Managing In The Global Economy
by Steers,Richard M.Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2005-07-31
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Summary
Managing in the Global Economy is a comprehensive text for international management courses, with a particular emphasis on developing global managers who are skilled in economics, strategy, and general management. In addition, authors Richard M. Steers and Luciara Nardon help readers develop a deep understanding of the role of cultural differences in managerial effectiveness.
Author Biography
Luciara Nardon is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Management at the Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| The Emerging Global Economy | |
| Managing in the Global Economy: An Introduction | |
| Importance of Global Business | |
| Factors Influencing Global Business: An Organizing Framework | |
| The Global Manager | |
| The Road Ahead | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 1.1: Are Management Styles Converging? | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 1.2: Special Assignment--Romania | |
| Challenges and Prospects of Globalization | |
| Outsourcing to India | |
| Challenges of Globalization | |
| Stages in Globalization | |
| The Globalization Enigma | |
| Globalization: A Point of View | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 2.1: Globalization and You | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 2.2: Meeting the Globalization Challenge | |
| Economic Foundations of Global Business | |
| Slovakia's Emerging Automobile Industry | |
| Economic Environment and Global Competition | |
| Competition Between Nations | |
| Competition Among Firms and Industries | |
| Institutional Influences on Trade and Economic Development | |
| Developing Global Economic Literacy | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 3.1: Honduran Textile Trade | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 3.2: World Trade Organization | |
| National Trade Policy and Competitive Advantage | |
| Singapore's Drive for Economic Prosperity | |
| Rationale for National Trade Intervention | |
| Strategies for National Economic Development | |
| Industrial Policy and Economic Development: The Case of Japan | |
| Barriers to International Trade | |
| International Trade Promotion | |
| Combating Unfair Trade Practices | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 4.1: Culture and Industrial Policy | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 4.2: Celtic Tiger | |
| Legal and Political Foundations of Global Business | |
| Seeking Political Favors in Nigeria | |
| Legal Environment of Global Business | |
| The Darker Side of Global Business | |
| Political Risk in Foreign Investments | |
| Social Responsibility in Global Business | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 5.1: Leveling the Playing Field | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 5.2: Manufacturing in Underdeveloped Countries | |
| Economic Integration and Regional Trading Blocs | |
| Poland Joins the European Union | |
| Rationale for Regional Economic Integration | |
| Degrees of Regional Economic Integration | |
| NAFTA and the Maquiladora Program | |
| The European Union | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 6.1: Future of NAFTA | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 6.2: Future of the European Union | |
| Culture, Organization, and Strategy | |
| Cultural Foundations of Global Business | |
| A Story of Two Cows | |
| Understanding Cultural Differences | |
| Inside China: A Study in Culture | |
| The Culture Theory Jungle | |
| Comparing Models of National Cultures | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 7.1: Promontory Point | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 7.2: Dining Out in Lougang | |
| Assessing Cultural Differences | |
| Made in USA | |
| Navigating the Culture Theory Jungle | |
| Reframing Culture: A “Big Five” Approach | |
| Assessing Cultural Differences | |
| Mapping Cultural Distances | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 8.1: Personal Values Survey | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 8.2: Mapping Cultural Distances | |
| Organizing for Global Business | |
| All in the Family, Japanese-Style | |
| Organizing for Global Competition | |
| Culture, Organization, and Management: Inside the Japanese Keiretsu | |
| Types of Keiretsu Structures | |
| Management in a Japanese Keiretsu | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 9.1: Organizing in the United States and Japan | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 9.2: Reinventing Nissan | |
| Developing Global Business Strategies | |
| Wal-Mart Goes to Mexico | |
| Culture and Strategy: Wal-Mart, Carrefour, and Aldi | |
| Strategies for Global Competition | |
| Strategies for Market Entry | |
| Doing Business in Mexico: Inside the Mexican Grupo | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 10.1: Mexican Coke | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 10.2: Embraer | |
| Building Global Strategic Alliances | |
| Korean Firms Capitalize on Strategic Alliances | |
| Types of Global Strategic Alliances | |
| Organizing Global Strategic Alliances | |
| Benefits of Strategic Alliances | |
| Drawbacks of Strategic Alliances | |
| Managing Strategic Alliances: Inside the Spanish Empresa | |
| Managing Strategic Alliances: Inside the Korean Chaebol | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 11.1: Secoinsa | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 11.2: AmKor Technologies | |
| Strategies for International Negotiation | |
| General Electric Meets Mitsubishi | |
| Steps in International Negotiation | |
| Basic Negotiating Strategies | |
| Strategies for Successful International Negotiation | |
| Negotiating with the Japanese | |
| Negotiating with Brazilians: Inside the Brazilian Empresa | |
| Brazilian vs. Japanese Styles of Negotiation | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 12.1: Negotiating in Japan | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 12.2: InBev | |
| Managing Global Operations | |
| Staffing Global Operations | |
| Unilever Goes to Brazil | |
| The International Staffing Challenge | |
| International Staffing Models | |
| Host Country Nationals | |
| Expatriate Managers | |
| Managing Cultural Adaptation | |
| Managing Repatriation | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 13.1: Gillette's International Training Program | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 13.2: Amstel Engineering | |
| Managing a Competitive Global Workforce | |
| Lincoln Electric's Incentive System | |
| Culture and Work Behavior | |
| Motivation Across Cultures | |
| Leadership Across Cultures | |
| Keys To Successful Global Leadership | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 14.1: Personal Work Values | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 14.2: Lincoln Electric Goes International | |
| Managing Total Quality and Employee Involvement | |
| Is Siemens Still German? | |
| Quality and Competitive Advantage | |
| Employee Involvement and Quality | |
| Strategies for Total Quality Management | |
| TQM and Codetermination: Inside the German Konzern | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 15.1: Skoda-Volkswagen Alliance | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 15.2: TQM Around the World | |
| Managing Multicultural Teams | |
| Teamwork at Real Madrid | |
| Role of Multicultural Teams | |
| Promises and Pitfalls of Multicultural Teams | |
| Creating Successful Multicultural Teams | |
| Strategies for Managing Multicultural Teams | |
| Managing Multicultural Teams: Inside the French Societe | |
| Managing Multicultural Teams: Inside the Malaysian Bumiputra Firm | |
| Key Terms | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 16.1: Managing Teams in France and Malaysia | |
| Global Manager's Workbook 16.2: Pharmacia's Executive Team | |
| Appendix | |
| Managing in the Global Economy: A Field Project | |
| New Facility Location Decision | |
| Preparing for the Overseas Assignment | |
| Name and Company Index | |
| Subject Index | |
| About the Authors | |
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