A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About International Business (Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books) - Softcover

Cairns, George; Sliwa, Martyna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412947634 ISBN 13: 9781412947633

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010

Conceived by Chris Grey and written to get you thinking, the "Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap" series offers an informal, conversational, accessible yet sophisticated and critical overview of what you find in conventional textbooks.

In International Business, the authors challenge the principles of business in the context of trading blocs, protectionism, and restricted trade; the effects of international governing bodies like the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank; looking at this very big and interesting field with humour and insightfulness.

Ideal for Undergraduate students in Business and Management, this text will also appeal to anyone interested in the fast-paced world of International Business.

About this title

About the Authors

George Cairns is Adjunct Professor at QUT Business School, Brisbane. George co-founded and was co-editor of the journal Critical Perspectives on International Business. Throughout his writing, George has adopted a critical stance on the impacts of IB activity on remote and excluded stakeholders, both in the present and the future. Much of his work applies scenario methods to explore possible and possible futures. His studies include a number of journal articles on the ship breaking industry of Bangladesh. George has published in journals including Human Relations, European Journal of Operational Research, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, and Futures.

Martyna Sliwa is Professor of Management and Organisation Studies at the University of Essex.

Her research interests focus on a range of topics relevant to the employees, managers and other

stakeholders of contemporary organisations, especially those operating in the international business

environment. Examples of Martyna’s recent research projects include: language(s) and power in

multinational corporations, transnational professional mobility, and the effects of the intersections

of nationality and gender on organisational hierarchies and individual careers of highly skilled

professionals. Martyna is currently an Associate Editor of Management Learning. She has

published in a variety of journals, for example: the British Journal of Management, Journal of

International Business Studies, Management Learning and Organization.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412947634
• ISBN 13: 9781412947633
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184