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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 137 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Background; Focus on the Caribbean; Grounding the Work in Academia; Innovation within the Value Chain; Value Chain, GVC and Supply Chain; Case Development Method; Selection of Firms; Documentary Review; Data Collection; Data Analyses; Development and Writing of the Case; Organisation of the Text; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 2: Historicising and Theorising the Multinational Corporation; Introduction; History of the MNE; General Work on the History of the Multinational Enterprise; Theories of MNC |
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Trade TheoriesIndustrial Organisation Theory; Product Cycle Theory; Transaction Cost/Internalisation Theories; The Eclectic Theory/Paradigm; New Schools of Thought; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 3 : Marketing Blunders; Introduction; Types of Marketing Blunders; Distribution; Product Positioning; Culture; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 4 : Finance Blunders; Introduction; The Firm's Capital Structure; Sourcing of Debt; Risk Models to Reduce Finance Blunders; Common Finance Blunders Among Firms from Developing Countries that Move to Markets in Developed Countries; Pricing; Filling Demand |
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Concluding ThoughtsChapter 5 : Human Resources Blunders; Introduction; Key Developments in Human Resource Management in the International Arena; The Application of Culture; Divergence Versus Convergence; Human Resources Blunder in International Business Firms from Developing Countries; Recruitment and Skill Set Blunders; Cultural and Language Blunders; General Blunders in the HR Node of the Value Chain: The International Experience; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 6 : Supply Chain and Production Blunders; Introduction; Supply and Production Chain; Configuring the Supply Chains |
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Management of the Supply ChainCommon Supply Chain Blunders; Inadequate Capacity; Un-timeliness in Meeting Deliverables; Inadequate Production Planning; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 7 : Business to Government Relationships Blunders; Introduction; Emergence of the Modern State for Business to Government Relationships; Economic Theories and Business to Government Relationships; The Laissez-faire School of Thought; Keynesian School of Thought; Protectionism School of Thought; Marxism School of Thought; Blunders; Understanding International Trade Agreements |
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Clearing Domestic Legal and Regulatory IssuesConcluding Remarks; Chapter 8 : Lessons Learnt and Concluding Thoughts; Introduction; Impact of Blunders; Human Resources; Reputation; Margins; Legal; Actions Taken to Lessen Impact of Mistakes; Negotiations; Leadership; Lessons Learnt; Generalisation Is Always Wrong; Cultural Literacy; The A-B-C of Culture; The Ingredients; Cultural Problems Are Everywhere; Market Research; Social and Business Networks; Concluding Thoughts; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book will provide empirical evidence of blunders committed by firms from small developing countries that operate in developed country markets. It will identify lessons that managers who are looking to do business in international markets can learn in order to lessen the mistakes in markets that are psychically distant. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International business enterprises.
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International business enterprises. |
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Errors.
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Errors. |
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International business. |
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Management & management techniques. |
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Business & management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version : Williams, Densil A. International business blunders. First edition. ©2019 9781787692206 (OCoLC)1060582270 |
| ISBN |
9781787692190 (electronic book) |
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1787692191 (electronic book) |
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9781787692206 |
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1787692205 |
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