How to Utilize New Information Technology in the Global Marketplace
How to Utilize New Information Technology in the Global Marketplace

Author: Erdener Kaynak

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1994-12-21

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781560249009

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How to Utilize New Information Technology in the Global Marketplace is an excellent training tool for business executives who wish to increase their skills in the field of international business. Readers will learn how to use international databases to search new markets or find information on potential markets and competitors. Executives and future executives will learn new ways of identifying new international markets through computers. Using this book to train executives is more cost-efficient than hiring consultants or international research companies. Once trained, executives are able to take their knowledge and tap into several databases and obtain up-to-date information about new international markets, including sales leads in foreign companies. Examples are included with step-by-step instructions to teach the use of various computer software packages and databases, without the complexities of the use of a computer. Some of the new technologies covered include: accessing personal computer-based databases such as National Trade Data Bank, World Trade Exporter, World Trade, and Disclosure/Worldscope the use of electronic data retrieval services expert systems in international business simulation software in international business How to Utilize New Information Technology in the Global Marketplace provides current and future executives--whether interested in international databases, expert systems software, or international business simulation software--with the technological skills they need to gain a competitive advantage in the global market.

Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business
Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business

Author: Fahri Karakaya

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781560244165

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Recent developments in the areas of computer databases, simulation games, and expert systems have added a different dimension to the business curriculum. This informative book instructs educators in how information technology can be used in teaching international business to students and business executives. Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business includes descriptions and utilization of the state-of-the-art of computer and telecommunications technology, including a variety of computer software packages and international business databases. Examples with step-by-step instructions are included to depict how to use these software packages and databases. Discussions of actual classroom implementation, plus software reviews, provide teachers with the knowledge and incentive to begin to incorporate these new technologies into their classrooms, better preparing students for the realities of the business world. Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business can be used as a training tool for business executives who wish to increase their skills in the field of international business. Using this book to train executives is more cost-efficient than hiring consultants or international research companies. Once trained, executives and students will know how to tap into several databases to identify new international markets and obtain up-to-date information about them. Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business is useful for courses in international business/management, international marketing, and international accounting. Some of the new technologies covered include: electronic data retrieval services expert systems in international business simulation software in international business personal computer-based databases such as National Trade Data Bank, World Trade Exporter, World Trade, and Disclosure/Worldscope Utilizing New Information Technology in Teaching of International Business helps provide current and future executives with the technological skills needed to gain a competitive advantage in the global market.

Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments
Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments

Author: Kamal Dean Parhizgar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1135187134

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Resolve cross-cultural communication issues with your business suppliers, customers, and staff! Because of the rapid growth of multinational corporations and the World Wide Web, global interdependence is no longer a matter of ideology or choice, but an inescapable reality. Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments teaches managers both practical techniques and theoretical insights for working with people from diverse cultures in home and host countries. Managers who ignore or dismiss cultural differences may find themselves alienating customers and employees, fumbling negotiations, and ultimately losing sales. In contrast, those who are willing to see the world from different perspectives may spot fresh opportunities. Bringing multiple cultures together results in synergy, in which two combined energies multiply and reinforce one another. Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments tells you not only how to create synergy, but also how to profit from it.Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments offers practical features to help students and managers understand diverse cultures, including: charts, maps, and tables showing specific cultural divergences detailed discussions of relevant theories in psychology, management, and ethics exercises and self-tests clear, skill-based objectives for each chapter definitions of the terms and processes of multiculturalization In the modern world, the key to prosperity--or failure--in the global marketplace is awareness of cultural differences. Multicultural Behavior and Global Business Environments offers a sweeping multidisciplinary inventory of facts, theories, and practical ideas for making multiculturalism work. This comprehensive volume is a crucial resource for every manager who belongs to a multinational organization, as well as students of both domestic and international business, political science, international relations, public administration, and educational administration.

Executive Development and Organizational Learning for Global Business
Executive Development and Organizational Learning for Global Business

Author: Erdener Kaynak

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-12

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1317972651

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An essential reference book for you and your global organization, Executive Development and Organizational Learning for Global Business will guide you through the challenge of producing effective executives and masterminding learning organizations. In this cutting-edge overview, you'll share in the success stories of some of the most tried-and-true, top-selling authors in the world such as Peter Senge and Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Considered a “must-have” handbook for development managers, Executive Development and Organizational Learning for Global Business gives you a unique perspective on the major challenges you'll face when setting up your executive education program. Anyone creating a comprehensive game plan for a large global organization will want to be familiar with the informative practices in this book. In its concise and straightforward chapters, you'll read about: cross-cultural challenges of executive development tools and techniques for developing international executives experiential issues and action learning in global organizations anticipatory learning for global concerns Today, more than ever, piloting your global organization through a world of changing management systems and executive development programs can be overwhelming. But the unique perspectives you'll find in this time-saving collection will start you off right. So, whether you're a human resource development practitioner, a human resource executive, or an academic in human resource development, you'll profit from the bevy of intellectual insight and real-world experience that some of the world's most successful authorities have organized for you in the pages of Executive Development and Organizational Learning for Global Business.

Guide To Software Export: A Handbook For International Software Sales
Guide To Software Export: A Handbook For International Software Sales

Author: Roger A. Philips

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-05

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1136781919

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An ideal reference source for CEOs, marketing and sales managers, sales consultants, and students of international marketing, Guide to Software Export provides a step-by-step approach to initiating or expanding international software sales. It teaches you how to examine critically your candidate product for exportability; how to find distributors, agents, and resellers abroad; how to identify the best distribution structure for export; and much, much more!Not content with providing just the guidelines for setting up, expanding, and managing your international sales channels, Guide to Software Export advises you on pitfalls to avoid, important legal and financial considerations associated with software export, and essential market and distribution information. In an effort to cover all the bases, this comprehensive text also discusses: negotiating partnerships electronic marketing evaluating the competition cultural assumptions and biases adapting software for use in Asian markets information sources on the Internet distribution channel strategiesIf you’re not satisfied with your company’s international sales performance or you want to get into the global market, Guide to Software Export can help you guide your company through the transition. With the book’s easy-to-follow advice and checkpoints, you are sure to bring new levels of success to your company, so act now and get out in the forefront of software exporting.

Guanxi
Guanxi

Author: Erdener Kaynak

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1135188173

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Develop a network of successful business relationships in China! This systematic study of the Chinese concept of guanxi--broadly translated, ”personal relationship” or ”connections”--offers a comprehensive social and professional model for doing business in China. In addition to a clear analysis of the origins and meanings of this vital concept, Guanxi: Relationship Marketing in a Chinese Context empowers you with practical tools for establishing guanxi in order to facilitate successful business relationships. Guanxi is based on an original research study as well as the authors’twenty years of experience of doing business in China. Their understanding of the implications of face, favor, reciprocity, honor, and interconnectedness--all vital parts of guanxi--will enable you to understand the unstated assumptions of Chinese business culture. Moreover, the book discusses the legal implications of guanxi as well as cultural expectations. This valuable handbook offers a wealth of information on guanxi: case studies of guanxi in action managerial implications of saving face and reciprocity measuring guanxi quality and performance indicators step-by-step instructions for building guanxi detailed strategies for penetrating the Chinese market Guanxi is an indispensable tool for anyone wanting to do business in China, for students of international business or Chinese culture, and for scholars interested in international business culture.

International Management Leadership
International Management Leadership

Author: Erdener Kaynak

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1136373470

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The primary competitive advantage that firms have today is the perspective, outlook, and commitment of their management leaders. International Management Leadership helps you develop the leadership skills that will enable your firm to stay competitive in today's global business environment. From the necessary international perspective, this book provides you with the information you need to understand the competitive factors that distinguish one firm from another and to recognize the determinants of success.Giving you formats and outlines and a fresh perspective of your work, your organization, and yourself, International Management Leadership is much more practical than other management textbooks. You'll learn how to help make your company more effective in the arena of international management leadership as you read about: requirements of and special demands on international managers managerial leadership in the era of knowledge strategic leadership and implementation of strategy management as a fulfillment of purpose leadership of conflict management transformational leadership team leadership Whether you're an individual involved in a management training program, a management consultant, an executive manager, or a student of international management or business, you'll appreciate this book's take on the competitive factors of leadership in international business today. As a textbook, International Management Leadership provides students with a broad perspective on the practice of managerial leadership and organizational life in the global arena--bringing examples to life and going far beyond what is needed to simply pass a course.

International Management Leadership
International Management Leadership

Author: Raimo Nurmi

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0789000903

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The primary competitive advantage that firms have today is the perspective, outlook, and commitment of their management leaders. International Management Leadership helps you develop the leadership skills that will enable your firm to stay competitive in today's global business environment. From the necessary international perspective, this book provides you with the information you need to understand the competitive factors that distinguish one firm from another and to recognize the determinants of success.Giving you formats and outlines and a fresh perspective of your work, your organization, and yourself, International Management Leadership is much more practical than other management textbooks. You'll learn how to help make your company more effective in the arena of international management leadership as you read about: requirements of and special demands on international managers managerial leadership in the era of knowledge strategic leadership and implementation of strategy management as a fulfillment of purpose leadership of conflict management transformational leadership team leadership Whether you're an individual involved in a management training program, a management consultant, an executive manager, or a student of international management or business, you'll appreciate this book's take on the competitive factors of leadership in international business today. As a textbook, International Management Leadership provides students with a broad perspective on the practice of managerial leadership and organizational life in the global arena--bringing examples to life and going far beyond what is needed to simply pass a course.

Globalization of Business
Globalization of Business

Author: Erdener Kaynak

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2000-08-15

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1136782532

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Create a successful strategy for competition in the global marketplace!Globalization of Business: Practice and Theory will give executives and business students a current, in-depth look at ways to become globally competitive in today's complex market. This essential guide offers you insight into issues every global businessperson needs to

Export Savvy
Export Savvy

Author: Zak Karamally

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-16

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1317790030

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Exporting is a dynamic area of commerce that is often misunderstood. However, it takes know-how to gain a profit. Export Savvy: From Basics to Strategy explains export management in its full context from the concepts of international trade to the key elements that influence and comprise its effectiveness. This understanding will help you make better decisions so you can maximize your potential in international markets. Export Savvy is a comprehensive book that fills in the gaps left by other books on this subject. While these books concentrate on the mundane tools and techniques of exporting, Export Savvy relates the export experience to the totality of the commercial experience. The “foreignness” of exporting is framed in familiar notions enabling you to conceive or create an export program that is uniquely your own. In simple language, this innovative book breaks exporting down into ten easy-to-understand aspects: the concepts and “economics” of international trade the perspective and influence of governments tariffs and other impediments to the export transaction the impact of foreign currencies methods of payment and collection the physical movement of goods to the customer controls imposed on exports for national security and other national policy reasons cultural barriers and related considerations the uniqueness of marketing beyond one's national boundaries the legal environment and issues affecting the exporter With the proven knowledge in Export Savvy, you can make exporting an extension of your domestic business experience. You will feel free to approach exporting confidently and strategically to maximize your profits in this important area of business. Visit the book's website at http://www.exportsavvy.com