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.     

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.     

Economic malaise in Japan: Changing economic order and the future of the U.S.–Japan economic relationship

B. Gao. 2001. Japan's Economic Dilemma: The Institutional Origins of Prosperity and Stagnation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 300 pages; ISBN 0‐521‐79025‐5. F. Bergsten, T. Ito, & M. Noland. 2001. No More Bashing: Building a New Japan‐United States Economic Relationship. Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics. 328 pages; ISBN 0‐88132‐286‐5.     

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.     

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.     

Online/offline (hybrid) consumers and the attention economy

Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Vijay Mahajan, & Robert Gunther. 2002. Convergence Marketing: Strategies for Reaching the New Hybrid Consumer. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 368 pages. ISBN 0‐13065‐075‐7. Thomas H. Davenport & John C. Beck. 2001. The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. 272 pages. ISBN 1‐57851‐871‐7.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

World investment report 2001: Promoting linkages

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 2001. World Investment Report 2001: Promoting Linkages. New York and Geneva:United Nations. 384 pages. ISBN: 92‐1‐112523‐5.     

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

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.     

Entrepreneurship and international business

Henry Wai‐chung Yeung. 2002. Entrepreneurship and the Internationalisation of Asian Firms: An Institutional Perspective. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. 311 pages. ISBN 1‐84064‐734‐5. Victoria E. Bonnell & Thomas B. Gold (Eds.). 2002. The New Entrepreneurs of Europe and Asia: Patterns of Business Development in Russia, Eastern Europe and China. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. 357 pages. ISBN 0‐7656‐0775‐1.     

Growth,markets, and competitive strategies: Successes and challenges in Latin America

M. Kotabe & R. Leal (Eds.). 2001. Market Revolution in Latin America: Beyond Mexico. New York: Pergamon. 379 pages. ISBN 0‐08‐043897‐0. F. Robles, F. Simon, & J. Haar (Eds.). 2002. Winning Strategies for the New Latin Markets. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Financial Times/Prentice Hall. 364 pages. ISBN 0‐13‐061716‐4. J. Vial & P. K. Cornelius (Eds.). 2002. The Latin American Competitiveness Report 2001–2002. New York: Oxford University Press. 213 pages. ISBN 0‐19‐515256‐5.     

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

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

INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT: A STRATEGIC VIEW OF BUSINESS MARKETS by Michael D. Hutt and Thomas W. Speh (Holt‐Saunders International Editions, New York, 1985), 632 pages, £14.95. ISBN 4–8337–0256–8.

STRATEGIC MARKET PLANNING: THE PURSUIT OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE by George S. Day (West Publishing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1984), 237 pages £19.00. ISBN 0–314–77884–5.

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT INNOVATION: ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT by Dr. F. A. Johne (Croom Helm, London, 1985), 192 pages, £15.95 hardback. ISBN 0–7099–1444‐X.     

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

MARKETING BUDGETING by Nigel Piercy (Croom Helm, 1986) 522 pages, £27.50 hb. ISBN 0–7099–2092‐X.

STATISTICS FOR MARKETING by Leslie W. Rodger (McGraw‐Hill, London, 1984), 280 pages, £10.95. ISBN 0–07–084728–2.

ANALYSIS FOR STRATEGIC MARKET DECISIONS by George S. Day (West Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minnesota, 1986), ISBN 0–314–85227–1.

MARKETING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by Norman Fisher (Longman, Harlow, Essex, 1986), 270 pages, £19.95 HB. ISBN 0–582–503302.

SOURCES OF UNOFFICIAL UK STATISTICS by David A. Mort and Leona Siddall (Gower Publishing Co., 1985), 457 pages, £45.00. ISBN 0–566–02620–1.

HOTEL & FOOD SERVICE MARKETING by Francis Buttle (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, London, 1986) 406 pages, £9.95. ISBN 0–03–910682–9.

POSITIONING: THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND by Al Ries and Jack Trout, first edition revised (McGraw‐Hill, New York, 1986), 213 pages, £17.95 hardcover. ISBN 0–07–065264–3.

BUSINESS WARGAMES by Barrie G. James (Abacus Press, Tunbridge Wells, 1984), 254 pp., £14.95. ISBN 0–85626–441–5.     

Global acquisitions,strategic integration and the human factor

Stan Lees. 2003. Global Acquisitions, Strategic Integration and the Human Factor. Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 0‐333‐77629‐1