International Business and Tourism

International Business and Tourism

Author: Tim Coles

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-02-13

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1134096577

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Tourism is changing. This innovative textbook examines a key international service industry in the context of globalization processes, the state, and increased individual mobility, using case studies to illustrate wider themes and key issues.


Basics of International Business

Basics of International Business

Author: Neelankavil

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 2015-05-18

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 0765628864

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The field of international business is dynamic, complex, and challenging, vulnerable to fast-breaking events such as economic shifts, political turmoil, and natural disasters. This concise and affordable textbook will help future international business executives acquire the skills to function effectively under these challenging conditions. "Basics of International Business" incorporates coverage of the ongoing turmoil in the world financial markets. It's designed to familiarize students with the external environments that affect international businesses, to show them how to recognize the processes in identifying potential foreign markets, and to help them understand the functional strategies that can be developed to succeed in this highly competitive environment. The text focuses on 'must-know' core concepts in international business. The concepts, theories, and techniques are organized around seven major topical areas: introduction and overview of international business; environmental variables of culture, politics, and economics; entry strategies for new markets and countries; international trade and foreign direct investments; integration of functional areas; specific functioning areas (marketing, finance, accounting, etc.); global outsourcing and its role in international operations. The text is filled with helpful charts, chapter summaries, exercises, and applied cases. A detailed instructor's manual including course outlines, classroom exercises, and a complete test bank is available to adopters on the MES website.


Internationalization of Business

Internationalization of Business

Author: Stefan Schmid

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-30

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 331974089X

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This book illustrates the various facets of internationalization in managerial practice, starting with a strategic outline of the many options firms have when formulating internationalization strategies. Designed as a textbook for Bachelor, Master and MBA classrooms, the core of the book consists of six case studies on firms from diverse industries, such as sporting goods, aviation, grocery discount, motorcycle, computer and IT, and fast-food. The cases present a variety of ways of entering and operating in foreign markets, such as export, franchising, joint ventures, strategic alliances, greenfield-investments, acquisitions and mergers. In addition to market entry strategies, the cases provide readers, educators and students with insights into target market strategies, timing strategies, allocation strategies and coordination strategies of well-known companies.


Current Issues in International Business

Current Issues in International Business

Author: Iyanatul Islam

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Covers the institutional and regional context of the evolution of international business as an academic discipline, international business as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry, current issues and controversies, and future directions in education and research in the field. The 13 essays were commissioned from specialists in the field from Europe, North America, and Australia. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


International Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship: An Information Technology Perspective

International Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship: An Information Technology Perspective

Author: Ordóñez de Pablos, Patricia

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-11-30

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 146664754X

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There is a high demand in our society to adopt emerging technologies in all aspects of business and economic activity. As traditional business practices and economic activity are occurring in a global context, new areas of economic development are being recognized as the key enablers of wealth and income production. International Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship: An Information Technology Perspective discusses innovative solutions to research problems and high performance systems while emphasizing the role of IT and management for sustainable development. This book brings together academics, researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and government officers aiming to contribute to the debate of technology related to international business and strategic management.


Readings in International Business

Readings in International Business

Author: Robert Z. Aliber

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9780262510660

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This collection of readings provides a solid grounding in the major practical business decisions that students and managers face in a global setting. The organization of the reader emphasizes general patterns of trade and investment flows, while examining in depth - the reasons for the internationalization of firms and the international dimension of various functional areas, including finance, accounting, marketing, and production.In six sections the readings take up changes in international ownership patterns, corporate strategy, international marketing issues, the basic financial decisions and taxation issues for a multinational firm, and political risk. Each section includes an introduction that outlines the basic ideas to be discussed, as well as questions, key terms, and suggestions for further reading.Robert Z. Aliber is Professor of International Economics and Finance at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. Reid W. Click is Assistant Professor of Economics in the Lemberg Program in International Economics and Finance at Brandeis University.


International Business Diplomacy

International Business Diplomacy

Author: Huub Ruël

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1787430820

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Business diplomacy involves developing strategies for long-term, positive relationship building with governments, local communities, and interest groups, aiming to establish and sustain legitimacy and to mitigate the risks arising from all non-commercial or exogenous factors in the global business environment.


Impact of International Business

Impact of International Business

Author: Heinz Tuselmann

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1137569468

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The international community is confronted with a new set of challenges, the scale and complexity of which is virtually unprecedented. In this connection, there are heightened demands for international business research to provide guidance for decision-makers on how to solve actual problems. Impact of International Business addresses current challenges and issues, and provides fresh insights that are pertinent for policy and practice. The book examines various contemporary international business issues from various viewpoints, draws on research conducted in different countries, examines IB issues in both developed and emerging country contexts, offers various theoretical perspectives and different methodologies. It provides both rigorous empirical and conceptual advances and insights that are useful and relevant for managers and policy makers in their search for solutions in face of current challenges posed by the international environment.