Janet Morrison - The global business environment: challenges and responsibilities

THE global businEss EnvironmEnT

Challenges and Responsibilities

Also by Janet Morrison and published by Palgrave:

The International Business Environment International Business

Business Ethics

Challenges and Responsibilities

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First edition published 2002

Second edition published 2006

Third edition published 2011

Fourth edition published 2017 by

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Google U S; global H igh-tech entrepreneurs; co rporate control;

ethics

Global business in action: From a start-up in Australia to markets worldwide Australia; Sri Lanka; global

Entrepreneurial SME ; global markets; regulation and CSR

South Korean business groups South Korea M anufacturing; industrialization; family- dominated business groups

Te sco U K R etailing; competitive strategies; nancial

accountability

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Zara Spain; global F ast fashion r etailing; globaliza tion; CSR

Mozambiques resourc e riches

Mozambique N atural resources; gove rnance; sustainable development

Global business in action: Reaching global consumers UK; global G lobal consumer markets; branding in diverse markets; CSR

India as a manufacturing location India I ndustrialization and the role of government; FDI; societal goals

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McDonalds U S; global F ast-food sec tor; changing consumer

preferences; CSR

Cultural change in Iran Iran Social and cultural change; the r ole o f r eligion; women in society; individual freedoms

Domestic work ers Global Social and cultural norms; employment law; human rights

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Alibaba C hina E commerce; corporate contro l and

governance; business in China

Ethiopias economic development Ethiopia S ustainable development; governance; democracy; human well-being

Swedens economic model Sweden S ocial market capitalism; family-dominated corporate control

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Russias gas resource s R ussia N ational resource wealth; authoritarian governance

Risks to democracy in Tu rkey Tu rkey C ultural diversity; rule of law; risks to constitutional protections of democratic institutions

Hong Kongs political future Hong Kong C onstitutionalism; democracy; integration with mainland China

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Uber U S; global D isruptive innovation in taxi services;

regulation; globalization

Global business in action: Opening access to research and data UK; Romania; global

Intellectual property law; widening access to data; management of researc h outputs

Manufacturing in the Philippines The Philippines

Low-cost manufacturing; regulation of health and safety

Brazils Petrobras B razil C orporate control and governance; corrupt business-political links

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BHP Billiton Australia;

South Africa; Brazil Mining; globalization; stakeholders and CSR

The fuel additive, MMT U S; Canada;

South Africa

Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS); public health; CSR