Management Information Systems provides comprehensive and integrative coverage of essential new technologies, information system applications, and their impact on business models and managerial decision-making in an exciting and interactive manner. The twelfth edition focuses on the major changes that have been made in information technology over the past two years, and includes new opening, closing, and Interactive Session cases.
In a global market where international teams, initiatives, and joint ventures are increasingly common, it is extremely important for people to integrate themselves in new cultures. Strategies for selecting and training people on global perspectives are critical for managing business. In this book, the authors develop the idea of cultural intelligence and examine its three essential facets: cognition, the ability to develop patterns from cultural cues; motivation, the desire and ability to engage others; and behavior, the capability to act in accordance with cognition and motivation. They explore the fundamental nature of cultural intelligence and its relationship to other frameworks of intelligence.-Back cover.
Part of a series which presents research on global strategic management, this volume focuses on the corporate response to global change. Topics discussed include strategic management and institutional dynamics, and methodological perspectives on the dynamics of national competitive advantage.
An introduction to marketing concepts, strategies and practices with a balance of depth of coverage and ease of learning. Principles of Marketing keeps pace with a rapidly changing field, focussing on the ways brands create and capture consumer value. Practical content and linkage are at the heart of this edition. Real local and international examples bring ideas to life and new feature 'linking the concepts' helps students test and consolidate understanding as they go. The latest edition enhances understanding with a unique learning design including revised, integrative concept maps at the start of each chapter, end-of-chapter features summarising ideas and themes, a mix of mini and major case studies to illuminate concepts, and critical thinking exercises for applying skills.
Vacant urban land--the product of land market activity, the actions of private agents, and the policies of public agents--is an important challenge for policy makers. Vacant lots on the urban fringe and in central and interstitial areas have affected growth patterns in Latin America. Contributors to this book analyze the problems and opportunities related to vacant urban land in five cities: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Quito, Ecuador; Lima, Perú; and San Salvador, El Salvador.
El entorno competitivo de la economía actual ha obligado a muchas empresas a buscar alternativas de crecimiento cuando el mercado doméstico no es suficiente para ubicar toda la oferta. En muchos casos, estas alternativas se dirigen hacia la conquista de mercados exteriores. El objetivo de esta monografía es el análisis de las opciones estratégicas y de los modos de entrada disponibles para las empresas. Los autores desarrollan los factores que determinan la selección de unas estrategias de internacionalización frente a otras: los recursos específicos, la armonía con las estrategias de empresa, el entorno competitivo, las políticas de marketing internacional o la organización de las operaciones exteriores. No existe un modelo que sea válido para todas las empresas, sino que es su propia situación y sus particularidades las que dictan las mejores directrices de su expansión exterior. Luigi Zingone es profesor de la Universidad e-Campus de Novedrate (Italia). Sus líneas de investigación están enfocadas en sistemas de información en las organizaciones, comunicación interna y externa en la empresa y estrategias competitivas. Felipe Ruiz Moreno es profesor titular del Departamento de Marketing de la Universidad de Alicante. Sus estudios se centran en estrategias competitivas, marketing internacional y responsabilidad social corporativa.
The Stylistique comparée du français et de l'anglais has become a standard text in the French-speaking world for the study of comparative stylistics and the training of translators. This updated, first English edition makes Vinay & Darbelnet's classic methodology of translation available to a wider readership. The translation-oriented contrastive grammatical and stylistic analyses of the two languages are extensively exemplified by expressions, phrases and texts. Combining description with methodological guidelines for translation, this volume serves both as a course book and through its detailed index and glossary as a reference manual for specific translation problems.
Los constantes cambios que ha presentado la economía mundial en los últimos 50 años y la introducción de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en el comercio, además de la creciente producción de bienes y servicios que se ponen a disposición de los compradores, han hecho que las formas de comercializar o vender deban adaptarse rápidamente para que las organizaciones sean competitivas en el mercado. En ese sentido, este trabajo busca proporcionar herramientas sencillas, de fácil comprensión y aplicación, sin descuidar los elementos centrales del marketing y la evolución de esta técnica, las características de los consumidores, las estructuras del mercado, entregándole al lector algunas herramientas de la investigación de mercados, elementos para crear estrategias, entre otros. El libro se dirige a estudiantes de Administración de Empresas, Comercio Internacional, Marketing, Mercadeo y ventas, pero también a no estudiantes, personas emprendedoras y empíricas que llevan tiempo realizando labores de comercio nacional e internacional. Es apto para entenderlo por la amplitud de público que tenga la posibilidad de hacer parte del mercado mundial.
This thorough update to Benjamin Compaine's original 1979 benchmark and 1982 revisit of media ownership tackles the question of media ownership, providing a detailed examination of the current state of the media industry. Retaining the wealth of data of the earlier volumes, Compaine and his co-author Douglas Gomery chronicle the myriad changes in the media industry and the factors contributing to these changes. They also examine how the media industry is being reshaped by technological forces in all segments, as well as by social and cultural reactions to these forces. This third edition of Who Owns the Media? has been reorganized and expanded, reflecting the evolution of the media industry structure. Looking beyond conventional wisdom and expectations, Compaine and Gomery examine the characteristics of competition in the media marketplace, present alternative positions on the meanings of concentration, and ultimately urge readers to draw their own conclusions on an issue that is neither black nor white. Appropriate for media practitioners and sociologists, historians, and economists studying mass media, this volume can also be used for advanced courses in broadcasting, journalism, mass communication, telecommunications, and media education. As a new benchmark for the current state of media ownership, it is invaluable to anyone needing to understand who controls the media and thus the information and entertainment messages received by media consumers.
