Business & management
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Business & management
Hardcover. Examines the relationship between multinational companies, regional development and governments. It critically analyzes the role of foreign investment in economic development, and examines how governments can link inward investment to regional economic development. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; JFFS; JPQ; KCM; KJVG; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948132
- ISBN
- 9780333948132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.77
€ 120.77
hardcover. This volume demonstrates how human resource management is enacted in Asian countries, how it is changing in response to recent economic events, and how firms are linking indigenous and external human resource management learning; with examples taken from firms in Japan, China, Korea and Thailand. Editor(s): Banerjee, P.; Kidd, John B.; Richter, Frank-Jurgen; Li, Xue. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KJK; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333948156
- ISBN
- 9780333948156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Hardcover. On the basis that knowledge and information are powerful competitive weapons, this text shows how the increased importance of effective knowledge management gives rise to a new set of business principles and practices that must be adopted in order to achieve competitive advantage. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948316
- ISBN
- 9780333948316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
hardcover. This volume shows how greater market discipline can be used to help improve the quality of banks and their management in a world of increasing complexity, size and innovation. The authors show how traditional methods of regulation face limits and can impose substantial costs on customers. Num Pages: 311 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333948965
- ISBN
- 9780333948965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.72
€ 119.72
The Geopolitics of Governance: The Impact of Contrasting Philosophies
Kakabadse, Andrew, Kakabadse, Nada
Hardcover. With both enterprise and society in mind, this book explores the governance impact on both the structure of organization and performance of organization. It also examines the likely reactions of the emerging encroachment of the shareholder value philosophy on stakeholder societies. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQ; JPSL; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333961278
- ISBN
- 9780333961278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.31
€ 118.31
Hardback. With reference to companies such as Macdonald's, Deutsche Bank, Coca-Cola, Royal Dutch / Shell, BP, Wal-Mart and Unilever, this book argues that in order to re-engage with the world, and solve some of the problems created by globalization, we must re-see it in the light of its complexities. Num Pages: 160 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJG; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962701
- ISBN
- 9780333962701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Hardcover. With a growing market in excess of $150 billion, outsourcing has become a critical boardroom agenda. The authors answer questions on this topic such as: What will be the key areas of outsourcing in the future? And does well-managed outsourcing make a difference? Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963487
- ISBN
- 9780333963487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.79
€ 118.79
Hardback. This text brings together an integrated set of research concepts and results to present some contrasting views about the nature and effects of globalization as the multinational continues to develop in the 21st century. Editor(s): Taggart, James H.; Berry, Maureen; McDermott, Michael C. Series: Academy of International Business (UKI) Series. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963890
- ISBN
- 9780333963890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.92
€ 119.92
Hardback. A collection of papers which examine the factors that influence the effectiveness of EU business associations, and the prospects for associations and their members to influence these. Editor(s): Greenwood, Justin. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPSN2; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964125
- ISBN
- 9780333964125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.43
€ 119.43
Hardcover. This book critically examines the shape of the Scottish economy, and considers contemporary and future policy issues within the context of the global economy. It focuses on the future competitiveness of Scotland's economy, and its industries and enterprises. Editor(s): Hood, Neil. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; KC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964545
- ISBN
- 9780333964545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.08
€ 120.08
Hardback. This text examines possibly the greatest challenge facing Japanese multinationals as they continue to expand their foreign direct investment: how to integrate local managers into the management process of overseas subsidiaries as well as in that of the parent companies themselves. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBL; KJMV2; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333965061
- ISBN
- 9780333965061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35
€ 119.35
Hardcover. Using practical examples from new case studies and discussion of current theories of organizational change, this book explains how true organizational change can be effected in both private businesses and public organizations. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJC; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968376
- ISBN
- 9780333968376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardcover. This title re-evaluates the emerging relationship between art, aesthetics and work, exploring its potential as both a medium of critical analysis, and as a site of conflict and resistance. Editor(s): Carr, Adrian N.; Hancock, Philip. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968635
- ISBN
- 9780333968635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.10
€ 119.10
hardcover. This comprehensive and interdisciplinary handbook addresses the issues involved in effecting mergers and acquisitions internationally. The authors' practice-oriented approach follows the normal course of the transactions through the planning, execution and post-merger phases. Editor(s): Picot, Gerhard. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333968673
- ISBN
- 9780333968673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.95
€ 141.95
Hardback. This text is a practical guide to achieving control of operational risk, one of the oldest risks in the banking sector. Using qualitative analysis, the author suggests risk identification procedures and provides tools for the analysis, quantification and management of risk. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968680
- ISBN
- 9780333968680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65
Hardback. In this volume the leading proponents and practitioners of action learning define their approach and describe how action learning and executive and organizational development are practised in the public, private and "not for profit" sectors around the world. Editor(s): Boshyk, Yury. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968703
- ISBN
- 9780333968703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.00
€ 120.00
Multinationals and Transition: Business Strategies, Technology and Tra...
Manea, Julia, Pearce, Robert
Hardcover. This text re-focuses thinking on how multinational enterprises can achieve a sustained contribution to European transition economies as these countries move from the processes of transformation into pursuit of more sustained development. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; KCM; KJVG; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968741
- ISBN
- 9780333968741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.93
€ 118.93
Property Rights and Managerial Decisions: Comparative Theory and Polic...
Professor Kathleen Carroll
Hardcover. The author describes the property rights that exist in different organizational forms and explains how these establish incentives for managerial decision behaviour. She compares the rights, incentives and corresponding decision behaviour in for-profit, non-profit, and public organizations. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KJV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968833
- ISBN
- 9780333968833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.15
€ 119.15
Hardback. International Joint Ventures (IJVs) combine the resources of local and foreign firms to create independent business entities, however, their failure rate is high. This analysis of the IJV life cycle considers the problems of multi-person decision-making. A typology of strategic and functional configurations, and solution concepts, are developed. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJK; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968963
- ISBN
- 9780333968963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardback. Focusing on the business and economic relationship between Japan and China, this volume combines up-to-date research from the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) with papers from a conference organized jointly with the Fujitsu Research Institute (FRI). Editor(s): Hilpert, Hanns G.; Haak, Rene. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; JPS; KCL; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970386
- ISBN
- 9780333970386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13