- Table View
- List View
Expanding Export Markets: Forest Products from the Southern United States (Routledge Library Editions: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics)
by A. L. HammettOriginally published in 1996. In order to increase exports and expand profits, U. S. manufacturers must be able to adapt to changing competitive pressures. This book presents methods to quantify competition and help predict profitability to help hardwood lumber manufacturers adapt to changing market conditions based on three research studies. This title will be of interest to students of environmental economics.
Expanding Frontiers of Global Trade Rules: The Political Economy Dynamics of the International Trading System (Routledge Studies In The Modern World Economy Ser.)
by Nitya NandaThis book analyses one of the most controversial areas in the political economy of international trade, namely the issues surrounding the creation of newtrade rules. Various concerns are addressed, including the environment, labour standards, intellectual property rights, trade facilitation, competition policy, investment and government procurem
Expanding Housing Finance to the Underserved in South Asia
by Tatiana NenovaRapid economic growth in South Asia, urbanization, and a rising middle class have created considerable pent-up demand for housing and housing finance. More than 14 percent of low-income South Asians have no home. In response, South Asia's dynamic housing and housing finance markets have grown at rates of around 30%, but are still limited to upper-income groups. The contribution of housing and real-estate sector to overall economic growth, social uplift and employment is considerable. Housing and housing finance services have the clear potential to expand to middle- and even lower- income families. This requires an improved land administration, strengthened legal framework for land titling, registration, and foreclosure, better market data provision, and promotion of long-term funding for mortgage lenders and developers. Innovative traditional mortgage products and Islamic finance could match demand in underserved market segments. This report, a first regional effort on the topic, examines housing shortages in South Asia, as well as outlines shortcomings of the market for home mortgages. Information on good practice and country-specific examples are presented on enabling builder/developers, mortgage lenders, land administration, as well as foreclosure and other relevant regulations, to strengthen home ownership in South Asia. Special emphasis is accorded to low-income housing solutions.
Expanding Our Now: The Story of Open Space Technology
by Harrison H OwenAt the start of this thoughtful and revelatory book, Harrison Owen relates the story of how he was lunching with a senior official of the American Society for Training and Development, who observed that if what Owen had just told him about Open Space Technology (OST) was true, then "95% of what we are currently doing does not need to be done." OST is strategy for organizing meetings that is radical, revolutionary, and deceptively simple. Expanding Our Now is an exploration of what OST is, how it developed as a process for meeting management, and how and why it works all over the world, for groups of all sizes dealing with a vast range of issues. To be published simultaneously with Open Space Technology: A User's Guide, -- a companion volume which details methods for implementing an Open Space event -- Expanding Our Now provides historical background, with case studies and delves into the questions of why and how Open Space works. Owen makes a compelling case that OST can move organizations to higher levels of performance, without elaborate training or professional facilitators. By focusing on 'Now' -- this present moment -- perception is expanded so that, for example, AT&T was able to accomplish 10 months work in a matter of 2 days. 'Now' is the heart of the matter. When Now gets big, time and space open up for doing what is needed. In the experience of Owen and thousands of people around the world who have used this technology successfully, OST expands 'Now' . Here he offers numerous successful case studies from corporations (such as Boeing and AT&T), community service organizations, and even countries (Canada) to demonstrate the power of 'Now'. While Open Space violates many of the traditional principles of meeting (and organizational) management, it is remarkably effective. Owen challenges the idea that anyone can actually control a closed system, suggesting that in reality all systems are open, and OST simply acknowledges and takes full advantage of that reality.
Expanding Your Strengths
by Curt LiesveldWouldn't it be great if everyone knew and understood their strengths so we could all work together more effectively? Now you can take the next step to advance the strengths mission. Expanding Your Strengths introduces you to theme dynamics and includes access to an interactive Web app you can use with the people you manage and coach. The portability of the Web app allows you to pull it up on your desktop, phone or tablet or on third-party devices. Access the Web app anywhere - from your own office to a client's conference room to a college classroom - for coaching sessions, one-on-one discussions or high-level meetings.This powerful resource allows you to dynamically select theme pairings, see how different talent themes combine and complement each other, and explore the StrengthsFinder talent themes one by one. Take your relationships to the next level. Use this book and Web app to create stronger teams, coach friends and associates, and develop your employees.
Expanding Your Strengths: Theme Dynamics: A Deeper Dive into Your Talent Themes and How They Influence Each Other
by Curt LiesveldFind success and well-being by identifying dominant talent themes in yourself and your associates—from one of the top StrengthsFinder coaches. Wouldn&’t it be great if everyone knew and understood their strengths so we could all work together more effectively? Now you can take the next step to advance the strengths mission. Expanding Your Strengths introduces you to theme dynamics and includes access to an interactive Web app you can use with the people you manage and coach. The portability of the Web app allows you to pull it up on your desktop, phone or tablet or on third-party devices. Access the Web app anywhere—from your own office to a client&’s conference room to a college classroom—for coaching sessions, one-on-one discussions or high-level meetings. This powerful resource allows you to dynamically select theme pairings, see how different talent themes combine and complement each other, and explore the StrengthsFinder talent themes one by one. Take your relationships to the next level. Use this book and Web app to create stronger teams, coach friends and associates, and develop your employees.
The Expansion of Economics: Toward a More Inclusive Social Science
by Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman Christopher K. ClagueEconomics, like most other social sciences, is not a pure discipline. Indeed, it has been enhanced by the fact that there is so much overlap between it and the related fields of business, industrial relations, political science, social psychology, and sociology. This book is the first attempt to explain how work in economics has influenced and benefited from a merging of economic analysis with the research practices of these related fields of study. With contributions from leading economists from around the world, it demonstrates how economics is leading the way toward a more unified social science.
Expansion or Exodus: Why Do Russian Corporations Invest Abroad?
by Kari LiuhtoEvaluate the impact of Russia&’s global business expansion Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, tremendous changes have taken place in the Russian Federation&’s trade relationship with other countries-especially with former allies. Expansion or Exodus examines how and why Russian corporations invest outside the country and why most of that money remains abroad as the growth and performance of these companies increases at an accelerated rate. As the Federation moves closer to joining the World Trade Organization, this timely book provides a global view of Russia&’s outward expansion, exploring the operations of Russian firms in old, new, and forthcoming European Union member states. Russian corporations have invested 50-70 billion USD abroad in the last five years, with global energy giant Gazprom leading the way. Although some of the Russian money has returned home, most of it remains abroad, largely in the EU and the United States. Many ex-socialist countries fear the Russian government is using its energy companies as foreign policy tools and in some cases, those fears have been grounded. But the outward expansion of Russian firms has become less motivated by politics as non-energy-related companies have begun their internationalization. Expansion or Exodus examines the vital issues surrounding Russia&’s outward foreign direct investments, including: how a lower-middle income country has become a net capital exporter how larger export-oriented Russian companies have used Germany as entry to Europe how Russian direct investments in Poland led to corruption and political involvement why foreign direct investments in the Baltic States have been met with suspicion why natural resource-based companies have been main drivers of international growth of Russian economy and how manufacturing and telecommunication industries are catching up the development of a Lithuanian oil refinery from state-ownership to privatization by an American corporation to acquisition with Russian capital the international activities of the leading Russian companies in several industrial sectors the majors factors that form contemporary Russian business culture the negative features of receiving Russian investments the outward internationalization of Russia&’s telecommunication company Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and much moreExpansion or Exodus is an invaluable resource for the international business community, policymakers, and academics.
Expansionary Fiscal Contraction
by Duncan Needham Anthony HotsonIn its 1981 Budget, the Thatcher government discarded Keynesian counter-cyclical policies and cut Britain's public sector deficit in the depths of the worst UK recession since the 1930s. Controversially, the government argued that fiscal contraction would produce economic growth. In this specially commissioned volume, contributors examine recently released archives alongside firsthand accounts from key players within No. 10 Downing Street, HM Treasury and the Bank of England, to provide the first comprehensive treatment of this critical event in British economic history. They assess the empirical and theoretical basis for expansionary fiscal contraction, drawing clear parallels with contemporary debates on austerity in Europe, USA and Japan in the wake of the recent global financial crisis. This timely and thoughtful book will have broad appeal among economists, political scientists, historians and policy makers.
Expansive Discourses: Urban Sprawl in Calgary, 1945-1978
by Max ForanThis is a groundbreaking study of urban sprawl in Calgary after theSecond World War. The interactions of land developers and the localgovernment influenced how the pattern grew: developers met marketdemands and optimized profits by building houses as efficiently aspossible, while the city had to consider wider planning constraints andinfrastructure costs. Foran examines the complexity of theirinteractions from a historical perspective, why each party acted as itdid, and where each can be criticized.
Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World – A 28-Day Program
by Latha PoonamalleeThe structured 28-day mindfulness and contemplative journey presented in this book will help aspiring and current leaders to clarify their identities, and identify and reflect on their mental models to become more expansive leaders. The present moment demands new ways of being, doing, and relating with the world. To meet this moment, we need fresh, collective, inclusive, and interdependent models of leadership and new approaches to leadership development. This book goes beyond the ‘McMindfulness’ often seen in mindful leadership books, to offer a multi-faceted approach to develop a more interconnected sense of self and interdependence-centric mindsets needed for expansive leadership, through mindfulness practice. Through this practice, leaders can cultivate the ability to make deliberate choices using slow thinking and overcome any unconscious and implicit biases that are the result of fast-thinking processes. Anchored in insights from over ten years of teaching mindfulness-based leadership development courses, this book is an invitation to explore how to be a leader in an expansive, inclusive, robust, and resilient way. The reader will have an opportunity to define and refine their identity, uncover their personal mental models, and conclude by developing their own leadership philosophy. Leadership development professionals and teachers can adopt this for their students, coaching, and consulting clients.
Expat Wife, Happy Life!: I SEGRETI DI UNA EXPAT DI SUCCESSO (Lifestyle e guide allo stile (Libri) #1)
by Florence Reisch-Gentinetta"Tesoro, sono stato promosso e ci hanno chiesto di trasferirci all'estero!". Era quello che sognavo: avventura, cambiamento, libertà... ma ora? Davvero? Proprio adesso? Non sono pronta, non sono organizzata, i bambini, io, noi e tutto quello che ne consegue? Come faccio a sapere se è la decisione giusta? Se queste domande risuonano, questo libro è per voi. Anche se l'esperienza di Florence è unica come lo è o lo sarà la vostra, le nostre domande e le nostre paure sono spesso le stesse. Le riflessioni personali di Florence vi guideranno e vi apriranno a nuovi e diversi modi di pensare e agire per la vostra vita all'estero.
Expat Wife, Happy Life!: A trajetória de uma expatriada em série (Expat Book #1)
by Florence Reisch-Gentinetta“Amor, fui promovido e eles nos pediram para nos mudarmos para o exterior!” Foi o que eu sempre sonhei: aventura, mudança, liberdade…, mas, agora? Sério? Neste instante? Não estou pronta, não tenho nada planejado, as crianças, eu, nós, e tudo que isso envolve… Como eu sei se essa é a decisão certa? Se esses questionamentos ecoarem, esse livro é para você. Enquanto a experiência da Florence é única como a sua própria é ou será, as dúvidas e os medos que temos são, em sua grande maioria, os mesmos. As reflexões pessoais da Florence irão guiar e revelar a você, novas maneiras de pensar e agir em sua vida no exterior.
Expat Wife, Happy Life!: DIE REISE EINER SERIEN-AUSWANDERIN (Expat Book #1)
by Florence Reisch-GentinettaBACK Überschrift: „Liebling, ich wurde befördert, und wir sollen ins Ausland ziehen!“ Marketing Text: Davon habe ich geträumt: Abenteuer, Veränderung, Freiheit... aber jetzt? Im Ernst? Jetzt sofort? Ich bin nicht bereit, ich habe keinen Plan, die Kinder, ich, wir und alles, was dazugehört... Woher soll ich wissen, ob das die richtige Entscheidung ist? Wenn Ihnen diese Fragen bekannt vorkommen, ist dieses Buch genau das Richtige für Sie. Auch wenn Florence‘ Erfahrungen ebenso einzigartig sind wie Ihre, so sind die Fragen und Ängste doch oft die gleichen. Die persönlichen Überlegungen von Florence werden Sie leiten und Ihnen neue und andere Denk- und Handlungsweisen für das Leben im Ausland eröffnen. Kurzbiografie: Florence Reisch-Gentinetta ist eine Serien-Auswanderin, die derzeit in Dubai lebt. Die Schweizerin hat in den letzten 25 Jahren schon auf der ganzen Welt gelebt. Ihr Einfühlungsvermögen für die Menschen und ihre Neugier auf die Welt ließen sie eine ganz besondere Erfahrung im Ausland machen, die sie hier teilen möchte. Meinungen zu diesem Buch Text: „Das Buch behandelt sowohl die psychologischen als auch die praktischen Aspekte eines Auslandsaufenthalts.“ Name: Letizia de Maigret Titel: Bildende Künstlerin
Expat Wife, Happy Life!: La aventura de una expatriada serial (Guías de estilo y de vida (Libros) Expat Libros #1)
by Florence Reisch-Gentinetta“¡Cariño, me han ascendido y nos han pedido que nos mudemos al extranjero!” Eso es lo que soñé: aventura, cambio, libertad... pero ¿ahora? ¿En serio? ¿En este momento?. No estoy lista, no estoy organizada, los niños, yo, nosotros y todo lo que conlleva... ¿Cómo sé si ésta es la decisión correcta? Si estas preguntas te resuenan, este libro es para ti. Si bien la experiencia de Florence es tan única como lo es o será la tuya, nuestras preguntas y temores suelen ser los mismos. Las reflexiones personales de Florence te guiarán y abrirán nuevas y diferentes maneras de pensar y actuar para tu vida en el extranjero
Expatriate Management
by Benjamin Bader Tassilo Schuster Anna Katharina BaderThis book provides state-of-the art research on expatriate management from a European perspective. Considering issues related to the different phases of expatriation and comprehensive contemporary topics of expatriate management, the chapters present a long overdue holistic approach to the field. Rather than just publishing a counterweight to the predominant North American literature, Expatriate Management includes critical analyses of each chapter written by a number of renowned North American scholars to review and contribute to the trans-Atlantic dialogue.
Expatriate Managers: The Paradoxes of Living and Working Abroad (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy)
by Anna Spiegel Ursula Mense-Petermann Bastian BredenkötterSince the 1990s, economic and cultural globalization has propelled the transnational mobility of managers and fueled cross-border careers. Some scholars have argued for the emergence of a new global business elite with cosmopolitan mind-sets and homogeneous lifestyles, while others have highlighted their disconnection from the local surroundings and their everyday life within national expatriate ‘bubbles’. Thus, the question of whether today’s mobile professionals can be described as interculturally open and competent cosmopolitans, or as pronounced anti-cosmopolitans, is still unanswered. Expatriate Managers and the Paradoxes of Working and Living Abroad considers a core protagonist of economic globalization and the management of MNCs through the lens of a practice-based theoretical approach whilst seeking to address this question by building on intensive ethnographic case studies of expatriate managers, most of them high-ranking executives, from two comparative different home countries, the US and Germany. These managers, together with their families, have been assigned to China, Germany, or the US to perform demanding coordination tasks within their multinational corporations (MNCs). Based on detailed accounts of expatriate managers’ experiences and everyday practices, the book reveals the multiple and sometimes paradoxical ways in which they deal with cultural differences as they build up new forms of working, belonging and dwelling. The findings suggest that the newly emerging mind-sets and lifestyles of expatriate managers transcend the polarized images of mobile elites as either cosmopolitan ‘global managers’ or parochial anti-cosmopolitans. Expatriate Managers and the Paradoxes of Working and Living Abroad examines the global elite from an everyday perspective, showing that understanding the dynamics of a global economy requires probing into the lifeworld’s agency and everyday arrangements of the social actors who are putting globalization into practice.
Expatriate Manager's Adaption and Knowledge Acquisition
by Yan LiThis book is among the first to theoretically and empirically examine what and how Western expatriate managers learn and develop from their international assignments in China. The book draws on literature associated with expatriate studies, experiential learning theory, and knowledge acquisition to develop an expatriate learning process model. Following on from this, the study then examines expatriate learning outcomes from four perspectives: learning style transition, adaptive flexibility, global mind-sets and managerial tacit knowledge. It enhances understanding of the cultural differences between Western countries and China as well as the kinds of learning strategies successful expatriates adopt in order to quickly adapt to intercultural business contexts. This book will appeal to international business practitioners and research fellows who are interested in international human resource management.
Expatriates – Eine verhaltensökonomische Analyse von Erfolgsfaktoren (BestMasters)
by Karishma HerbertBedeutende Megatrends wie Globalisierung und Fachkräfteengpässe bewirken, dass multinationale Unternehmen mehr Führungs- und Fachkräfte ins Ausland senden oder diese selbst aus Eigenmotivation für mehrere Monate bis Jahre im Ausland arbeiten. Eine Auslandsentsendung bietet sowohl für die Unternehmen als auch die entsandten Mitarbeiter (Expatriates) neue Chancen und Potenziale. Doch was ist für einen Expatriate wichtig, um sich erfolgreich in einem Auslandseinsatz an die neuen Umstände sowie das neue Arbeitsumfeld anzupassen und gute berufliche Leistungen zu erzielen? Dieses Buch untersucht das Thema aus der verhaltensökonomischen Perspektive und beleuchtet, welche Verhaltensaspekte der Expatriates und ihrer Unternehmen zu einem erfolgreichen Einsatz beitragen. Karishma Herbert liefert zunächst einen Überblick zu den personalwirtschaftlichen Einflussfaktoren und zeigt auf, dass eine gute Organisation sowie ein Bewusstsein und Wissen über kulturelle Differenzen und Gemeinsamkeiten wichtig sind, jedoch dies allein keinen erfolgreichen Einsatz garantiert. Vielmehr spielt das tatsächliche Verhalten der Expatriates und weiterer Stakeholder eine entscheidende Rolle.
Expatriates and Managing Global Mobility (SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series)
by Soo Min Toh Angelo DeNisiMultinational enterprises continue to rely heavily upon expatriates as part of their global workforce. These expatriates, whose exact employment contract may take different forms, are assigned to help them develop global skills as well as to foster knowledge transfer. But managing this expatriate workforce is extremely complex, requiring a questioning of assumptions and sensitivity to new social and cultural dynamics. This book sets out to examine the problem of expatriate management through an I/O Psychology lens. Each chapter draws upon the expertise of scholars from around the world to provide insights into the latest research findings and remaining needs, pertaining to a wide variety of issues. The contributors of this book review the current state of the research of the issue at hand and then make recommendations for where the new frontiers of the research should be in the coming decades. This volume covers four sets of issues pertaining to expatriate management and global mobility in depth. First, the different decision points organizations must make about assigning someone to an overseas location for some period of time; second the different categories of employees in the multinational corporation and their unique characteristics and challenges; third, the various issues and implications of managing a globally mobile workforce; and fourth, the unique contexts of global mobility. Overarching future research themes are identified that lay out the research agenda for the coming decades. By bringing together key research, this book aims to help I/O psychologists understand, explore, and identify new ways of contributing to the understanding of the issues involved in managing an expatriate workforce. Incorporating state-of-the art I/O psychology research in this unique context bears the promise of yielding important new paradigms and practices.
Expatriates in China: Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges
by Ilaria BoncoriFocuses on the individual experiences of Western expatriates in China by merging academic knowledge and real-life testimonials given by interviewees. The author also draws on her own experience of living and working in China, to explore a range of challenges and opportunities met by Western expatriates.
Expatriates in Japanese Firms: Experiences and Expectations of Workers from China and Vietnam (The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series)
by Chie YorozuFocusing on the experiences of foreign employees working in Japanese firms, this book identifies the trends and realities facing both expatriates and firms in the current landscape of the Japanese labour market. By utilising interview data from both expatriates and Japanese HR staff, this study identifies the fact that self-initiated expatriates often do not remain in Japanese firms for long and highlights the main factors that influence their decisions to leave; including difficulty adjusting to Japan’s lifetime employment system, seniority-based pay, and the prevalence of unpaid overtime. The book reveals that whilst Japanese firms are adjusting to improve the retention of foreign employees, there remains a clear expectation gap between the two sides. Moreover, it outlines further potential adjustments that could be implemented to reduce the turnover rate of expatriates and create a more harmonious workplace both for expatriates and for local employees. This is an urgent challenge for Japan as it faces labour shortages. Featuring an in-depth exploration of first-hand experiences from direct testimonies of expatriates in Japanese firms, this book will be a valuable resource for academics and students of Japanese studies, human resource management, and organisation studies.
Expats and The Labor Force
by George Naufal Ismail GencExpats and the Labor Force examines the flows of people and money in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This timely book outlines the reasons that made the Gulf region a destination for millions of migrants. Taking advantage of the discovery of large hydrocarbon reserves and relatively stable political environment, the GCC countries filled the large demand for labor with foreign workers. However the number, share, and source of expatriates have presented serious challenges for the region. Naufal and Genc discuss these consequences on the composition of the labor force and remittance outflows.
Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life
by David M. CulverExpect Miracles is the personal and professional story of a leader in the worlds of business and culture. David Culver narrates his journey from his upbringing in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, through his studies at McGill and Harvard, his army service during the Second World War, to his impressive rise at Alcan to become chairman and chief executive officer of one of Canada's leading multinational corporations. The memoir provides an inside look into the management of a global company with roots deeply planted in Quebec and offers pragmatic advice on how to grow talent, foster technology, and handle adversity in a far-flung organization. Anecdotes of meeting the likes of Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger, and Jawaharlal Nehru, reveal the experiences of a strong corporate leader who continued to live a Montreal life, while never losing his interest in discovering the world. A man of many interests and talents, Culver reflects on his long love affair with architecture - and his efforts to restore and preserve Montreal's heritage by creating Maison Alcan - and how music and sport helped shape his life. Expect Miracles is evidence of Culver's positive outlook and belief that the most extraordinary things can happen when you least expect them.
Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It)
by Roger Von Oech"You can't step in the same river twice." "Dogs bark at what they don't understand." "The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering." The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever. In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It), Roger von Oech uses thirty of Heraclitus' epigrams as springboards to dazzling creativity. Treating each saying as an inexhaustible source of inspiration, he supplies amusing anecdotes, mind-bending riddles, hidden jokes, and intriguing questions designed to topple old habits of thought and fire the imagination. Drawing on a cornucopia of examples from science, business, and the history of invention, as well as from literature (Through the Looking Glass) and popular culture (The Twilight Zone), von Oech shows you how to reverse your expectations, turn change to your advantage, create powerful metaphors, and avoid the pitfalls of "moreness" -- that is, assuming that more is automatically better -- to find novel solutions to even the most intractable problems. Anyone searching for new approaches to problem solving -- from managers to students to artists -- will find in this book an invaluable tool. Whether you read it from start to finish as a creativity workbook, treat each insight as a morning meditation, or consult the book as a daily oracle, Expect the Unexpected offers a welcome jolt to the imagination.