| Physical description |
vi, 234 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The seeds of business system diversity in knowledge and governance -- 3. Enterprise and the state : individualist versus communal interest -- 4. Institutions, organizations and enterprise : their co-evolution -- 5. Socio-economic emergence and complexity : containment, ignition, explosive release and maturation by restraint -- 6. Markets, individual interest and social governance -- 7. Knowledge exchange : the role of identity and trusts -- 8. The emergence of a system of dynamic identity -- 9. Global diversity, psychic distance and communication costs -- 10. Bridging the global cultural gap -- 11. Knowledge and the emergent global business system -- 12. Cohesion versus integrity in global knowledge-creating value networks -- 13. Socio-economic emergence of man and society -- 14. The paradoxes of global emergence. |
| Summary |
"In the modern and postmodern world, businesses and enterprises play a huge role. Their tendency towards globalization needs to be understood and harnessed, not opposed out of hand or wished away. However, for sound understanding it is necessary to avoid seeing the issues through the eyes of one particular discipline. Hence this book also draws on material from history, anthropology, development economics, information technology, sociology and political science to help the reader gain insight into the processes that are occurring. It provides a signpost towards a new dynamic, in an increasingly integrated world, in which we observe an emergent form of globalization affecting the planet as a whole and the future of the people on it."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Other author |
Millar, Carla, 1941-
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Hilton, Brian, 1945-
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| Subject |
International business enterprises.
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International business enterprises -- Management.
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Globalization.
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Knowledge management.
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| ISBN |
1403932964 |
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