Download or read book Multinational Under Fire written by Thomas N. Gladwin and published by New York; Toronto : Wiley. This book was released on 1980-03-28 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and diagnoses many highly controversial topics relating to conflict management in multinational companies, proposing ways of coping with them that are both intellectually defensible and managerially feasible. Describes the entire context of nonmarket conflict facing the multinational firm through the experience of five multinationals. Develops a system for effective diagnosis and management of such conflict and proceeds to discuss each of the major sources of conflict. A conflict management model is applied in each case. Final chapter focuses on international control of multinational enterprises and how such firms can effectively organize themselves for conflict management.

Download or read book Multinational Under Fire written by Thomas N. Gladwin and published by New York; Toronto : Wiley. This book was released on 1980-03-28 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and diagnoses many highly controversial topics relating to conflict management in multinational companies, proposing ways of coping with them that are both intellectually defensible and managerially feasible. Describes the entire context of nonmarket conflict facing the multinational firm through the experience of five multinationals. Develops a system for effective diagnosis and management of such conflict and proceeds to discuss each of the major sources of conflict. A conflict management model is applied in each case. Final chapter focuses on international control of multinational enterprises and how such firms can effectively organize themselves for conflict management.

Download or read book Nestl A Global Company Comes Under Fire written by Laura Klöpping and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,3, Stralsund University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Nestl as a well-known and at the same time controversial company having a revenue of about 80 billion Euros, founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. Most of the people are not aware of it while consuming Nestl products and 95% of the Japanese think it is originated there. Many products are already consumed in the third generation. With 449 factories in 83 countries with 278,000 employees, which is an indicator for an unusual decentralization, Nestl is the largest food and beverage company in the world and the industry combine with the highest revenue in Switzerland and one of the 50 leading companies worldwide concerning revenue and number of employees. As a very global combine 28% of the food revenue comes from emerging countries in Latin America and Asia, 40% from Europe and 26% from the USA and Canada. Not only the size but also the globalization makes Nestl be different than all other competitors. Owning six main brands and about 8,500 national and regional brands it gets 70% of the revenue by selling brands that rank on the first or second place in each product segment. Nescaf , as one of the main brands, is the most consumed coffee brand in the world with 3,000 cups a second and Nesquik, Milo and Nescau make Nestl be number one in the chocolate and malt drink section. All in all Nestl is characterized by three important features: strong brands, high presence and a leading position in the markets.

Download or read book Humanitarianism Under Fire written by Ken Rutherford and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international humanitarian intervention in Somalia was one of the most challenging operations ever conducted by US and UN military forces. Until Somalia, the UN had never run a Chapter VII exercise with large numbers of troops operating under a fighting mandate. It became a deadly test of the UN’s ability carry out a peace operation using force against an adversary determined to sabotage the intervention. Humanitarianism Under Fire is a candid, detailed historical and political narrative of this remarkably complicated intervention that was one of the first cases of multilateral action in the post-Cold War era. Rutherford presents new information gleaned from interviews and intensive research in five countries. His evidence shows how Somalia became a turning point in the relationship between the UN and US and how policy and strategy decisions in military operations continue to refer back to this singular event, even today.

Download or read book Mercy Under Fire written by Larry Minear and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1995-05-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the humanitarian practices of private aid agencies, international organizations and governments. Case studies and examples from around the world are used to support the authors' arguments that the global community should make greater efforts at conflict prevention.

Download or read book Liability of Multinational Corporations under International Law written by Menno T. Kamminga and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adaptation Under Fire written by David Barno and published by Bridging the Gap. This book was released on 2020 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Adaptation Under Fire looks at the essential importance of military adaptation in winning wars. Every military must prepare for future wars despite inevitably having little confidence about the precise shape that those wars will take. As former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates once noted: "We have a perfect record in predicting the next war. We have never once gotten it right." Despite this uncertainty, military organizations still must make choices. They must determine the nature of doctrine they will need to fight effectively, the type of weaponry and equipment they must procure to defeat their potential foe, and the kind of leaders they must select and develop to guide the force to victory. Since the U.S. military has global security responsibilities, it will have to make these choices without knowing when, where, or how the next war will unfold, nor even who the enemy may be. It will need to adapt quickly and successfully in the face of the unexpected in order to prevail. The book starts by providing a framework for understanding adaptation, and includes several historical examples of success and failure. The second section examines U.S. military adaptation during the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and explains why certain forms of adaptation have proven so problematic. The final section argues that the U.S. military must become more adaptable in order to successfully address the fast-changing security challenges of the 21st century, and concludes with some recommendations on how it should do so. "--

Download or read book Politics and Power in the Multinational Corporation written by Christoph Dörrenbächer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first published in 2011. The current financial and economic crisis has negatively underlined the vital role of multinational companies (MNCs) in our daily lives. The breakdown and crisis of flagship MNCs, such as Enron, WorldCom, Lehman Brothers, Toyota and General Motors, does not merely reveal the problems of corporate malfeasance and market dysfunction. It also raises important questions, both for the public and the academic community, about the use and misuse of power by MNCs in the wider society, as well as the exercise of power by key actors within internationally operating firms. This book examines how issues of power and politics affect MNCs at three different levels; the macro-level, the meso-level and the micro-level. This wide-ranging analysis shows not only that power matters but also how and why it matters, pointing to the political interactions of key power holders and actors within the MNC, both managers and employees.

Download or read book Just Business Multinational Corporations and Human Rights Norton Global Ethics Series written by John Gerard Ruggie and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A true master class in the art of making the impossible possible." —Paul Polman One of the most vexing human rights issues of our time has been how to protect the rights of individuals and communities worldwide in an age of globalization and multinational business. Indeed, from Indonesian sweatshops to oil-based violence in Nigeria, the challenges of regulating harmful corporate practices in some of the world’s most difficult regions long seemed insurmountable. Human rights groups and businesses were locked in a stalemate, unable to find common ground. In 2005, the United Nations appointed John Gerard Ruggie to the modest task of clarifying the main issues. Six years later, he had accomplished much more than that. Ruggie had developed his now-famous "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights," which provided a road map for ensuring responsible global corporate practices. The principles were unanimously endorsed by the UN and embraced and implemented by other international bodies, businesses, governments, workers’ organizations, and human rights groups, keying a revolution in corporate social responsibility. Just Business tells the powerful story of how these landmark “Ruggie Rules” came to exist. Ruggie demonstrates how, to solve a seemingly unsolvable problem, he had to abandon many widespread and long-held understandings about the relationships between businesses, governments, rights, and law, and develop fresh ways of viewing the issues. He also takes us through the journey of assembling the right type of team, of witnessing the severity of the problem firsthand, and of pressing through the many obstacles such a daunting endeavor faced. Just Business is an illuminating inside look at one of the most important human rights developments of recent times. It is also an invaluable book for anyone wanting to learn how to navigate the tricky processes of global problem-solving and consensus-building and how to tackle big issues with ambition, pragmatism, perseverance, and creativity.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of International Business written by Alan M. Rugman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As globalization explodes, so has international business scholarship. This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of International Business synthesises all the relevant literature of the last 40 years in 28 original chapters by the world's most distinguished scholars. Reflecting the changes and development in the field since the first edition this new edition has a changed structure, all the chapters have been updated to take account of the latest scholarship, and five new chapters freshly written. The Handbook is divided into six major sections, providing comprehensive coverage of the following areas: · History and Theory of the Multinational Enterprise · The Political and Regulatory Environment · Strategy and International Management · Managing the MNE · Area Studies · Methodological Issues These state of the art literature reviews will be invaluable references for students in business schools, social sciences, law, and area studies.

Download or read book Ethics for International Business written by John Kline and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newly-updated version of this groundbreaking textbook continues to provide a topical and relevant analysis of the ethical dimensions of conducting business in a global political economy. From a starting point of applied ethics, the book introduces a common set of normative terms and analytical tools for examining and discussing real case scenarios.

Download or read book Multinational Corporations In Political Environments Ethics Values And Strategies written by Usha C V Haley and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-11-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multinational Corporations in Political Environments advances and tests a theory of why foreign corporations leave host states. Theories of international business have often ignored the complexity of corporate decisions about leaving foreign countries, generally assuming that the economic and competitive reasons that prompt multinational corporations to enter host states also explain their subsequent reasons for leaving. Alternatively, this book proposes a theory of how different stakeholders' values and ethics shape multinationals' strategic leaving behaviors. Tested in South Africa when US multinationals were facing diverse pressures from stockholders, governments and consumers to leave, the research provides a prism to isolate how different stakeholders' actions influenced multinationals' behaviors. Detailed analyses of subsidiary-level archival data over a period of four crucial years revealed that the multinationals engaged in diverse forms of leaving reflecting their involvements, strategies and stakeholders' influences. The research, the first to test which stakeholders' strategies, including boycotts and sanctions, influenced multinationals and which did not, and to identify their effects on multinationals' behaviors, has enormous implications for policy makers, managers and social activists. The book also applies the findings and explores implications for recent stakeholders' attempts at influencing multinationals and governments, such as Nike in Asia and the Burmese government, through sanctions, resolutions and boycotts.

Download or read book Handbook of International Management written by Tracy Murray and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991-01-16 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume grew out of Wiley's well-received Handbook of International Business, published in 1982. The latter has been updated and expanded and now appears as two separate books: the Handbook of International Business, Second Edition, and this book, the Handbook of International Management. Distinguished contributing authors provide enlightening discussion of topics such as the legal and political aspects of managing an international business, international banking, taxation, accounting, international marketing, labor relations, and public relations. Chapters also cover forecasting exchange rates; organization design; offshore sourcing, subcontracting, and manufacturing; technology transfer; international investment banking; and much more.

Download or read book International Business Society Management written by Rob van Tulder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-12-16 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wealth of experience, both in research and teaching the authors of this book have developed a text that integrates reputation, responsibility, ethics and accountability.

Download or read book The UN and Transnational Corporations written by Tagi Sagafi-nejad and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment beneficial or harmful to societies around the world? Since the birth of the United Nations more than 60 years ago, these questions have been major issues of interest and involvement for UN institutions. What have been the key ideas generated by the UN about TNCs and their relations with nation-states? How have these ideas evolved and what has been their impact? This book examines the history of UN engagement with TNCs, including the creation of the UN Commission and Centre on Transnational Corporations in 1974, the failed efforts of these bodies to craft a code of conduct to temper the revealed abuses of TNCs, and, with the advent of globalization in the 1980s, the evolution of a more cooperative relationship between TNCs and developing countries, resulting in the 1999 Global Compact.

Download or read book In the Hurricane s Eye written by Raymond Vernon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's multinational enterprises face a spell of rough weather, political economist Ray Vernon argues, not only from the host countries in which they have established their subsidiaries, but also from their home countries. Such enterprises--a few thousand in number, including Microsoft, Toyota, IBM, Siemens, Samsung, and others--now generate about half of the world's industrial output and half of the world's foreign trade; so any change in the relatively benign climate in which they have operated over the past decade will create serious tensions in international economic relations. The warnings of such a change are already here. In the United States, interests such as labor are increasingly hostile to what they see as the costs and uncertainties of an open economy. In Europe, those who want to preserve the social safety net and those who feel that the net must be dismantled are increasingly at odds. In Japan, the talk of "hollowing out" takes on a new urgency as the country's "lifetime employment" practices are threatened and as public and private institutions are subjected to unaccustomed stress. The tendency of multinationals in different countries to find common cause in open markets, strong patents and trademarks, and international technical standards has been viewed as a loss of national sovereignty and a weakening of the nation-state system, producing hostile reactions in home countries. The challenge for policy makers, Vernon argues, is to bridge the quite different regimes of the multinational enterprise and the nation-state. Both have a major role to play, and yet must make basic changes in their practices and policies to accommodate each other.

Download or read book Education Leadership and Business Ethics written by Ronald F. Duska and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education, Leadership and Business Ethics: New Essays on the Work of Clarence Walton includes a history and anecdotes of Clarence Walton's professional and personal life; a discussion of the controversial introduction of ethics into the field of management studies; contributions on a variety of subjects connected to leadership and business ethics from experts in the field; and critical essays reviewing Clarence's most recent work in social criticism. The book gives a history of the rise of the fields of business and society and business ethics, details the events leading to its acceptance in academic circles and gives personal accounts by Clarence Walton, one of the people most responsible for its creation. Intended target groups are students, former academic peers, and friends of Clarence Walton, as well as anyone interested in the history of business ethics or connected to Columbia University of America, or The American College.