Development & Growth 14

Research on the international transfer of technology in economics and management literature has primarily focused on the role of countries and that of companies, in particular multinational enterpri……続きを見る

Marketing guru Philip Kotler and global marketing strategist Milton Kotler show you how to survive rough economic waters With the developed world facing slow economic growth, successfully competing ……続きを見る

International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. Using original rese……続きを見る

“Competition is the bane of the free enterprise system.” ーAnonymous business mogul What people on the front linesーmaking, marketing, and selling products and servicesーreally want is to be alone i……続きを見る

Full of stories of successful entrepreneurs, The Pumpkin Plan guides you through unconventional strategies to help you build a truly profitable blue-ribbon company that is the best in its field Each……続きを見る

Explore the essential steps for data collection, reporting, and analysis in business research Understanding Business Research offers a comprehensive introduction to the entire process of designing, ……続きを見る

In the knowledge economy, the value of corporations is directly related to their knowledge and intellectual capital. But broaden the perspective a little wider and you begin to see the possibilities……続きを見る

Economic growth is highly dependent on technological progress and innovation, yet the sources from which these innovations originate are still largely misunderstood and untapped. Recent research has……続きを見る

For many businesses, staying afloat is an everyday a struggle, but what they don't realise is that there are ways to work 'smarter' and make more profit without the backbreaking work. According to t……続きを見る

Imagine 100 per cent of your core business activities coming from referrals. No more "cold calling" and plying the market for new business! This is the kind of success strategic networking brings. N……続きを見る

Offering a comprehensive analysis of the development of economies in the Middle East and North Africa over the past half century, this book charts the progress of these countries through an examinat……続きを見る

How any company can build an incredibly effective salesforce by learning from the best in the world Despite billions spent every year on personality profiling, sales training, motivational experts, ……続きを見る

Praise for SURVIVING YOUR SERENGETI "One of a kind. You'll actually know more about yourself after you read this book."-KEN BLANCHARD coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and Leading at a Higher Leve……続きを見る

This book demonstrates exact scholarship (and an) understanding of the way in which business works...(it has) a capacity to reduce a mass of apparently unrelated facts into the neat shape of theory.……続きを見る

First Published in 2004. Since the second half of the seventies, a period of economic recession, a growing interest for technological change can be noticed in all ‘old’ industrial countries. The rea……続きを見る

Change in organizations can arise spontaneously, or it can begin in response to a planned process of change. Even planned change is not as predictable as one might like it to be; it is often partial……続きを見る

Drawing upon a variety of important philosophical traditions, this book develops an original perspective on the relations between ethical, economic and aesthetic values in a tourism context. It cons……続きを見る

Reverence for the past and its principal actors tends to be universal and they become heroic figures to posterity in the passage of time. These pioneers selected land for their farms and bore the ha……続きを見る

By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. Freedom,……続きを見る

Creativity and Innovation for Managers will appeal to any manager responsible for getting more out of a business. Creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative idea generation have become……続きを見る

European macro-regions, Euroregions and other forms of inter-regional, cross-border cooperation have helped to shape new scenarios and new relational spaces which may generate opportunities for econ……続きを見る

The Great Depression, like the Great Recession of 2008-2009, has been incorrectly framed as the result of a failure of our banking and investment institutions. This narrow focus on our financial i……続きを見る

In recent years, privatisation has fallen out of favour in many countries because the underlying political factors have not been well understood. This book examines Malaysia’s privatisation programm……続きを見る

What if there is a way to follow a direct plan to create a powerful foundation to launch a business without doing a lot of research? Imagine what you would do if you had access to 10-20-30 years of ……続きを見る

Foreword by Mike Krzyzewski, Duke’s Men Basketball Coach A celebrated coach reveals the secrets to building a fierce competitor At age 26, Joanne P. McCallie, a.k.a. Coach P, began her career at Mai……続きを見る

Scientists in the biotechnology sector have developed a vast array of products and procedures, including drugs, diagnostics, agricultural products and veterinary procedures. This is made possible th……続きを見る

The rainforest is the most successful ecosystem on the planet: with more species of fish in one pond than all of the British Isle and over 2000 different species of plants per acre; the origin of ha……続きを見る

Strategic Networks examines the new style of industrial co-ordination which enables independent companies to work so closely together that they can sometimes present a 'single face' to the outside w……続きを見る

Congratulations! You have taken the first real step to becoming a business owner. For as long as I can remember I had a desire to work for myself. I discovered the hardest part of starting my own bu……続きを見る

In this new volume, 28 Scandinavian researchers and others who are active in arts and culture seek to answer the questions: What has been the effect of regional and local investment in arts and cult……続きを見る