Bücher der Reihe International Business and Management

Shows the multifaceted and interactive character of the relationship between science and technology on the one hand, and business and innovation on the other. This book explores this non-linear relationship through a selection of case studies and discusses its implications for science as well as for business.

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.

This volume in the IBM series investigates how the evaluation of a target firm influence the outcome of mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Co-authored by international business expert Pervez Ghauri, it highlights the processes that evaluate potential acquisition targets, and how a proper evaluation can positively influence the M&A performance.

This volume focuses on Central and Southeast Europe and explores the dynamic and complex area of distributive trade on markets which have recently undergone a huge transformation. Papers in the volume employ both quantitative and qualitative research methods, and focus on retailing, international trade, relationships between retailers and supplier.

Looks at interaction between business firms and socio-political actors in emerging markets - and how this relationship can be managed. This title deals with the interconnection between the socio-political organizations in emerging markets and MNCs. It offers a number of practical illustrations from empirical studies from different markets.

Explores the role of expatriates in the mobilization, nurturing and sharing of knowledge between their original country and the MNCs' host countries. This title includes topics that are related to the management of knowledge and the tools, methods and practices that can be customized to facilitate the transfer of knowledge in MNC settings.

Aims to present evidence on what really drives the competitive performance of organizations in multicultural milieu.

This series applies a truly international perspective to the study of international business, with a special emphasis on management and marketing issues, and aims to advance the frontiers of knowledge in this fast developing field.

Addresses the issue of product market integration within the European Union (EU) from a multidisciplinary approach that ranges from economics to political science and sociology. This book assesses the functioning of the EU Internal Market and evaluates the need for differentiated integration in an enlarged and heterogeneous EU.

Contributes to the state of knowledge in the area of relationship marketing and provides readers with an insight into the antecedents and roots of the "fashionable" interest in relationship marketing. This book presents ideas on our understanding of networks, relationships, and interaction.

What is transparency? What does it do? How much of it do we need, and for what purpose? This book includes chapters that address transparency in different markets and at different levels: from corporate financial disclosure to lobbying; from the risk incentives facing banks to competition and environmental policies.

Deals with Eastern and Central Europe (ECE), and alliances with local partners with different attitudes, beliefs and ways of thinking. This book addresses issues in depth as how to reduce the gaps between Western and Eastern firms and how to make the alliances workable and fruitful. It also looks at development and benefits of networking.

Countries create different type of incentives for foreign firms, such as; direct incentives/subsidies, tax relief, soft loans and preferred handling. This volume aims to analyze the impact of European Union on inward foreign direct investment in Europe and to discuss what type of effects are being created by this race for FDI.

Corporate governance is a subject of high academic and practical significance in contemporary business. This book determines and analyzes the relationship between corporate governance and the value of a firm in emerging and developed financial markets by using econometric methods and models.

An intellectual property (IP) system was established in China in 1985. Systematic studies of the subject are still scarce, especially from a corporate management perspective and this book attempts to fill in the gap.

Presents the theoretical background to risk and corporate crisis management and offers useful methods and techniques applicable to small and medium sized enterprises in the event of disastrous situations such as fire, flood, storm, etc. This book deals with topics such as globalization, international business negotiations, and others.

Provides a contribution for the analysis of the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) activities on host development and growth, the creation of linkages and knowledge flows in local contexts, and the relationships between foreign activities and home competitiveness.

Develops a model for the exchange relationship between local customers and MNCs, and investigates the effect of different political organizations and other business firms. This book examines relationship using many dimensions, business, social and political, through multiple cases from a developing country (DC) and industrialized countries.

Aims to present analyses of some major developments in work and organisational psychology, with a focus on international business and management. This book deals with such topics as globalization, international business negotiations, cross-cultural communication, entry strategies, doing business in different regions, and future trends.

One important marketing issue is how to initiate, develop, and manage relationships with customers through the Internet. This book aims to improve our knowledge on utilization of the Internet in marketing. It offers theoretical as well empirical knowledge on managing customer relationships on the Internet.

Governments and multinational firms have moved from a situation of conflict to one where government policies were seen as a constraint on the activities of MNE's. This book examines the relationship between multinational firms and emerging markets, a relationship which changed profoundly in the period from the 1950's to the late 1990's.

Relationship marketing has become one of the dominant approaches in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This book presents the developments in international industrial and service marketing research, from a relationship and network perspective. It also examines different concepts, uses different methods and arrives at different outcomes.

Talks about how business changes at the micro level during the transition to a market economy. This book focuses on the Russian market, as it is one of the biggest countries making the transition. It presents a case study, which covers the period from 1986 to 1998, and analyses and explains how business networks in Russia have changed.