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Managementin the Asian region, especially China where he has been a constantresearcher and consultant since the 1970s to the present day. At theUniversity of Western Ontario’s Ivey School of Business, he has servedas Associate Dean for Research as well as being the founding directorof Ivey’s Asian Management Institute.• Over half of the case studies and half of the readings are new to thisedition, keeping the book current.FEATURES• The book is organized into three main parts. Part 1 covers the strategicimperatives; Part 2 covers the organizational challenges faced bymultinational companies, and Part 3 covers the managerial implicationsfor multinational companies• Uses an administrative point of view, focusing on the company andmanagement level perspective. It helps make sense of concepts throughthe eyes of the executive who is in the “thick of it”—whether that is theCEO, the global account manager, the country subsidiary manager, orthe frontline business manager.• Written by leading scholars on global strategy and organization.CONTENTSPart 1: The Strategic Imperatives Chapter 1: Expanding Abroad: Motivations,Means, and Mentalities Chapter 2: Understanding the InternationalContext: Responding to Conflicting Environmental Forces Chapter 3:Developing Transnational Strategies: Building Layers of CompetitiveAdvantage Part 2: The Organizational Challenge Chapter 4: Developinga Transnational Organization: Managing Integration, Responsiveness,and Flexibility Chapter 5: Creating Worldwide Innovation and Learning:Exploiting Cross Border Knowledge Management Chapter 6: Engaging inCross Border Collaboration: Managing across Corporate Boundaries Part3: The Managerial Implications Chapter 7: Implementing the Strategy:Building Multidimensional Capabilities Chapter 8: The Future of theTransnational: An Evolving Global RoleInternational EditionINTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENTCulture, Strategy, and Behavior, 6th EditionBy Richard Hodgetts, Florida Intl University, Fred Luthans, Universityof Nebraska and Jonathon Don, Villanova University2006 / 672 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-07-313585-4 / MHID: 0-07-313585-2(with OLC Bi-Card)ISBN-13: 978-0-07-125708-4 / MHID: 0-07-125708-X[IE with OLC Bi-Card]Website: http://www.mhhe.com/hld6eAs a discipline of academy inquiry, International Managementapplies management concepts and techniques to their contextsin firms working in multinational, multicultural environments.Hodgetts’ Luthans: International Management was the firstmainstream International Management text in the market. Its5th edition continues to set the standard for International Managementtexts with its research-based content and its balancebetween culture, strategy, and behavior. International Managementstresses the balanced approach and the synergy/connectionbetween the text’s four parts: Environment (3 chapters): Culture(4 chapters), Strategy and Functions (4 chapters) and OrganizationalBehavior /Human Resource Management (4 chapters).CONTENTSPart one: Environmental Foundation 1. Globalization and WorldwideDevelopments 2. The Political, Legal, and Technological Environment3. Ethics and Social Responsibility Brief Integrative Case 1: Colgate’sDistasteful Toothpaste Brief Integrative Case 2: Advertising or FreeSpeech? The Case of Nike and Human Rights In-Depth Integrative Case1: Pharmaceutical Companies, Intellectual Property, and the GlobalAIDS Epidemic Part Two: The Role of Culture 4. The Meanings andDimensions of Culture 5. Managing Across Culture 6. OrganizationalCulture and Diversity 7. Cross-Culture Communication and Negotiation/ Brief Integrative Case 1: Cross Cultural Conflicts in the Corning-VitroJoint Venture / Brief Integrative Case 2: Integrating Nationaland Organizational Cultures: Chemical Bank’s Mergers in Europe /In-Depth Integrative Case 1:EuroDisney / In-Depth Integrative Case 2:Wal-Mart’s Japan Strategy Part Three: International Strategic Management8. Strategy Formulation and Implementing Strategy 9. EntryStrategies and Organizational Structures 10. Managing Political Risk,Government Relations, and Alliances 11. Management Decision andControl / Brief Integrative Case 1: KNP, N.V / Brief Integrative Case 2:Reliance / In-Depth Integrative Case 1:The HP-Compaq Merger and itsGlobal Implications / In-Depth Integrative Case 2:Can the Budget AirModel Succeed in Asia? The Story of AirAsia Part Four: OrganizationalBehavior and Human Resource Management 12. Motivation AcrossCultures 13. Leadership Across Cultures 14. Human Resource SelectionAnd Development Across Cultures 15. Labor Relations and IndustrialDemocracy / Brief Integrative Case 1: The Road to Hell / Brief IntegrativeCase 2: A Copy Shop Goes Global / In-Depth Integrative Case 1:Lord John Browne and BP’s Global Shift / In-Depth Integrative Case 2:Chiquita’s Global Turnaround References Endnotes Glossary Index SubIndexTHE OFFSHORE NATIONStrategies for Success in Global Outsourcing andOffshoringBy Atul Vashistha and Avinash Vashistha2006 (February 2006) / 256 pagesISBN-13: 978-0-07-146812-1 / MHID: 0-07-146812-9A Professional Reference PublicationWritten by two outsourcing consultants to many Standard &Poor’s 500 companies, The Offshore Nation offers you guidanceon integrating outsourcing into your organization’s coregoals, maximizing ROI, and minimizing operational risks. Theauthors also make a case for the globalization of services andoffer insights into outsourcing trends worldwide.Atul Vashistha recently debated Lou Dobbs on Dobbs’ “ExportingAmerica” segment on CNN, is featured in The Worldis Flat by Tom Friedman and has appeared on CNN, CNBCand NPR• Covers outsourcing in many different countries and a varietyof services (IT, telecom, customer service, etc.)COMPLIMENTARYCOPIESComplimentary desk copies are availablefor course adoption only. Kindly contact yourlocal McGraw-Hill Representative or fax theExamination Copy Request Form availableon the back pages of this catalog.Visit McGraw-Hill EducationWebsite: www.mheducation.com85HED 2007 Management.indd 8510/5/2006 1:24:22 PM