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This is a great read.Just because it relates to all that is going on in the world today.Canada is a safe haven for terrorists.The government does nothing to stop it.You will see in the book.To quote the author "Canada is the club med" for these groups.Go and buy this book!

Over the past thirty years, I think that I have read almost every book ever written in English on the subject of exporting. While many of them were good, the Export Sales & Marketing Manual is the only one that I have been able to use every bsuiness day. I recommend it without reservation.

Japanese manufacturers are less vertically integrated than their American or European counterparts. They tend to be smaller and more specialized. For example, Toyota outsources about 75% of components; in the US only Chrysler reaches this degree. But Japanese firms don¡¯t organize the vertical chain through arm¡¯s length transaction. Instead, they rely on a web of long-term, informal relationships between firms up and down the vertical chain. Unlike the
hostile relationships many American and European firms have with subcontractors, in Japan, these relationships involve a much higher degree of cooperation and delegation of a more sophisticated set of responsibilities to subcontractor. This kind of relationship is cited as an excellent example of the trust-based interfirm networks which substantially reduce the transaction cost involved in transactions along the value chain, and is known as the vertical keiretsu.
Such interfirm networks have persisted since the Meiji period, and were constructed in an effort to reduce the uncertainty engendered by market fluctuation. If it¡¯s not the commodified items, frequent switching of subcontractor could result in instability in the quality and quantity of it. With trust-based long-term relationship, they could expect timely delivery, quality control, and stable supply. But this trust-based long-term relationship introduced the rigidity and inflexibility to cope with the dramatic shifts in the environment. The first oil crisis posed a serious threat to the viability of Japanese firms. Cut-throat competition over shrunken international market drove the Japanese firms to enhance competitiveness in all front from cost, quality and the lead time. In doing so, they changed the dynamics of the networks. What they introduced is the subject of this book, in the words of the author, ¡®competitive-cum-cooperation governance, in short, CCC governance. The author deals with the interfirm governance in Japanese semiconductor industry, in particular. But the findings could be applied to other industries like auto, electronics.
CCC governance was developed to introduce the uncertainty in the vertical chain to create market-like effect. While maintaining cooperative links, semiconductor manufacturers imposed several competition-generating measures: strategic pricing, multiple sourcing, and altering procurement sourcing. In strategic pricing, interacting companies cooperatively developed a schedule for reducing prices. In multiple sourcing, semiconductor companies purchased the same parts and materials from multiple sources, so that competition took place among them. While awarding stable cash flows to subcontractors, semiconductor manufacturers could secure the continuous improvement of price and quality. According to data the author provides, the prices were much lower than the spot market transactions. In the words of the author, With CCC governance the Japanese semiconductor firms secured both the allocative efficiency which is the feature of market governance, and the non-allocative efficiency which is the feature of hierarchical governance.
Now you might ask ¡®Is there any reason to coin another neologism? There is already the mountain of seemingly different words which actually have one and the same reference.¡¯ Maybe. The vertical keiretsu could cover the same phenomenon. But author¡¯s intention lies in demonstrating the feature of network which has both cooperation and competition while securing the competitiveness. I think author persuasively illustrates it. And better, he does so not with case study which is hard to represent the population, but with the survey technique. This feature, however, is the weakness at the same time. The author succeeds in drawing out overall picture of the industry. But it lacks the rich depth of the usual business case studies. This makes the book somewhat dry. But I think it worth reading, if you are interested in the Japanese business.

Your review of the Conventional arms export policy of the Russian Federation was spot on! Well done! zzzzzzzzzzzzz........

This book really provides state of the art publications on Internationalisation perspectives. The background of the book is a conference celebrating Professor Jan Johanson, a leading figure within the field. In a well-organized structure the reader is presented with well-written work by researchers from most of the World on the topic of internationalization. This is a must read for a Ph.D-student or ambitious Master's student within the field of International Business!

Cronica Mexicana by Tezozomoc is a very important though neglected work. The Dastin version rated here is a true reprinting with the original archaic Spanish text. This can be difficult to follow in reading, but it does allow the reader to go beyond translator's reinterpretations which at times can be incorrect. This book is an important history of the Azteca empire and much more detailed than Duran's History of the Indies of New Spain. I highly recommend this text to students of Mexican archaeology, anthropology or history.

"Richard Gesteland's "Cross-Cultural Business Behavior " has already reached classic status and is now in its fourth edition. Rather than being a theoretical compendium of cross-cultural theories this book is a practical guide for businesspeople in the "front lines of international trade".

The first part of the book presents in a hundred odd pages the theoretical knowledge needed to appreciate and understand the case examples and the "how-to" sections. Some of the theoretical concepts such as monochronic and polychronic cultures are presented as givens without acknowledging links to the works of theorists. This might annoy some readers. But Gesteland approaches the understanding of the differences between national cultures from the perspective of a busy person who conducts business, with specific country-by-country advice.

Busy international negotiators and businessmen as well as HR-practitioners, who are looking for "How-to" guidelines, which are not cumbersome, would appreciate this non-academic style and approach.

Long a champion of fine arts, Professor Naima Prevots has achieved a tour de force with this book: Dance for Export; Cultural Diplomacy and the Cold War. Here a serious scholar will find stunning reportage on many aspects of dance as a form of performing art. For this present review we can focus advantageously on three aspects: diplomacy, history, aesthetics.

In her "Prologue," Dr. Prevots sets the scene for diplomacy found in international politics during the decade shortly after the end of World War II. The Eisenhower presidency was a period early in the tension between major world powers of that era. Ideology was a matter of central concern for protagonists, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. An impasse of policy was seen in threat analysis focused on mutual assured destruction in nuclear warfare to temper any projection of power. We see an emergence of dance as an instrument of foreign policy for the U.S.

Excellence in writing history is measured in attention to detail as one element and here we see our author's forceful scholarship in action. Important persons in government and art are identified. Events and decisions are identified thoroughly so that we have a source book in politics and management as well as in the structure and content of dance in that era of the Cold War. We have the facts presented in a vivid and flowing style that holds a reader's attention. In this vivid integration of relevant details we have a view with results of probing analysis made coherent from disparate, less known archives.

Dr. Prevots adds to her larger achievement some aesthetic observations to give insight into dance as a form of fine art. She says of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring: "The work was about love's joys and fears, and about the emotional confrontation between new frontiers and established boundaries." We see here a lead into thematic apperception of this art work. Later our author aptly cites a poem of Walt Whitman to take a theme of "athletic democracy" into a discussion of exporting dance from Native Americans. Dance for Export includes a splendid collection of photographs to heighten the impact of our author's panoramic perspective.

Scholars in many disciplines can learn from this distinctive work. Insights for ethics, politics, management, dance and human nature are produced in abundance. Connoisseurs of foreign policy and dance alike will find much of perennial interest in this work.

Claude Prevots
An eclectic eye

Thanks much. I received this book on time and it was in good condition as it should be. I am very satisfied by purchasing this book.

Five stars to Roger Axtell and John Healy. I highly recommend this book if you ever travel to Asia, Europe, Canada, Middle East, or Latin America.

I read this book from the front cover to the back cover in one evening. The author has also written "Traveling Cautions for Dictator Country", in addition to "Fun Fun Fun In Bangkok", also great books.

He provides great checklists that will help you keep out of trouble when authorities demand bribes or magazines that are illegal in their countries. One hint, also carry five recent copies of Pent house.

Of particular note is his advise on what to do if you lose your passport, credit cards, or phone card. He suggests locations where you can get exact duplicates in 'other names' so that you can have a very expensive vacation on someone else's account.

Details are given for Senior Citizens for saving space in luggage for packing Depends by using space saving bags that are sold in major warehouse type stores (Costco, Sam's Club).

I really enjoyed the section on how to insult different cultures. Most useful for getting off on the right foot.

Photos of different toilets around the world are chronicled including the sit and squat over a hole method in much of Asia. Some of the pictures were disgusting but humorous at the same time. Emile who is a clean freak would go nuts and not even enter some of these restrooms. Each countries rest rooms are rated.

Instructions for bypassing local telephone controls are included that will save on your travel and communicate dollars to make inexpensive (as in free) call around the world.

Hats off to this author!