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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The historical background to international leadership | |
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| Exploring cultural differences | |
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| Industry: cultural differences in industry leadership and the effects of mass media reports | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Made in China: the case of General Motors' LaCrosse | |
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| Vehicle recalls: the case of the rise and fall and rise of Toyota | |
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| Industrial espionage: the Renault spy case | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key points | |
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| Patterns of employment: the roles of women and minorities in international business | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Women at work: the case of the Saudi women drivers | |
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| Disabilities and disadvantages: the case of the dispossessed | |
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| Worldwide youth unemployment: the case of the jobless Chinese graduates | |
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| Rich and poor: the case of employment contrasts in India | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key points | |
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| Management of public and private sector involvement | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Private sector leadership in government projects: the case of Steven Rattner | |
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| Cameron and Coulson, Stephenson, Yates and Wallis: the case of the prime minister, the police commissioners and the spin doctors | |
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| From the White House to the coffee shop: the case of Kris Engskov | |
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| Business against corruption: the case of the Russian entrepreneur and police extortion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key points | |
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| Exploring international operations and activities | |
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| International networks and alliances, structures and controls, strategies for sustainable business | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Strategic alliances for health care and famine relief: the case of FARM-Africa and Tearfund | |
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| International alliances and contingency theory: the case of OriginOil | |
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| Strategies for sustainable business practices: the case of SAP | |
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| Strategies for restructuring: the case of the Egyptian bank | |
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| Internet networks: the case of crowdsourcing | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key points | |
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| Negotiations and decisions: leadership and motivation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| By fair means or foul? The cases of SABMiller and InBev | |
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| The practice of management: the case of David Moyes and Everton | |
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| Beyond Maslow: the case of Anna Hazare in New Delhi | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key points | |
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| Exploring technology, learning, language and culture | |
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| Technology, the internet and dealing with change | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Technology and work: the case of the mobile employees | |
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| Business technology, work and politics: the case of the emerging economies | |
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| Industry and society: the case of the vanishing keffiyeh | |
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| Technology and the law: the case of the cookies, the cyber radicals and cybercrime | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Learning: action learning and learning organizations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Environmental pollution: cases of systems thinking | |
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| Personal mastery: the case of the bright billionaires | |
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| Mental models, shared vision and team learning: the case of space tourism | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key points | |
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| Language and culture: translations, interpretations and world Englishes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Reaching for their headphones: the case of the BP press conference | |
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| Multicultural English: the case of language diversity management | |
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| Few words, maximum effect: the case of the press release | |
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| From one 'language' to another: the case of Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Exploring management ethics | |
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| The ethics of international business | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Rogue trading: the case of Kweku Adoboli and UBS | |
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| Bribery and corruption: the case of Lockheed | |
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| Corporate governance in Russia: the case of Polymetal | |
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| Child labour and sick workers: a case of poison | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Looking to the future | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dealing with climate change: the case of the Kyoto Protocol | |
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| Made in India: the case of generic vs patented drugs | |
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| I-leadership for a new generation: the case of the start-ups | |
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| Protecting people: the case of crisis response | |
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| Dot brand versus dot com: the case of the internet domains | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key points | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| About the author | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Index | |