It was clear to the organisation that investments in China could not be short term. 4. It was recognised that the focus of the operation should be shifted from production to marketing, but before this objective could be achieved a cross-cultural management structure was needed. View chapterExplo...
Participants had to “trust the advice” of predecessors and to “sift through all advice”, choose from “a vast load of resources” and settle for one strategy or one resource. Participants preferred learning in chunks because random review of concepts made it “difficult to link concepts ...
The unit of analysis was a UK-based financial services organisation, to be referred to as BANK. BANK is part of one of UK's largest financial services groups. Its largest business unit is retail banking, contributing to over three-quarters of the group’s profit. The retail business includes...
Small Island States (SIDS) are among the nations most exposed to climate change (CC) and are characterised by a high degree of vulnerability. Their unique nature means there is a need for more studies focused on the limits to CC adaptation on such fragil