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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about International Business
The Second Edition of International Business includes recent impacts on international business such as the financial crisis, Brexit and the changing political landscape, Chinese steel prices and the Panama Papers revelations. It includes two new chapters on understanding people and organizations in International Business as well as coverage of recent international reports from Amnesty, Oxfam and the World Bank.
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘ Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap ’ series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
Suitable for students of International Business, professionals working in global organizations and anyone curious about the workings of the international business world.
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘ Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap ’ series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
Suitable for students of International Business, professionals working in global organizations and anyone curious about the workings of the international business world.
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176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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January 13, 2011
This book is all over the place, in open at war with impartiality. The authors seek to indoctrinate, not educate with absolute statements and heavy-handed opinion:
"The issue of global warming and climate change is no longer contested, and there is a clear link between these and the level of emmissions."
"we could take issue with the major ideological assumptions that Ricardian thinking shares with the ideas of Adam Smith, that is that economic activity driven by the desire to generate profits will bring about positive outcomes for everybody in society."
and the authors are unable to resist the temptation to take a jab, "in the context of the Enron Scandal, it was remarkable how George W. Bush had previously received about $623,000 from the company to support his political campaigns."
The first mention I could find of an actual business in existence today was on page 104, and that was only in the context of lamenting their size compared to nations.
I'm pretty sure that this book made me even more stupiderer. I encourage you to read a Spanish version so when Venezuela invades the United States, you will be well-versed in Chavezonomics.
"The issue of global warming and climate change is no longer contested, and there is a clear link between these and the level of emmissions."
"we could take issue with the major ideological assumptions that Ricardian thinking shares with the ideas of Adam Smith, that is that economic activity driven by the desire to generate profits will bring about positive outcomes for everybody in society."
and the authors are unable to resist the temptation to take a jab, "in the context of the Enron Scandal, it was remarkable how George W. Bush had previously received about $623,000 from the company to support his political campaigns."
The first mention I could find of an actual business in existence today was on page 104, and that was only in the context of lamenting their size compared to nations.
I'm pretty sure that this book made me even more stupiderer. I encourage you to read a Spanish version so when Venezuela invades the United States, you will be well-versed in Chavezonomics.
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