Darauf aufbauend werden die EPAs als ein neokoloniales Instrument analysiert. Daran anschlie?end sollen problematische Aspekte der EPAs beleuchtet werden. Hierf羹r wird zun瓣chst argumentiert, dass die EPAs auf einer l瓣ngst 羹berholten Wirtschaftsideologie basieren und sich daher durchaus sch瓣dlich auf die 繹konomische Entwicklung der AKP-L瓣nder auswirken k繹nnen. Darauffolgend wird die fragw羹rdige Vorgehensweise der EU in den EPA-Verhandlungen betrachtet. Ein Schwerpunkt der Arbeit liegt auf der Auseinandersetzung damit, wie EPAs f羹r eine Reproduktion der Rohstoffexportabh瓣ngigkeit afrikanischer Staaten sorgen k繹nnen und welche teils schwerwiegenden Folgen dies f羹r die betroffenen L瓣nder bedeutet. Aus rein 繹konomischer Perspektive betrachtet, stellt Afrika den 瓣rmsten Kontinent der Erde dar. Gleichzeitig verf羹gt der afrikanische Erdteil 羹ber die meisten Rohstoffvorkommen weltweit. In diesem Kontext stellt sich die Frage, wie dieser Widerspruch zustande kommt.
FasTrack Export Step-by-Step Process
The FasTrack Export Step-by-Step Process was developed to assist companies make more money by making exporting and global expansion easier. The process will help a company not only survive but also thrive in the global market while avoiding the pain and risks frequently associated with global markets. The audience for this book is marketing executives interest in pursuing global expansion strategies, experience exporters seeking to accelerate growth in global markets, new-to-export companies planning to enter their first export markets, and trainers looking for a highly structured manual.The book is composed of four modules. A. Organize the Program. B. Benchmark the Company's Preparedness. C. Define the Expected Outcomes. D. Evaluate Program Start Up.The FasTrack Program provides a business solution that will maximize a company's success in global markets by streamlining the global expansion process and exponentially growing its sales and profits while reducing overall costs. The FasTrack Program provides a dynamic approach to export market entry, expansion, penetration, and globalizing a company. It follows the natural flow of the export process. It is based on the real-life experiences of the authors and the success of real-live companies.As one former FasTrack client stated: "FasTrack provided us with a highway through a jungle of exporting uncertainties." BooklLife Reviews found the book to be "a highly practical, flexible, and thorough guide to expanding a business into global export markets...This isn't a book about why a company should consider expanding into global markets. Instead, it offers a smartly organized framework for getting the job done with speed and efficiency...Drawing on the experiences and challenges faced by companies who have succeeded in global expansion, Winget and Renner maintain a fat-free, highly practical emphasis throughout, offering a refined, expanded, updated version of the process laid out in 1991's Fast-Track Exporting."Companies are leaving hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars of additional sales on the table because of inefficient and ineffective global growth implementation. The FasTrack Program provides a solution to this problem. It is a proven, nationally recognized process. FasTrack will work for companies of all sizes, in any industry, and at any stage of development whether it be a new-to-export company or an experienced division of a multi-national corporation. FasTrack takes a how-to approach with a start-to-finish, step-by-step process that provides a business solution for growing its sales and profits.The book has 56 pages and provides in-depth textual guidance, 15 detailed process and decision worksheets, one insightful case example, and over 10 resource links for Canadian and U.S. companies.
FasTrack Export Step-by-Step Process
The FasTrack Export Step-by-Step Process was developed to assist companies make more money by making exporting and global expansion easier. The process will help a company not only survive but also thrive in the global market while avoiding the pain and risks frequently associated with global markets. The audience for this book is marketing executives interest in pursuing global expansion strategies, experience exporters seeking to accelerate growth in global markets, new-to-export companies planning to enter their first export markets, and trainers looking for a highly structured manual.The book is composed of four modules. A. Recruit Distribution Partner Candidates. B. Screen & Select Preferred Distribution Partners. C. Finalize Distribution Partner Agreements. D. Evaluate Export Distribution Network Results.The FasTrack Program provides a business solution that will maximize a company's success in global markets by streamlining the global expansion process and exponentially growing its sales and profits while reducing overall costs. The FasTrack Program provides a dynamic approach to export market entry, expansion, penetration, and globalizing a company. It follows the natural flow of the export process. It is based on the real-life experiences of the authors and the success of real-live companies.As one former FasTrack client stated: "FasTrack provided us with a highway through a jungle of exporting uncertainties." BookLife Reviews found the book to be "a highly practical, flexible, and thorough guide to expanding a business into global export markets...This isn't a book about why a company should consider expanding into global markets. Instead, it offers a smartly organized framework for getting the job done with speed and efficiency...Drawing on the experiences and challenges faced by companies who have succeeded in global expansion, Winget and Renner maintain a fat-free, highly practical emphasis throughout, offering a refined, expanded, updated version of the process laid out in 1991's Fast-Track Exporting."Companies are leaving hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars of additional sales on the table because of inefficient and ineffective global growth implementation. The FasTrack Program provides a solution to this problem. It is a proven, nationally recognized process. FasTrack will work for companies of all sizes, in any industry, and at any stage of development whether it be a new-to-export company or an experienced division of a multi-national corporation. FasTrack takes a how-to approach with a start-to-finish, step-by-step process that provides a business solution for growing its sales and profits.The book has 56 pages and provides in-depth textual guidance, 14 detailed process and decision worksheets, 13 insightful case examples, and over 100 resource links for Canadian and U.S. companies.
FasTrack Export Step-by-Step ProcessPhase 5 - Build Profitable Global Export Sales
The FasTrack Export Step-by-Step Process was developed to assist companies make more money by making exporting and global expansion easier. The process will help a company not only survive but also thrive in the global market while avoiding the pain and risks frequently associated with global markets. The audience for this book is marketing executives interest in pursuing global expansion strategies, experience exporters seeking to accelerate growth in global markets, new-to-export companies planning to enter their first export markets, and trainers looking for a highly structured manual.The book is composed of six modules. A. Initiate Export Sales Activities. B. Screen & Respond to Export Sales Inquiries. C. Finalize Export Sales. D. Prepare & Ship Export Orders. E. Collect on Export Orders. F. Evaluate Export Sales Results.The FasTrack Program provides a business solution that will maximize a company's success in global markets by streamlining the global expansion process and exponentially growing its sales and profits while reducing overall costs. The FasTrack Program provides a dynamic approach to export market entry, expansion, penetration, and globalizing a company. It follows the natural flow of the export process. It is based on the real-life experiences of the authors and the success of real-live companies.As one former FasTrack client stated: "FasTrack provided us with a highway through a jungle of exporting uncertainties." BookLife Reviews found the book to be "a highly practical, flexible, and thorough guide to expanding a business into global export markets...This isn't a book about why a company should consider expanding into global markets. Instead, it offers a smartly organized framework for getting the job done with speed and efficiency...Drawing on the experiences and challenges faced by companies who have succeeded in global expansion, Winget and Renner maintain a fat-free, highly practical emphasis throughout, offering a refined, expanded, updated version of the process laid out in 1991's Fast-Track Exporting."Companies are leaving hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars of additional sales on the table because of inefficient and ineffective global growth implementation. The FasTrack Program provides a solution to this problem. It is a proven, nationally recognized process. FasTrack will work for companies of all sizes, in any industry, and at any stage of development whether it be a new-to-export company or an experienced division of a multi-national corporation. FasTrack takes a how-to approach with a start-to-finish, step-by-step process that provides a business solution for growing its sales and profits.The book has 76 pages and provides in-depth textual guidance, 21 detailed process and decision worksheets, six insightful case examples, and over 100 resource links for Canadian and U.S. companies.
A Practical guide to Shipping & Freight Forwarding
This book is designed to give individuals in-depth knowledge of the shipping and freight forwarding industry and provide insight into the various job roles within the vast global industry of moving cargo and containers for import and export. The book is written for anyone who works in the shipping industry or aspires to join the industry and provides them with an overview of the various job roles and prospects. When handling shipments through sea freight or airfreight, various problems and challenges can arise. This book addresses such issues and provides solutions to overcome them. Freshers and experienced professionals will learn how to efficiently plan and organize shipments on behalf of shippers and importers. You will find many practical examples of situations that can occur while shipping goods and a step-by-step guide to handling them.
Why International Cooperation Is Failing
Since the global financial crisis of 2008/09, international cooperation has failed to curb volatile financial markets. Changes in the global rules of finance discussed in the G20 during the last decade remain limited, and it is uncertain whether they are suitable to help mitigate and manage future crises to come. This book offers an alternative to the popular notion that this failure is the result of the 'nature' of the international system, the clash of national egoisms, or lack of leadership. It instead investigates problems of international cooperation by looking at their deeper structural origins in the competition of different models of capitalism. US finance-led, EU integration-led, and East Asian state-led capitalism complement each other globally but have conflicting preferences on how to regulate international finance. This interdependence of capitalist models is relatively stable but also prone to crises caused by volatile financial flows, global economic imbalances, and 'currency wars'. By bringing together approaches from International Political Economy and Comparative Capitalism, this book shows that regulating international finance is not a technocratic exercise of fine-tuning the machinery of international institutions, but rather a political process. International cooperation can only be successful if it goes hand in hand with deep domestic changes in each of these capitalist models.
Living With China
Living with China urges Canadians to adopt a forward-looking China strategy that recognizes the significance of China's history and values for its development model of authoritarian state capitalism and managed markets. Market reforms will be key drivers of China's long-term growth, yet Chinese policy is ambivalent about the potential dangers of spontaneous market forces undermining the Party's central goal of political stability. The tensions between market forces and state intervention and between political and economic goals are identified in the book's early chapters that outline what Canadians need to know about the Chinese economy. The book also examines how Chinese enterprises are going global through direct investments and participation in the dynamic but troubled Belt and Road Initiative. In an environment of rising tensions over trade and technology - evident in negotiating the USMCA with the United States and doing business with Huawei, the China-based telecommunication giant - Canada needs a China strategy. Living with China is one of the first comprehensive volumes on a forward-looking Canada-China strategy. The recommended strategy includes more leadership from top officials, building a Canada brand, strengthening our international human capital, addressing security issues, and negotiating bilateral trade and investment liberalization. Dobson also acknowledges the importance of addressing such key issues as intellectual property protection, cybersecurity, and value differences such as respect for individual rights.
We Were Burning
Are the Japanese faceless clones who march in lockstep to the drums beaten by big business and the bureaucrats of MITI, Japan's miracle-working ministry of international trade and industry? Can Japanese workers, and by extrapolation their entire society, be characterized by deference to authority, devotion to group solidarity, and management by consensus? In We Were Burning, investigative journalist Bob Johnstone demolishes this misleading stereotype by introducing us to a new and very different kind of Japanese worker-a dynamic, iconoclastic, risk-taking entrepreneur.Johnstone has tracked down Japan's invisible entrepreneurs and persuaded them to tell their stories. He presents here a wealth of new material, including interviews with key players past and present, which lifts the veil that has hitherto obscured the entrepreneurial nature of Japanese companies like Canon, Casio, Seiko, Sharp, and Yamaha.Japanese entrepreneurs, working in the consumer electronics industry during the 1960s and 70s, took unheralded American inventions such as microchip cameras, liquid crystal displays, semiconductor lasers, and sound chips to create products that have become indispensable, including digital calculators and watches, synthesizers, camcorders, and compact disc players. Johnstone follows a dozen micro-electronic technologies from the U.S. labs where they originated to their eventual appearance in the form of Japanese products, shedding new light on the transnational nature of twentieth-century innovation, and on why technologies take root and flourish in some places and not in others.At this time of Asian financial crisis and the bursting of Japan's bubble economy, many are tempted to dismiss Japan's future as an economic power. We Were Burning serves as a timely warning that to write off Japan--and its invisible entrepreneurs--would be a big mistake.
Administered Protection in America (Routledge Revivals)
First published in 1987, Administered Protection in America follows calls in the United States, at that time, for the protection of American industries and the preservation of jobs threatened by foreign competition.
Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks
The degree to which the extensive business networks of ethnic Chinese in Asia succeed because of ethnic characteristics, or simply because of the sound application of good business practice, is a key question of great current concern to those interested in business, management and economic development in Asia. This book brings together a range of leading experts who present original new research findings and important new thinking on this vital subject. Based on rich empirical research data and a multidisciplinary explanatory framework, this book assesses the role, characteristics and challenges of Chinese entrepreneurship and business networks in various East and Southeast Asian countries: the People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia. Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks demonstrates that Chinese network capitalism is contingent upon, for example, time, place, institutional frameworks, and that explanatory approaches of Chinese economic behaviour which stress culture and ethnicity are too simplistic.
Global Mindsets
Global Mindsets seeks to tackle a topic that is relatively new in research and practice, and is considered by many to be critical for firms seeking to conduct global business. It argues that multiple mindsets exist (across and within organizations), that they operate in a global context, and that they are dynamic and undergo change and action. Part of the mindset(s) may depend upon place, situation and context where individuals and organizations operate. The book examines the notion of "mindset" is situational and dynamic, especially in a global setting, why it is important for future scholars and managers and how it could be conceptualized. The book includes conceptual chapters that push the current boundaries of research on the topic and empirical chapters that demonstrate how different organizations in different countries apply mindset perspectives in their management practices. It seeks to help academics, consultants, and researchers understand what has been said and studied about global mindsets in action and gain insights into possible directions and challenges that the field may face in the future.
Doing Business in the United States
This book serves as a concise guide for businesses seeking to enter the U.S. market from an international perspective. The book examines how the United States is positioned in the global marketplace, the potential for businesses entering the U.S. market, and marketing trends and applications, with an emphasis on small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) market expansion. Chalked full of success stories, readers will develop an understanding of American markets and the American consumer, marketing mix considerations, brand building and activation tools and strategies, approaches to developing a strong and differentiated brand for U.S. market entry, and analytics tools and methods for assessing marketing entry performance.
Globalization Alternatives
In a complex and growingly chaotic global environment, individuals, companies, and countries are forced to adapt, innovate, and operate in new ways. Creative and unconventional economic and business models are constantly being developed in order for countries and corporations to gain a competitive advantage. Countless novel ideas have challenged traditional views on the merits of globalization. Populist and protectionist sentiments have gained ground alongside calls for economic nationalism, alter-globalization, deglobalization and even unglobalization. Skepticism is on the rise, and there is a pressing need for fresh solutions and viable strategies. This book assembled a cast of international experts and thought leaders and gathered their views on alternative pathways toward global success.
The Industries of the Future
The New York Times bestseller, from leading innovation expert Alec Ross, a "fascinating vision" (Forbes) of what's next for the world and how to navigate the changes the future will bring.While Alec Ross was working as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, he traveled to forty-one countries, exploring the latest advances coming out of every continent. From startup hubs in Kenya to R&D labs in South Korea, Ross has seen what the future holds. In The Industries of the Future, Ross provides a "lucid and informed guide" (Financial Times) to the changes coming in the next ten years. He examines the fields that will most shape our economic future, including robotics and artificial intelligence, cybercrime and cybersecurity, the commercialization of genomics, the next step for big data, and the impact of digital technology on money and markets. In each of these realms, Ross addresses the toughest questions: How will we have to adapt to the changing nature of work? Is the prospect of cyberwar sparking the next arms race? How can the world's rising nations hope to match Silicon Valley with their own innovation hotspots? And what can today's parents do to prepare their children for tomorrow? Ross blends storytelling and economic analysis to show how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live. Sharing insights from global leaders--from the founders of Google and Twitter to defense experts like David Petraeus--Ross reveals the technologies and industries that will drive the next stage of globalization. The Industries of the Future is "a riveting and mind-bending book" (New York Journal of Books), a "must read" (Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach for America) regardless of "whether you follow these fields closely or you still think of Honda as a car rather than a robotics company" (Forbes).
The Creative Society
Human creativity has been one of the fundamental drivers of civilization and progress - solving immense problems, creating opportunities and overcoming enemies like no other force. Often it has baffled its sceptics by finding new and better resources, unexpected environmental technologies and genuinely amazing products that no one had predicted. However, like so many before it, Western civilization is now suffering from serious internal decay with its bloated public sectors, punitive taxes, over-regulation, marginalized citizens, stagnation, debt, unemployment and pessimism. This important and fascinating book explains why internal decay is normal. But it also shows how and why solutions can be found by countries and companies, enabling more creativity and adaptability than ever before. It's through the power of creativity that society and business can overcome the challenges and crises of today.
Are We There Yet?
The fundamental question that the book addresses is: Are our innovation efforts aligned to the challenges of our times? We face high costs, global competition, low productivity, and technology disruptions. Our education system is geared towards solving known problems through an inductive thinking mindset. We have relied on massive technology investments as our source of competitive advantage, but our growth is declining. If we want to maintain our standard of living, we need firms to grow. Firms therefore need a new approach to innovation, one that focuses on customer engagement in its business model. The concept of design thinking is often described as the mindset for fi ms to make this transition. But with so much being written on design thinking, why do so many firms struggle to adopt this mindset and make this transition?
