Management Consultancy and Banking in an Era of Globalization

ISBN-13: 9780333982013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 213 str.

Andrew Jones

Opis

Management consultancy and investment banking have been held up as industries at the forefront of contemporary globalization. Using an inter-disciplinary approach ranging across economics, economic geography, sociology and management studies, Andrew Jones analyzes the nature of globalization within business service transnational corporations in these sectors. Using qualitative research with leading business managers, he focuses on the social and cultural nature of 'doing' global service business in an era of increasing integration of the world economy.

Spis treści

Preface Globalization Theory and the Complexity of Global Business Rethinking the Transnational Firm Global Management Consultancy and Investment Banking 'Doing' Global Business 'Global Glue'? Corporate Culture in a Transnational World Conclusion: Capturing the Complexity of Global Business References Index

O autorze

ANDREW JONES lectures in Human Geography at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research interest has long focussed on large corporations and their relationship to globalization.