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

George Cairns; Martyna Sliwa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 147398100X ISBN 13: 9781473981003

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

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 compared to what you find in conventional textbooks.

The Second Edition of International Business includes recent impacts on international business such as the financial crisis, Brexit and the changing political landscape, Chinese steel prices and the Panama Papers revelations. It includes two new chapters on understanding people and organizations in International Business as well as coverage of recent international reports from Amnesty, Oxfam and the World Bank.

Suitable for students of International Business, professionals working in global organizations and anyone curious about the workings of the international business world.

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About the Author

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>George Cairns</span><span> 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.</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>Martyna Sliwa </span><span>is Professor of Management and Organisation Studies at the University of Essex.</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>Her research interests focus on a range of topics relevant to the employees, managers and other</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>stakeholders of contemporary organisations, especially those operating in the international business</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>environment. Examples of Martyna s recent research projects include: language(s) and power in</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>multinational corporations, transnational professional mobility, and the effects of the intersections</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>of nationality and gender on organisational hierarchies and individual careers of highly skilled</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>professionals. Martyna is currently an Associate Editor of Management Learning. She has</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>published in a variety of journals, for example: the British Journal of Management, Journal of</span>

<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 22pt;"><span>International Business Studies</span><span>, Management Learning and Organization.</span>

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147398100X
• ISBN 13: 9781473981003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192