The Era of Global Transition [electronic resource] : Crises and Opportunities in the New World /
Davies, R.author.
Davies explores and questions the central business challenges of a world in transition. Having shifted from a unipolar world dominated by the USA to a new untested multi-polar environment, we must continue to learn about the economic landscape that will in fluctation for the next decade.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 From Blue Skies to Ambiguity""; ""Hope and fear""; ""A word about transition and globalisation ""; ""Using this book""; ""2 Exploration""; ""Ambiguity and uncertainty â€? A timefor retrenchment or innovation?""; ""Too darned dangerous""; ""Starting out""; ""Conclusion""; ""Reflection points""; ""Additional reading""; ""3 Power, States and a World in Transition""; ""Five critical questions""; ""Trenches and bayonets""; ""Power and actors in the 21st century""; ""Smart and soft?""
""Questions, answers and new states""""Conclusion""; ""Reflection points""; ""Additional reading""; ""4 A 21st-century medievalism?""; ""Is the future in the past?""; ""A 21st-century medievalism?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Reflection points""; ""Additional reading""; ""5 Pathways""; ""Reflections on a conundrum""; ""What do we mean by transition?""; ""Lessons from the past: Peace or conflict?""; ""Questions, answers and a framework for the future""; ""Conclusion""; ""Reflection points""; ""Additional reading""; ""6 Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish and Short?""; ""Tearing apart the accepted""
""All for one or all for many?""""Secularism and a clash of globalisations""; ""So everyone wants democracy?""; ""Despots waiting in the wings?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Reflection points""; ""Additional reading""; ""7 Another Way""; ""TINA â€? There is no alternative?""; ""A religious capitalism?""; ""China: Autocratic capitalism?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Reflection points""; ""Additional reading""; ""8 An Engine of Growth?""; ""The excitement""; ""And a challenge""; ""The hopeful economies: A brief overview""; ""Challenges everywhere""; ""Historic rivalries and a problem of borders?""
""The South China Sea""""A problem with the basic staple of life?""; ""Rare earths and persuasion""; ""Management and resolution""; ""Reflection points""; ""Additional reading""; ""9 The Long Test""; ""Into practice""; ""Step 1: Deep assumptions or deep pitfalls?""; ""Step 2: Looking forward""; ""Step 3: Rethinking globalisation""; ""Step 4: Revisiting strategy""; ""This complex world""; ""Reflection points""; ""Resources""; ""Reflections""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Davies explores and questions the central business challenges of a world in transition. Having shifted from a unipolar world dominated by the USA to a new untested multi-polar environment, we must continue to learn about the economic landscape that will in fluctation for the next decade.
Management.
International business enterprises.
Leadership.
Globalization.
Markets.
Industrial management.
Project management.
Management.
International Business.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Emerging Markets/Globalization.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Project Management.