1. Disruption is on the way -- 2. Understanding how professionals work -- building blocks for the future -- 3. Reactions to disruption -- 4. The Professional Service Community – the way forward -- 5. Foundations of the successful professional community -- 6. Fieldwork – Monday morning actions.

This book introduces an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Japanese foreign direct investment determinants, the close relations between foreign investment and trade flows in the host country, and the effects and responses by the local economy. It provides an accessible and comprehensive...

Bereitstellung von Dienstleistungen -- Instandhaltung in Produktionsnetzwerken -- Instandhaltung in der chemischen Industrie und im Maschinenbau -- Mehrzielentscheidungen in Produktionsnetzwerken -- Make, Buy, Concurrent Sourcing und Cooperate -- Entscheidungsunterstützung in der Praxis.

1. Crime and (No) Punishment: Business Corporations and Dictatorships -- 2. Business and the Military in the Argentine Dictatorship (1976-1983): Institutional, Economic, and Repressive Relations -- 3. Building the Dictatorship: Construction Companies and Industrialization in Brazil -- 4....

Insights on China's economic cooperation with foreign countries -- Science & Technology -- New Infrastructures for the Digital Economy -- Relaxed Financial Policies & Venture Capital -- Energy, Automobile & Aircraft -- Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) -- Health Care & Life Sciences --...

Based on their ability to facilitate interdependencies across the borders of national and regional markets, multinationals enterprises (MNEs) act as the key drivers of world trade and investment activities. While recent global challenges additionally highlight the need to explain and assess the...

INTRODUCTION—RETHINKING THE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN THEORY -- Chapter 1. Understanding the Background of the Upgrading of Chinese Enterprises -- Chapter 2. Literature Research into Enterprise Upgrading -- Chapter 3. Case Study of Enterprise Upgrading -- Chapter 4. Empirical Study on Overall...

Part I Introduction to Megatrends -- Megatrends in International Business: An Introduction to the Theme -- Megatrends and International Business -- Part II Entrepreneurship Trends -- Trends in International Entrepreneurship -- IGOs and Entrepreneurship: Understanding the Impact of Policy...

Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities...