chapter 1 Global business: competitiveness and sustainability -- chapter 2 International marketing -- chapter 3 International finance -- chapter 4 International accounting -- chapter 5 International taxation -- chapter 6 International staffing and labor issues -- chapter 7 Managing operations...

This paper examines the competitiveness of the Philippine information technology (IT) industry vis--vis its emerging competitors and neighboring countries in the region. While the industry boasts of being the largest foreign exchange earner for the country, it suffers from structural weaknesses...

We provide evidence indicating that countries with well-developed social security systems do not necessarily face a trade-off between social spending and competitiveness. On average, countries that spend a lot on social needs score well in the competitiveness league. We investigate the...