In its Anniversary 10th Edition, authors Cooper and Schindler continue to provide the most timely, richest, and most comprehensive coverage of the research experience in Business Research Methods. Students and instructors will find thorough coverage of business research topics – including the best coverage of questionnaire design – backed by solid theory. The authors are successful marketing research consultants; their expertise is evident in the realistic Snapshots, Close-Ups, PicProfiles, and...

Globalization is at the heart of debates about the present phase of development of the world economy. In Globalization and the Postcolonial World, Ankie Hoogvelt joins these debates to examine the ways in which globalization is affecting the countries of the developing world. Taking a new look at historical trends and theories in development studies, Hoogvelt describes the diverse impacts of globalization in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and Latin America, identifying different...

Laudon and Laudon continue to define the MIS course with their latest comprehensive text.  Information Systems in Global Business Today; Information Technology Infrastructure; Key System Applications for the Digital Age; Building and Managing SystemsMARKET: Management Information Systems, provides comprehensive and integrative coverage of essential new technologies, information system applications, and their impact on business models and managerial decision making in an exciting and interactive...

This comprehensive, interpretive, economic history of China since 1949 presents the recent dramatic changes in China’s approach to economic organization and development in a historical context. Riskin explores the emergence of the Maoist assault on Soviet-type central planning, its accomplishments, failures, and ultimate defeat; and details the contradictions and uncertainties surrounding post-Mao policies and reforms.

In this 1973 interview with Heywood Hale Broun Jr., noted writer and economist John Kenneth Galbraith discusses the problems of our modern consumer economy and the need to realign a system, dominated by technological conglomerates, toward the public interest and a more equitable way of life. Reissued on audio CD in 2007. 55 min. Product No. C40108D.

Managerial Economics in a Global Economy, Sixth Edition, synthesizes economic theory, decision science, and various aspects of business administration studies, examining how they interact as a firm attempts to reach optimal profitability and efficiency in the face of constraints. It features 129 real-world case studies and six longer, detailed studies–more than any other text on the market. In addition, author Dominick Salvatore fully integrates material on the international ramifications of...

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