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"This new edition of How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World provides you with the savvy you need to negotiate with finesse and ease, no matter where you are. Now including 63 countries, the book has been updated to reflect changes in the international scene as well as up-to-the-minute topics like foreign outsourcing and multicultural work teams which increasingly characterize present-day work relationships. This guide is your...
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Although America still holds the lead when it comes to e-commerce, Europe is catching up-fast. Filmed at the London Business School, this program brings together Jim Rose, CEO of QXL.com, the UK's Euro-centric answer to eBay, and Kevin Roberts, CEO of advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi. Topics of discussion focus on the CEO and corporate culture, international branding, and old versus new media. In addition, MBA students and faculty ask questions...
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Economically speaking, a wealth of new international business opportunities is swiftly creating a world without borders. But from a cultural point of view, many potential barriers still exist. In this program, people who have worked in different cultures offer insights into a variety of customs, including forms of greeting, body language, dining etiquette, and negotiation styles. This practical educational resource can help turn social liabilities...
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"The Dictionary of International Business Terms is an invaluable reference for students and all professionals who need to keep abreast of this rapidly changing environment. Accountants, financial managers, business managers, marketing executives, attorneys, operations research managers, economists, investment portfolio managers, production managers, and others should have this book in their library for daily reference." "In addition to over 2,000...
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For Nicolas Hayek and Domenico DeSole, image is everything. In this program, Hayek, chairman and CEO of Swatch Group, and DeSole, chairman, president, and CEO of Gucci Group, give their views on building multilevel global brands, the vital importance of image, and American versus European business theory. In addition, MBA students and faculty from the International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland, ask questions about how...
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Micro-lending, capitalism, and off-shoring are the topics of discussion in this compilation of NewsHour segments. Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, economist Hernando de Soto, and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas L. Friedman are featured. Episodes include?* Bootstrap Capitalism: Paul Solman and Mohammad Yunus discuss the merits of micro-lending using U.S.-based Good Faith, a venture capital lender to start-ups with no collateral, as an example....
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Where there is commerce, there is usually a degree of unemployment as well. Module one of this program presents an agency that develops the marketability of unemployed youth in Spain-victims of schooling/market mismatch and employer reluctance to provide training. Module two considers collective bargaining agreements in the Netherlands that have created employer incentives to hire out-of-work teens and young adults. Module three spotlights an innovative...
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Between the privatization of state-owned monopolies on the one hand and advances in information technology and e-commerce on the other, European economies are undergoing drastic changes to keep up with the times. Module one of this program focuses on institutional change, as the British electricity market undergoes privatization, while module two examines technological change through the case study of the German online bookstore ABC Bucherdienst,...
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Economic growth requires a variety of financial institutions that can provide a steady stream of capital while managing risk. Traditional banking, as demonstrated in a rural Austrian village, is the focus of module one; module two concentrates on the trading of derivatives in the City of London; and module three explores venture capitalism through the case study of Novarox AG, a telecommunications software company with headquarters in Zurich and production...
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With a low birth rate and an aging workforce, the European Union needs immigrants-but how temporary or permanent their status should be is a matter of debate. This film examines existing and proposed guest worker programs, in addition to other EU measures, designed to address the results of globalization and shifting demographics. Focusing not only on the EU's tremendous economic advances but also on regions affected by poverty, the film looks at...
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For years, Turkey has been run by a stridently secular business and political elite, while its devout Muslim citizens have been pushed to the political and economic fringes. But now, even the most committed Muslims are embracing Western-style capitalism and commerce-and are ascending in Turkish society at the ballot box and in big business. This Wide Angle documentary captures a modern-and to many Westerners, surprising-face of Islam rarely seen in...
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Supply and demand is the basic relationship that fundamentally shapes any market-based economy. Module one of this program shows how S & D sets the price of a rose at the Aalsmeer flower auction in the Netherlands; module two reveals how Germany's Flensburger shipyard has survived in a shrinking market through capacity planning; and module three demonstrates how quality decisions ultimately led Bianchi to victory in the Giro d'Italia bicycle race....
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The typical Valentine's Day bouquet is the product of an elaborate South American growing operation, a complicated airborne distribution network, and sophisticated European trading markets akin to stock exchanges. This program describes the entire process in detail, clearly illustrating the global nature of the floral industry. Shot in Ecuador, Colombia, France, and Holland, the video shows how supply and demand, seasonal dynamics, global competition,...
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"Global Leaders for the Twenty-First Century profiles twelve leaders from business and government and discusses eight key attributes necessary for successful leadership in the future." "Based upon extensive research and experiences with top leaders from around the world, the authors have identified the eight critical competencies needed by twenty-first century leaders."--Jacket.
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Success in business is not measured solely by the bottom line. Module one of this program considers the subject of fair trade and the efforts of the Max Havelaar foundation to ensure it. Environmental accountability is explored in module two by Norsk Hydro, the Norwegian petrochemical firm. Module three discusses how the impact of tourism must be balanced against economic opportunism, as in the case of the Oasis of Tozeur, in Tunisia.
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