This book is the first book that provides comprehensive economic analysis of cross-border outsourcing by Japanese manufacturing firms based on microdata. Previous literature on many other countries has often been constrained by limited data availability about outsourcing, but research contained...

This book provides a rich collection of essays discussing and showcasing the transformation of businesses around the world towards sustainability and responsibility. Based on a framework of global theoretical approaches, it presents practical examples and cases from a variety of industries,...

Corporate open innovation initiatives: Taxonomy development and validity test within the German market -- Multiple case studies: Managing and implementing corporate open innovation initiatives -- Development of a taxonomy management framework for corporate open innovation initiatives

1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. An analysis of savings among rural poor households in Rwanda -- 3. Economic Modelling of Capital Market and Sustainable Investment in Rwanda -- 4. The Working of Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Rwanda: An Econometric Analysis using Equilibrium Model...

1. Introduction -- 2. How to Approach Nonmarket Strategy and Corporate Political Activity -- 3. Framework -- 4. General Features of Domestic Lobbying in Japan -- 5. The Context for Foreign Firms: Trade, Investment, and Business Issues -- 6. Case Study -- 7. Implications for Business Strategy and...

Jörg B. Kühnapfel entwickelt in der 2. Auflage dieses Buches eine Methodik, die eine verlässlichere Prognose des erwarteten Geschäftsverlaufs von Start-up-Unternehmen erlaubt. Der Autor vermittelt ein grundlegendes Verständnis für die besonderen Herausforderungen, die bei der Erstellung...

1 Introduction -- 2 The development of the modern business corporation in 19th century India: Building the foundations for the emergence of TISCO in the 20th century -- 3 TISCO during the decade of the 1900s: The Formation period -- 4 Initial failure to produce competitive steel, capitalization...

1. Learning from Ancient Greek Philosophy -- 2. Aristotle and the Function of Management Consultants -- 3. Aristotle and Management Consultants’ Ethical Obligations -- 4. Aristotle and Ethical Choices of Clients -- 5. Plato and the Ethics of Management Consultancy Interventions -- 6....

Marius Schramböhmer zeigt detailliert die Bedeutung der Professional Service Firms (PSF), spezifischer noch der Unternehmensberatungen und des Subtypus der Managementberatung auf. Dabei adressiert er die auf die Branche einwirkenden Kräfte und die hieraus resultierenden Veränderungen der...

1. Don’t Rely on Investment Banks for Valuation -- 2. Avoid “Strategic” Deals -- 3. Link the Before and After -- 4.Think Like a Financial Investor -- 5. Move Fast and Communicate Transparently -- 6. Conclusion: Closing the Deal, But at What Price?