Business & economics / International

Research in the Decision Sciences for Global Business: Best Papers from the 2013 Annual Conference

by European Decision Sciences Institute & Gyula Vastag

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder

A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young tax attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the Kremlin’s corruption.

Bill Browder’s...

Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe

by George Friedman

A major new book by New York Times bestselling author and geopolitical forecaster George Friedman (The Next 100 Years), with a bold thesis about coming events in Europe. This provocative work examines “flashpoints,” unique...

Signals: The Breakdown of the Social Contract and the Rise of Geopolitics

by Dr Philippa Malmgren

Economic signals are everywhere, from fashion magazine covers to grocery stores to military events. Malmgren empowers the public by revealing the story of the world economy in plain English. Central banks are...

The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future

by Levi Tillemann

The Great Race recounts the story of a century-long battle between automakers for market share, profit, and technological dominance—and a race to build the car of the future.

The world’s great manufacturing...

Against the Troika: Crisis and Austerity in the Eurozone

by Costas Lapavitsas, Heiner Flassbeck & Paul Mason

On the 25th January 2015 the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance—not just for Greece but potentially all of Europe. The radical party Syriza was elected and austerity and the neoliberal...

The Global Negotiator

by Jeswald W. Salacuse

In today's global business environment, an executive must have the skills and knowledge to navigate all stages of an international deal, from negotiations to managing the deal after it is signed. The aim of...

The Blood Bankers: Tales from the Global Underground Economy

by James S. Henry & Bill Bradley

Like tentacles on a vast octopus, the firsthand investigations in The Blood Bankers all lead to one core. A financial detective of sorts, investigative journalist Jim Henry analyzes a range of scandals, including...

Guide to Country Risk: How to identify, manage and mitigate the risks of doing business across borders

by The Economist & Mina Toksoz

Country risk explains the things that can go wrong when business is conducted across borders.

Introduction to Islamic Economics: Theory and Application

by Hossein Askari, Zamir Iqbal & Abbas Mirakhor

Gain deeper insight into the principles and theory of Islamic economics

Introduction to Islamic Economics: Theory and Application provides an overview of the organizing principles and fundamentals of an Islamic...

Global Negotiation

by John L. Graham & William Hernández Requejo

Each year American executives make nearly eight million trips overseas for international business. In the process, they leave billions of dollars on the negotiation table. Global Negotiation provides critical...

Effective Client Management in Professional Services: How to Build Successful Client Relationships

by Jack Berkovi

Effective Client Management in Professional Services explains how firms become client-centric, providing a comprehensive, pragmatic guide to the Client relationship journey, from identifying potential Clients...

Global Content Strategy

by Val Swisher

When you want to engage customers, you must have great content that speaks to them in their language. Success in foreign markets takes research, planning, and sensitivity regarding the culture, expectations,...

The Reinvention of Marketing

by Deborah Malone

The marketing industry is undergoing dramatic transformation brought about by technology, globalization, and shifting economics. "The reinvention of marketing" is becoming a more critical issue as the industry...

The Power to Compete: An Economist and an Entrepreneur on Revitalizing Japan in the Global Economy

by Hiroshi Mikitani & Ryoichi Mikitani

Father and son – entrepreneur and economist – search for Japan's economic cure

The Power to Compete tackles the issues central to the prosperity of Japan – and the world – in search of a cure for the...

The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Rediscovered Books): With linked Table of Contents

by John Maynard Keynes

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written and published by John Maynard Keynes. After World War I, Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much...

The End of Copycat China: The Rise of Creativity, Innovation, and Individualism in Asia

by Shaun Rein

China's changing course, and sustainable success requires a shift in strategy

The End of Copycat China helps business executives and investors understand how China's economy is shifting from one based on heavy...

Africa Rising?: BRICS - Diversifying Dependency

by Ian Taylor

Africa is said to be rising, turning a definitive page in its history, heralding new and exciting possibilities for the continent. The Africa Rising discourse maintains that upsurge in economic growth comes...

We Do Know How: A Buyer-Led Approach to Creating Jobs for the Poor

by James T. Riordan

This book by a practitioner (not an academic, a government official, or a pundit) has been written for practitioners and offers fresh thinking on how to do international development work. It combines that thinking...

Industrial Poverty: Yesterday Sweden, Today Europe, Tomorrow America

by Sven R. Larson

Conventional wisdom says that Europe's crisis is a financial crisis. But is this really the case? In Industrial Poverty, economist Sven R. Larson, challenges this view and suggests instead that Europe is in...