The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage: Vijay Govindarajan, Anil K. Gupta

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From Publishers Weekly
In this rousing call to arms, the authors business school professors at Dartmouth and the University of Maryland, respectively lay out three persuasive reasons why corporations need to increase their global presence. First, global opportunities and threats can appear anywhere, so it’s best [...]

From Concept to Consumer: How to Turn Ideas Into Money: Phil Baker

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“This is a fascinating, convincing,and highly detailed discussion of the innovation-and-marketing process as it actually works. Phil Baker has helped me understand how the modern, global high-tech industry actually works, and anyone who shares that curiosity will benefit from reading his book.”
—James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly
“In the high volume, fast moving field of [...]

Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures–and Yours: Tarun Khanna

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…an objective and insightful comparison of China and India. –Foreign Affairs, May 1, 2008
Khanna delivers a dense but lively blend of anecdotes and analysis. He shows how entrepreneurial spirit is transforming both these countries not only economically, but strengthening ties between the two. –Newsweek
The eye [...]

Doing Business in China For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)): Robert Collins, Carson Block

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Navigate China’s business culture and etiquette
The fun and easy way to grow your business in China
This authoritative, friendly guide covers all the basics, from the nuts and bolts of Chinese business and bureaucracy to negotiating with your Chinese partners. You’ll also get the [...]

Money and European Union: Stephen F. Overturf

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From Library Journal
In this concise and timely work about the movement toward a common currency for Europe, Overturf (international economics, Whittier Coll.) probes the thesis that Europe is integrating around money, which explains why many member nations of the European Union (EU) have agreed to [...]

Interest Rate Liberalization and Money Market Development: Selected Country Experiences : Proceedings of a Seminar Held in Beijing July/August 1995: Hassanali Mehran, Bernard Laurens, Marc Quintyn

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This book brings together the papers presented at a seminar held in Beijing, China, in August 1995 and sponsored jointly by the IMF’s Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department and the People’s Bank of China. The papers were written by central bankers from China, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Turkey. The Chinese [...]

One Money, Many Countries 2000: Monitoring the European Central Bank 2 (Monitoring the European Central Bank): Carlo Favero, Xavier Freixas, Torsten Persson, Charles Wyplosz, David Begg, Paul De Grauwe, Francesco Giavazzi, Harald Uhlig

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This second report in the series provides a detailed analysis of the European Central Bank’s actions and alerts the public to the main issues raised by the policies pursued by the Bank during its first year. It also provides an assessment of the key concerns in the implementation of European monetary [...]

Crashproof Your Life: A Comprehensive, Three-Part Plan for Protecting Yourself from Financial Disasters: Thomas A. Schweich

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Protect your financial future against virtually every form of unforeseen disaster Despite the recent decade of prosperity, Americans now more than ever must prepare for their financial futures. In these times, people need to take steps to protect themselves from professional, financial, and personal harm. In his many [...]

Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation: Victor C. Shih

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“This impressive new book makes several important contributions: the case studies provide never before available accounts of elite politics, with vivid details of the personal and political differences among top leaders; the model of inflationary cycles provides new insights into how financial policy changed to [...]

Handbook of Islamic Banking (Elgar Original Reference): M. Kabir Hassan, Mervyn K. Lewis

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The Handbook of Islamic Banking comprises 25 studies by leading international experts on Islamic banking and finance specially commissioned to analyse the various debates and the current state of play in the field. From its origins thirty years ago, Islamic [...]