{"product_id":"international-business-in-a-vuca-rob-van-tulder-9781838672560","title":"International Business in a Vuca World: The Changing Role of States and Firms","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fourteenth volume in the PIBR series is dedicated to Professor Peter Buckley, OBE, whose creative contributions to IB theory and practice over many decades are unmatched. His scientific oeuvre has continued to grow, both in depth and breadth, and reflects an evolving level of scholarly resilience that has kept pace with the increasing Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) characteristics of the modern environment of international business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe VUCA dimensions of the business environment that face both managers and policy makers are amplified by a wide variety of unpredictable social, economic, political and technological forces, such as: inter alia, the (post-great-recession) rise of populism; growing anti-European sentiment in the European Union; increasing protectionism; a slowdown in growth of emerging markets; the rise of the digital economy, and many more. These trends affect the competitive position of nations and firms. He present volume focuses on the threats and opportunities created by the VUCA-trends for multinational enterprises (MNEs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and international new ventures (INVs), along the following five headings: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIB scholarship in a VUCA world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew Perspectives on the Interplay between Firms and the Non-Market.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew Governance Challenges in International Business.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew Contexts for Newly Internationalizing Firms.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContemporary Management Perspectives in IB Research.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Van Tulder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838672567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838672560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerald Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Rob Van Tulder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48996090904831,"sku":"9781838672560","price":155.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/international-business-in-a-vuca-rob-van-tulder-9781838672560","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}