Building the Global Market:A 4000 Year History of Derivatives

Building the Global Market:A 4000 Year History of Derivatives
Author: Edward Swan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-02-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789041197597

This is a history of derivative contracts, their assignability and the regulation of derivatives markets from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day. It concludes with an analysis of future regulatory prospects and the implications of the historical data for derivatives trade and regulation.

International Strategy of Emerging Market Firms

International Strategy of Emerging Market Firms
Author: Andrei Panibratov
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317447484

Emerging economies are expected to be in the driver's seat of the global economy in the medium and long term. Large multinational corporations will account for much of this activity. In this textbook, Andrei Panibratov explains how emerging market firms accumulate and exploit market knowledge to develop competitive advantages whilst operating globally. Chapters dedicated to the key emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) - are enhanced by detailed case studies of large firms’ activities. The book is divided into four parts, focusing on the following: An outline of the relevant terminology and the context of the international strategy of emerging market firms, providing an introductory foundation for the whole book. A guide to the evolution of perspectives regarding international strategy, designed to illustrate the changes and trends in the recent academic research on internationalization. A country-by-country illustration of the internationalization of BRIC economies and firms, providing an overall picture of each country’s global integration, outward investments, and strategies. The concepts and practices behind the strategies employed by different firms. Written by an established international business scholar, this book is essential reading for students of international strategy who wish to understand the importance of the emerging economies.

The Global Brand CEO

The Global Brand CEO
Author: Marc de Swaan Arons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2010-09-16
Genre: Advertising
ISBN: 9780615387086

Today almost every marketer works on or competes against a global brandThink about it; only ten years ago things were very different. The Global Brand CEO is the first book to specifically focus on what it takes to win in global marketing. Building on over 20 years of practical experience, and having worked with the leaders of many of the world's most successful global brands, the authors present a simple framework and practical tools that will help every global marketer unlock the value of global brands and ready their organization for accelerated growth.The insights, vision and approach presented in this book are all practitioner endorsed. Some 45 of the world's most successful CMOs contributed with examples and case studies and the recommendations are backed by the findings of EffectiveBrands' proprietary Leading Global Brands study which includes contributions from over 250 global brands, 2,500 global marketing leaders, and 21,000 global marketers and their colleagues. The book includes case studies from Sony Ericsson, Johnnie Walker, Dove, HSBC, Coca-Cola, OMO, Starbucks, Dulux, Procter and Gamble, VISA, and GSK Consumer Healthcare

Building Global Biobrands

Building Global Biobrands
Author: Françoise Simon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780743222440

Two foremost marketing strategists combine their expertise in the first ever book to offer cutting-edge global strategies for marketing biotechnology. 20 charts & graphs.

Building Institutions for Markets

Building Institutions for Markets
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780195216073

"Institutions fix the confines of and impose form upon the activities of human beings."-Walton Hamilton, 'Institutions', 1932.The 'World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets' undertakes the complex issue of the basic institutions needed for markets to function properly. This year's 'World Development Report' goes beyond a simple examination of institutional structure and explores the functions of institutions. Recognizing that one size does not fit all, the report asks what do all institutions which support markets do?The answer is simple: Institutions channel information, define and enforce property rights, and increase or prevent competition. Understanding the functions that current institutions and their proposed replacements would provide is the first step. The report contends that once you have identified the institutional functions that are missing, you can then build effective institutions by following some basic principles:- Complement what exists already - in terms of other supporting institutions, human capacities, and technology.- Innovate to suit local norms and conditions. Experimenting with new structures can provide a country with creative solutions that work.- Connect communities of market players through open information flows and open trade. Open trade and information flows create demand for new institutions and improve the functioning of existing structures.- Compete among jurisdictions, firms, and individuals. Increased competition creates demand for new institutions as old ones lose their effectiveness. It also affects how people behave - improving institutional quality.These broad lessons and careful analyses, which links theory with pertinent evidence, are provided in the report. 'World Development Report 2002: Building Institutions for Markets' contains selected 'World Development Indicators'.

Global Brand Strategy

Global Brand Strategy
Author: Jan-Benedict Steenkamp
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349949949

Steenkamp introduces the global brand value chain and explains how brand equity factors into shareholder value. The book equips executives with techniques for developing strategy, organizing execution, and measuring results so that your brand will prosper globally. What sets strong global brands apart? First, they generate more than half their revenue and most of their growth outside their home market. Secondly, their brand equity is responsible for a massive percentage of their firm’s market value. Third, they operate as single brands everywhere on the planet. We find them in B2C and B2B industries, among large and small companies, and among established companies and new businesses. The stewards of these brands have a set of skills and knowledge that sets them apart from the typical corporate marketer. So what’s their secret? In a world that is globalizing, but not yet globalized, how do you build a powerful global brand that resonates universally but also accommodates local nuances? How do you ensure that it is dynamic and flexible enough to change at market speed? World-class marketing expert Jan-Benedict Steenkamp has studied global brands for over 25 years on six continents. He has distilled their practices into eight tools that you can start using today. With case studies from around the world, Steenkamp’s book is provocative and timely. Global Brand Strategy speaks to three types of B2C and B2B managers: those who want to strengthen already strong global brands, those who want to launch their brands globally and get results, and those who need to revive their global brand and stop the bleeding.

Grow

Grow
Author: Jim Stengel
Publisher: Crown Currency
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011-12-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0307720373

Ten years of research uncover the secret source of growth and profit … Those who center their business on improving people’s lives have a growth rate triple that of competitors and outperform the market by a huge margin. They dominate their categories, create new categories and maximize profit in the long term. Pulling from a unique ten year growth study involving 50,000 brands, Jim Stengel shows how the world's 50 best businesses—as diverse as Method, Red Bull, Lindt, Petrobras, Samsung, Discovery Communications, Visa, Zappos, and Innocent—have a cause and effect relationship between financial performance and their ability to connect with fundamental human emotions, hopes, values and greater purposes. In fact, over the 2000s an investment in these companies—“The Stengel 50”—would have been 400 percent more profitable than an investment in the S&P 500. Grow is based on unprecedented empirical research, inspired (when Stengel was Global Marketing Officer of Procter & Gamble) by a study of companies growing faster than P&G. After leaving P&G in 2008, Stengel designed a new study, in collaboration with global research firm Millward Brown Optimor. This study tracked the connection over a ten year period between financial performance and customer engagement, loyalty and advocacy. Then, in a further investigation of what goes on in the “black box” of the consumer’s mind, Stengel and his team tapped into neuroscience research to look at customer engagement and measure subconscious attitudes to determine whether the top businesses in the Stengel Study were more associated with higher ideals than were others. Grow thus deftly blends timeless truths about human behavior and values into an action framework – how you discover, build, communicate, deliver and evaluate your ideal. Through colorful stories drawn from his fascinating personal experiences and “deep dives” that bring out the true reasons for such successes as the Pampers, HP, Discovery Channel, Jack Daniels and Zappos, Grow unlocks the code for twenty-first century business success.

Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality

Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Author: Janine Berg
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2015-01-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1784712108

Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these instituti

Region-building

Region-building
Author: Ludger Kühnhardt
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1845458389

After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development. Nations involved in the regional structures and integration schemes that are emerging in most regions of the world are deepening their ambitions, with Europe’s integration experience often used as an experimental template or theoretical model. Volume I provides a political-analytical framework for recognizing the central role of the European Union not only as a conceptual model but also a normative engine in the global proliferation of regional integration. It also gives a comprehensive treatment of the focus, motives, and objectives of non-European integration efforts. Volume II offers a unique collection of documents that give the best available overview of the legal and political evolution of region-building based on official documents and stated objectives of the relevant regional groupings across all continents. Together, these volumes are important contributions for understanding the evolution of global affairs in an age when power shifts provide new challenges and opportunities for transatlantic partners and the world community.