The European project: Growing pains

Tomasso Padoa‐Schioppa. (2004). The Euro and Its Central Bank. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 260 pages. ISBN: 0‐ 262‐16222‐9. Brendan Brown. (2004). Euro on Trial. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. 188 pages. ISBN: 1‐4039‐1284‐X. Helge Berger and Thomas Moutos (Eds.). (2004). Managing European Union Enlargement. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 313 pages. ISBN: 0‐262‐02561‐2.     

Entrepreneurial management revisited

Dan Steinbock. 2001. The Nokia Revolution: The Story of an Extraordinary Company that Transformed an Industry, New York: AMACOM. ISBN: 0‐8144‐0636‐X. Saul Rubenstein & Thomas A. Kochan. 2001. Learning from Saturn: Possibilities for Corporate Governance and Employee Relations. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN: 0‐8014‐3873‐X. Jason Goodwin. 2001. Otis: Giving Rise to the Modern City. Chicago: Ivan S. Dee. ISBN: 1‐56663‐385‐0.     

Book Reviews

The United States and the Politicization of the World Bank, BARTRAM S. BROWN (London, New York: Kegan Paul International Ltd, 1992), pp. xvii & 295, £45.00 hardback, ISBN 0 7103 0424 4. Open Economies: Structural Adjustment and Agriculture, IAN GOLDIN and ALAN WINTERS (Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. xxi & 320, £35.00, US $59.95 hardback, ISBN 0 521 42056 3. Current Issues in Development Economics, V.N. BALASUBRAMANYAM and S. LALL (eds.) (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991), pp. xii & 287, £40.00 hardback, £12.50 softback, ISBN 0 333 51323 1 and IBSN 0 333 51324 X. International Financial Markets, Integration, Efficiency and Expectations, JEROME L. STEIN (Oxford, Cambridge, MA: 1992), pp. x & 159, £30.00 hardback, ISBN 1 55786 230 3. Tax Policy in Developing Countries, JAVAD KHALILZADEH-SHIRAZI and ANWAR SHAH (Washington: The World Bank, 1991, obtainable in the UK from Microinfo Ltd, PO Box 3, Omega Park, Alton, Hampshire GU34 2PG), pp. xxiv & 252, softback, ISBN 8213 1990 6. Does Debt Management Matter?, JONAS AGELL, MATS PERSSON and BENJAMIN M. FRIEDMAN (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp. viii & 155, £25.00 hardback, ISBN 019 828361 X. Authority and Academic Scribblers — The Role of Research in East Asian Policy Reform, SYLVIA OSTRY (ed.) (San Francisco: International Center for Economic Growth, 1991), pp. xiii & 181, $A24.95 hardback, $A12.95 softback, ISBN 1 55815 133 8 and 1 55815 132 X. Global Protectionism, DAVID GREENAWAY, ROBERT C. HINE, ANTHONY P. O'BRIEN and ROBERT J. THORNTON (eds.) (Basing-stoke: Macmillan, 1992), pp. ix & 310, £45.00 hardback, ISBN 0 333 52969 3. Japan and the Third World, WILLIAM R. NESTER (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1992), pp. x & 323, £45.00 hardback, ISBN 0 333 52642 2.     

Book Reviews

Geography and Trade by PAUL KRUGMAN (Cambridge MA, London, MIT Press, 1991), pp. xi and 142, £15.95 hardback, ISBN 0 262 11159 4. Reforming Central and Eastern European Economies — Initial Results and Challenges by VITTORIO CORBO, FABRIZIO CORICELLI and JAN BOSSAK (eds.), (Washington: The World Bank, 1991, obtainable in the UK from Microinfo Ltd., Po Box 3, Omega Park, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 2PG) pp. xiv and 299, ISBN 0 8213 1893 4. Financial Enterprise in South Africa Since 1950 by STUART JONES (ed.), (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992), pp. xiv and 316, ISBN 0 333 52412 8. Commodities in Crisis by ALFRED MAIZELS (Oxford, New York, The Clarendon Press, 1992), pp. xviii and 307, £35.000 hardback, ISBN 0 19 828387 An Economic Analysis of the EC by JØRGEN ULFF-MØLLER NIELSON, HANS HEINRICH and JØRGEN DRUD HANSEN (London, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992), pp. xiii and 247, £17.95 softback, ISBN 0 07 707422 X. Economic Integration and Financial Liberalization, Prospects for Southern Europe by HEATHER D. GIBSON and EUCLID TSAKALOTOS (eds.), (Basingstoke: Macmillan in association with St Antony's College, Oxford, 1992), pp. xiv and 209, ISBN 0 333 54444 7. Dynamic International Oil Markets, Oil Market Developments and Structure 1860–1990 by COBY VAN DER LINDE (Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1992), pp. 224, Dfl 165.00, US $94.00, £56.00 hardback, ISBN 0 7923 1478 6. GATT and Conflict Management, A Transatlantic Strategy for a Stronger Regime by REINHARD RODE (ed.), (Oxford: Westview Press, 1990), pp. 125, US $28.50, £18.95 softback, ISBN 0 8133 7967 9.     

Book Reviews

Competing in a Global Economy by HELMUT FORSTNER and ROBERT BALLANCE (London, Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1990), pp. xvi and 225, ISBN 0 04 445619 0. The Order of Economic Liberalization — Financial Control in the Transition to a Market Economy by RONALD I. McKINNON (Baltimore, London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), pp. xii and 200, £20.00 hardback, ISBN 0 8018 4170 4. North American Free Trade—Issues and Recommendations by GARY CLYDE HUFBAUER and JEFFREY J. SCHOTT (Washington: Institute for International Economics, 1992), pp. xv and 369, US$35.00 hardback, US$25.00 softback, ISBN 0 88132 145 1 and 0 88132 120 6. Issues in Contemporary Economics, Volume I Markets and Welfare by KENNETH J. ARROW (ed.) (New York: New York University Press, 1991), pp. xviii and 294, US$75.00 hardback, ISBN 0 8147 0598 7. International Business and Global Integration, Empirical Studies by MARK CASSON (ed.) (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992), pp. xiii and 271, £40.00 hardback, ISBN 0 333 560353. The Growth of the International Economy, 1820–1990, Third Edition by A.G. KENWOOD and A.L. LOUGHEED (London, New York: Routledge, 1992), pp. xi and 327, £45.00 hardback, £14.99 softback, ISBN 0 415 07604 8.     

China—The new paradox

Ian Rae and Morgan Witzel. 2004. Singular and Different: Business in China, Past, Present and Future. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 173 pages. ISBN: 1‐4039‐1722‐1. Sheila Oakley. 2002. Labor Relations in China's Socialist Market Economy. Westport, CT: Quorum Books. 231 pages. ISBN: 1‐56720‐589‐5. Ilan Alon (Ed.). 2003. Chinese Culture, Organizational Behavior, and International Business Management. Westport, CT: Praeger. 270 pages. ISBN: 1‐56720‐456‐1.     

Business process offshoring: India and the global services revolution

Kaushik Basu (Ed.). 2004. India's Emerging Economy: Performance and Prospects in the 1990s and Beyond. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 319 pages. ISBN: 0‐262‐02556‐6. Paul Davies. (2004). What's This India Business? Offshoring, Outsourcing, and the Global Services Revolution. London: Nicholas Brealey International. 233 pages. ISBN: 1‐904838‐00‐6. Mark Kobayashi‐Hillary. (2004). Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage. Berlin‐Heidelberg: Springer‐Verlag. 275 pages. ISBN: 3‐540‐20855‐0.     

Book Reviews

Official Reserves and Currency Management in Asia: Myth, Reality and the Future: Geneva Reports on the World Economy 7 by HANS GENBERG, ROBERT McCAULEY, YUNG CHUL PARK and AVINASH PERSAUD (London: Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2005), pp. 128, £25.00 paperback, ISBN 1 898128 90 1. Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Prospects for Pro‐Poor Economic Development by ANTHONY SHORROCKS and ROLPH VAN DER HOEVEN (eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 283, paperback, ISBN 0 19 928824 2. Competition and Growth: Reconciling Theory and Evidence by PHILIPPE AGHION and RACHEL GRIFFITH (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005), pp. 104, £18.50 hardback, ISBN 0 262 01218 9. The World Trade Organization. A Very Short Introduction by AMRITA NARLIKAR (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 175, £6.99, paperback, ISBN 0 19 280608 4.     

Book Reviews

Informal Financial Markets in Developing Countries by PETER J. MONTIEL, PIERRE-RICHARD AGENOR and NADEEM UL HAQUE (1993), pp. xi & 212, £40.00 hardback, ISBN 1 55786 357 1. Protectionism and World Welfare by DOMINICK SALVATORE (ed.) (Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp. xiv & 447, £45.00, US $69.95 hardback, £16.95, US $19.95 softback, ISBN 0 521 41455 5, 0 521 4 2489 5. The Bias Against Agriculture, Trade and Macroeconomic Policies in Developing Countries by ROMEO M. BAUTISTA and ALBERTO VALDÉS (San Francisco: Institute of Contemporary Studies, 1993), pp. xxii & 339, ISBN 1 55815 245 8. The British Economy Since 1945 by N.F.R. CRAFTS and NICHOLAS WOODWARD (eds.), (Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1991, pp. 549, £15.00 softback, ISBN 0 19 877273 4. European Monetary Integration, From the European Monetary System to European Monetary Union by DANIEL GROS and NIELS THYGESEN (London, New York: Longman, 1992), pp. xiii and 495, £19.99 softback, ISBN 0 582 07921 7. The Growth of the Public Sector, Theories and International Evidence by NORMAN GEMMELL (ed.), (Aldershot, Brookfield Vermount: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993), pp. xiv and 261, £49.95 hardback, ISBN 1 85278 525 X.     

Book reviews

Successful Product Development: Management Practices in American and British Firms by Axel Johne and Patricia Snelson. (Basil Blackwell Ltd, Oxford, 1990). 240 pages. £29.50. ISBN 0 631 17448 6.

Customer Driven by Linda Silverman Goldzimer (Hutchinson Business Books, London, 1990). 233 pages. £14.95 hardback, ISBN 0 091 74442 3 (csd). £7.99 paperback, ISBN 0 091 74443 1 (ppr).

Marketing for the National Health Service by Rod Sheaff. (The Open University Press, Milton Keynes, 1991). £11.95 paperback. ISBN 0 335 15427 1.     

Book Reviews

Trade and Growth: New Dilemmas in Trade Policy by MANUEL R. AGOSIN and DIANA TUSSIE (eds.) (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1994), pp. xvii & 296, ISBN 0 333 59918 7. Reviving the European Union by RANDALL C. HENNING, EDUARD HOCHREITER and GARY CLYDE HUFBAUER (Washington: Institute of International Economics and The Austrian National Bank, 1994), pp. 176, US $25.00, £14.99 softback, ISBN 0 88132 208 3. Policy Issues in the Operation of Currency Unions by PAUL R. MASON and MARK P. TAYLOR (eds.) (Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993), pp. xiv & 310, ISBN 0 521 43455 6. World Without End: Economics, Environment and Sustainable Development by DAVID W. PEARCE and JEREMY J. WARFORD (Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1993), pp. xi & 440, ISBN 0 19 520881 1.     

Europe and the world

Michelle Egan. 2001. Constructing a European Market. Standards, Regulation and Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 362 pages; ISBN 0‐9‐24405‐7. Brigid Gavin. 2001. The European Union and Globalization; Towards Global Democratic Governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 242 pages; ISBN 1‐84064‐005‐7. Patrick A. Messerlin. 2001. Measuring the Costs of Protection in Europe: European Commercial Policies in the 2000s. Washington: Institute for International Economics. 370 pages; ISBN 0‐88132‐273‐3.     

Book Reviews

Companion to Contemporary Economic Thought by DAVID GREENAWAY, MICHAEL BLEANEY and IAN M.T. STEWART (eds.), (London, New York: Routledge, 1991, pp xii and 858, ISBN 0 415 02612 1. International Adjustment and Financing. the Lessons of 1985–1991 by C. FRED BERGSTEN, (ed.), (Washington: Institute for International Economics, 1992), pp xiii and 335, US $34.95 hardback, US $24.95 softback, ISBN 0 88132 142 7 and 0 88132 112 5. Financial Instability and the International Debt Problem by GEORGE MCKENZIE and STEPHEN THOMAS (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992), pp ix and 211, $40 hardback, ISBN 0 333 46419 2. Down in The Dumps, Administration of the Unfair Trade Laws by RICHARD BOLTUCK and ROBERT E. LIT AN (eds.), (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1991). pp xii and 350, US $34.95 hardback, US $15.94 softback, ISBN 0 8157 1020 8, 0 8157 1019 4. Industrial Reform in Socialist Countries, From Restructuring to Revolution by IAN JEFFRIES (Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1992), pp x and 294, $45.00 hardback, ISBN 1 85278 380 X.     

Book Reviews

Measuring the Costs of Protection in Japan by YOKO SAZANAMI, SHUJIRO URATA and HIROKI KAWAI (Institute for International Economics, 1994), pp. xi & 76, US$11.95 softback, ISBN 0 88132 211 3. Western Hemisphere Economic Integration by GARY CLYDE HUFBAUER and JEFFREY J. SCHOTT (Washington: Institute for International Economics, 1994), pp. xv & 279, £19.99 softback, ISBN 0 88132 159 1. Banks, Finance and Investment in Germany by JEREMY EDWARDS and KLAUS FISCHER (Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pp. xiv & 252, £30.00, US$49.95 hardback. ISBN 0 521 45348 8. Stabilization and Structural Adjustment: Macroeconomic Frameworks for Analysing the Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa by FINN TARP (London, New York: Routledge, 1994), pp. xvi & 212, £13.99 softback, ISBN 0 415 08180 7.     

Book reviews

MARKETING FOR THE SMALL FIRM by Rick Brown (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985), 184 pages, £5.95. ISBN 0–03–910616–0.

THE SELLING OF BRITISH TELECOM by Karin Newman (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1986), 176 pages, £15.95. ISBN 0–03–910639–1.

ADVERTISING WORKS 3 edited by Charles Channon (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985), 317 pages, £20.00. ISBN 0–03–910619–5.

BASIC MARKETING 2nd ed. by Tom Cannon (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1986), 369 pages, £7.95. ISBN 0–03–910603–9.

TRAINING SALESMEN ON THE JOB 2nd Edition by John Lidstone (Gower Press, Aldershot, 1986), 180 pages, £25.00. ISBN 0–566–02414–4.

STRATEGIES FOR INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL MARKETING edited by Peter W. Turnbull and Jean‐Paul Valla (Croom Helm, London, 1986), 310 pages, £29.95 hardback. ISBN 0–7099–2494–1.

PRACTICAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: WHAT WORKS WHAT DOES NOT by Peter M. Kraushar (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, London, 1985), 180 pages, £15.95 hardback. ISBN 0–03–910614–4.     

Foreign investment in Russia and China: A long way to go,but reason for optimism

D. LeBaron, with D. Carpenter. 2002. Mao, Marx, and the Market: Capitalist Adventures in Russia and China. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 303 pages; ISBN: 0‐471‐15315‐X. B. Granville & P. Oppenheimer (Eds.). 2001. Russia's Post‐Communist Economy. Oxford, England: University Press. 538 pages; ISBN 0‐19‐829525‐1. H. Fung & K.H. Zhang (Eds.). 2002. Financial Markets and Foreign Direct Investment in Greater China. New York: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. 302 pages; ISBN: 0‐7656‐0804‐9.     

The pleasures,perils, and possibilities of undertaking international business research

Brian Toyne, Zaida L. Martínez, & Richard A. Menger (Eds.). 2001. International Business Scholarship: Mastering Intellectual, Institutional, and Research Challenges. Westport, CT: Quorum Books. ISBN: 1‐56720‐351‐5. Masaaki (Mike) Kotabe & Preet S. Aulakh (Eds.). 2002. Emerging Issues in International Business Research. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. ISBN: 1‐84064‐836‐8.     

Global business in the Middle East

W. Abdallah. 2001. Managing Multinationals in the Middle East: Accounting and Tax Issues. Westport, CT: Quorum Press. 279 pages. ISBN 1‐56720‐267‐5. M. Kavoossi. 2001. The Globalization of Business in the Middle East: Opportunities and Constraints. Westport, CT: Quorum Press. 161 pages. ISBN 1‐56720‐203‐9.     

Dispelling some myths: Uncertain and multiple paths to globalization

Brink Lindsey. 2002. Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 336 pages; ISBN 0‐471‐44277‐1. Peter Hall & David Soskice (Eds.). 2001. Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 540 pages; ISBN 0‐199‐24775‐7.     

Terrorism and business

G. G. S. Suder (Ed.). (2004). Terrorism and the International Business Environment: The Security‐Business Nexus. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 241 pages. ISBN: 1‐84376‐801‐1. B. S. Frey. (2004). Dealing with Terrorism—Stick or Carrot? Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 182 pages. ISBN: 1‐84376‐828‐3. Reviewed by David W. Gillingham