Mike W. Peng Bücher

Focusing on export intermediaries, this book examines their role in linking domestic manufacturers with international buyers. It investigates the factors influencing their success or failure, including the impact on transaction and agency costs, as well as their competitive resources and capabilities in global trade. By delving into these critical questions, the author provides a comprehensive analysis that fills a significant gap in existing literature on international trade.

Focusing on global perspectives, this edition of a leading business strategy text offers an engaging approach to strategic management principles. It features evidence-driven insights, timely debates on issues like globalization and corporate social responsibility, and examines contemporary challenges such as antitrust cases against Big Tech. The conversational style encourages discussion, while strategy-in-action boxes and concise integrative cases cater to the needs of busy students, making complex topics accessible and relevant.

Mike Peng and Klaus Meyer have direct, first-hand, experience of researching and teaching in Europe, Asia and North America. This combined experience makes them uniquely qualified to write this textbook, which offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to international business that starts from Europe but ultimately encompasses the globe. The text's comprehensive coverage is accessibly arranged around one central question and two core perspectives. The central question is - what determines the success and failure of firms around the globe? Institutional and resource-based perspectives are utilised to answer this question. Throughout the text the very latest scholarly research is used to facilitate successful learning of the key concepts, in order to engage students with the historical context and recent global developments.International Business has been shortlisted for the 2011/12 CMI Management Book of the Year award in the ebook category. More information about the CMI and the competition can be found here http://yearbook.managers.org.uk/index5.htm.

Discover both sides of international business and how to prepare for the future. GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, 2e International Edition, doesn't just show you what it's like for foreign businesses entering a new market; it reveals what domestic companies must do to survive foreign competition. Easy to read and full of study tools, GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, helps you prepare for your exams and for your next job.