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Winning Strategies for the New Latin Markets, Adobe Readerby Fernando Robles; Francoise Simon; Jerry Haar
Pearson Education 2002; US$ 34.00This is the eBook version of the printed book. Global corporations are rapidly discovering an emerging market of nearly 600 million Latin consumers in the United States and Latin America. In Winning Strategies for the New Latin Markets , three experts analyze the Latin market's unique dynamics and offer end-to-end strategies for success. They illuminate dramatic transformations in demographics, economics, local competition, regulation, technology, and culture. Then, through executive interviews and case studies, they offer insights into key strategies for every aspect of doing business: regional market expansion, market segmentation, branding, distribution, financing, and corporate structure. more...
Trade and Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil and Chileby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 58.00The development of the tradeable sector is a permanent concern for policy makers in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The weak performance of the tradeable sector has been cited as one of the causes of mixed growth performance in South America during the 1990s as crises in the region have been associated with a pronounced imbalance of the contributions of the tradeable and the non-tradeable sectors to growth. more...
Gifts And Commoditiesby James G. Carrier
Taylor & Francis 1994; US$ 173.00Carrier brings together a wealth of information on the history of the retail trade & the rise of consumer society in Britain & the US. Using both anthropology & sociology he looks into the ways we use and relate to objects in 20th century culture. more...
Trade Negotiations in Latin Americaby D. Tussie
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00Latin America has a pivotal role to play in international trade negotiations. This book focuses on the key issues for Latin American countries' participation in trade negotiations on the shifting ground of expanding trade agendas, diversifying negotiation fora and emerging coalitions. Through analysis of the management of sectors, the management of competition and conflict and the interplay of interests and coalitions, Diana Tussie and a team of local and international experts unravel the strands of the complex web of trade negotiations. more...
United States Foreign Trade Highlightsby Diane Werneke
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2006; US$ 95.00United States Foreign Trade Highlights: Trends in the Global Market brings together a wide variety of government data to assist users in assessing trends in U.S. international trade. Building on Foreign Trade Highlights from the Department of Commerce, last published in 2002, this volume features: Five data sections with aggregate statistics accompanied by summaries, tables and charts with concise text and figures. U.S. international transactions and investment position data that provide key statistics on the current account and net international debt status, and are the broadest measures of foreign trade and capital flows. U.S. foreign trade data for export goods and services that provide a wealth of information about trends in the external... more...
America and the Japanese Miracleby Aaron Forsberg
The University of North Carolina Press 2000; US$ 55.00In this text, Aaron Forsberg presents an account of Japan's postwar economic resurgence in a world polarized by the Cold War. His interpretation highlights the many connections between Japan's economic revival and changes that occurred in the wider world during the 1950s. more...
Die Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Berlinby Thomas Hertz
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 39.00The history of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce mirrors the history of Berlin. The author recounts the history of the Chamber, embedding it in the political, social and economic context of Berlin as a business location. Thus it is possible to trace the quintessential changes and breaks in the chequered history of the city - from the Imperial Age via the Weimar Republic and the National Socialist regime through to the post-war years, and from the 1960s and 70s through the changes of 1989-90 and re-unification to the 21st century. more...
Strengthening Bolivian Competitivenessby Yaye Sakho
World Bank Publications 2009; US$ 14.99The government of Bolivia seeks to reinvigorate the nontraditional export sector as part of its national development strategy. This Country Study investigates the role that trade should play in Bolivias development strategy, given the countrys rich resource endowment, and examines the lessons of Bolivias integration into the global economy. Considering the past links between trade and Bolivias economy, the study analyzes the impact of different scenarios on growth, employment, trade flows, and poverty; it also evaluates barriers to higher export competitiveness and constraints on exporting firms. The study concludes that preferential access to world markets is necessary but not sufficient for success in nontraditional... more...
Encyclopedia of American Business Historyby Charles R. Geisst
Infobase Publishing 2006; US$ 150.00Provides detailed coverage of America's business history, from the Hudson fur trade to the Internet. More than 400 entries profile corporate titans and tycoons, Wall Street wizards, industry leaders, and major events and institutions of American business - spanning the period after American independence. more...
The Commerce of Louisiana During the French Regime, 1699-1763by N. M. Miller Surrey; Gregory A. Waselkov
The University of Alabama Press 2006; US$ 31.96An analysis of the French colonies in North America that is central to the historical study of the United States. By the time French colonists sought a portion of the New World’s riches, much of those resources had already been claimed by Spain and Portugal. Once settled in North America, however, they quickly turned their attentions to commerce, specifically to trade within the Louisiana region. For almost 65 years French explorers and soldiers, administrators and accountants, focused on establishing a string of forts and small villages at key points in the Mississippi and Illinois River valleys, eastward to the Mobile River drainage and westward toward New Mexico. Despite a long and costly war at home,... more...









