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EPSO: Topics in the News


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Below find coverage of interesting topics, symposia, or other issues of interest.

Emerging Markets

Among topics discussed by EPSO participants, Emerging Markets figures importantly. Many of the items below are available either at Jackson Library or via Jackson Library databases.

Note: Due to copyright and contractual restrictions, access to material from this page may be limited. Moreover, inclusion below does not imply Stanford University endorsement of any content, conference or Website.

 

Recent Articles

 

  • Capturing the ricochet economy
    Vijay Mahajan, Yoram Wind Harvard Business Review November 2006
    Examines the 'ricochet economy', a phenomenon from Mahajan's book The 86% Solution, in which the purchases / investments from immigrants of developing countries bounce back to the expat's country from the developing country to which he/she has moved.
  • S&P creating ethical index for emerging markets
    Frances Hughes Fund Strategy October 23, 2006
    Reports on the creation of an ethical index conducted by S&P and Crisil Ltd for market investors in Great Britain. There has been a lot of concern in the socially responsible investment firms.
  • Emerging markets funds under threat
    Frances Hughes Fund Strategy October 16, 2006
    Focuses on the impact of risk reduction by investment advisers on market funds in Great Britain.
  • Behind emerging markets' malaise
    BusinessWeek Online October 12, 2006
    Presents an interview with S&P Vice President of Global Index Management Alka Banerjee. He cites that emerging markets have lost some of their value.
  • From Russia, A Cautionary tale
    Maria Bartiromo. Business Week, May 1, 2006
  • Emerging markets bask in U.S. cash; Getting late?
    Tom Lauricella and Diya Gullapalli. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition), April 21, 2006
  • Dawn of a new economic order?
    Moin Siddiqi. African Business, April 2006
  • On civilized plurality: Mapping the clash of civilizations within the market
    Mert Bilgin. Futures, April 2006
  • Are brands becoming the export 'ideology' of the 21st century?
    Jonathan Holburt. Advertising Age (Midwest region edition), March 13, 2006
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Recent Books

Central America: Global Integration and Regional Cooperation.

Markus Rodlauer and Alfred Schipke

Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 2005

HC141.C236 2005

Emotions in Finance: Distrust and Uncertainty in Global Markets

Jocelyn Pixley

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

HG101.P59 2004

Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict: A Critical Development Reader

Mark Spoor

Dordrecht, London: Kluwer Academic, 2004

HD82.G563 2004

Leading in High Growth Asia: Managing Relationship for Teamwork and Change

Dean Tjosvold and Kwok Leung

River Edge, NJ: World Scientific, 2004.

HD57.7.L43755 2004

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International Information

Another topic is International Information. Items cited below are available either at Jackson Library or via Jackson Library databases

Note: Due to copyright and contractual restrictions, access to material from this page may be limited. Moreover, inclusion below does not imply Stanford University endorsement of any content, conference or Website

Evaluating a country or region with an eye to investment? Consider our international sources

For suggestions on where to find international data, see the Jackson Library guide

Studying the performance of global markets? Take a look at our Financial Markets guide.

 

Recent Articles

 

  • Small manufacturing firms' involvement in international e-business activities
    Per Servais et al Advances in International Marketing Issue 17 (2007)
    For small- and medium-sized firms interested in internationalizing, the Internet offers advantages, because it is minimizing the relevance of borders and increasing direct interaction among businesses.
  • Least Developed Countries Report 2004: Linking international trade with poverty reduction
    Charles D. Bernholz Government Information Quarterly January 2007
  • Types and functions of social relationships in the organizing of an international joint venture
    Tuija Mainela Industrial Marketing Management January 2007
    Examines the use of social relationships in the organizing of a business network in the case of an international joint venture developing over time.
  • Greater international links in banking -- Challenges for banking regulation
    Damien White Economic Papers December 2006
    Recent trends in bank regulation are examined, with focus upon issues raised by multinational banking for collaboration between banking regulators.
  • Breaking into emerging international hotel markets
    Veronica Velo, Cristina Mittaz International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 2006
    Examines some of the most difficult barriers that hotel chains must overcome when trying to expand internationally.
Recent Books

 

 

International Finance: A Casebook
Mihir A. Desai
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2006
HD3881.D395 2006

 

Paths to a Green World: Political Economy of the Global Environment
Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne
Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2005
HC79.E5.C557 2005

 

Multinational Business Finance (11th ed.)
David K. Eiteman et al
Boston: Pearson Addison Wesley, 2007
HG4027.5.E36 2007