Attempting to bridge business management and scientific management practices so as to foster better understanding between the two entities, this book focuses on commercialization of research outcomes. Using cases extensively to illustrate practical difficulties encountered in working across functional barriers, the book also provides guidelines on how these difficulties can be overcome.

Attempting to bridge business management and scientific management practices so as to foster better understanding between the two entities, this book focuses on commercialization of research outcomes. Using cases extensively to illustrate practical difficulties encountered in working across functional barriers, the book also provides guidelines on how these difficulties can be overcome.

Find out which business teaching techniques work and which don't for Central and Eastern European students

From editor George Tesar: "Educational opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe have changed dramatically over the last twelve years. The restructuring of undergraduate and graduate programs has required a systematic rethinking of programs, courses, and teaching methods. Postgraduate education--particularly professional education and especially management education--has evolved as one of the most important elements impacting the political, social, and economic changes in that...

This book provides an overview of approaches to internationalization as experienced by smaller manufacturing enterprises over a relatively long period of time — the 35-year period from 1974 to 2009. The original research on which this study is based dates back to the mid-1970s, when academic interest in export studies, market entry modes, and internationalization approaches, among others, have their origins. With practical examples of companies from both inside and outside the USA, readers will be able to understand how smaller manufacturing enterprises approach the world of...

This book gives readers an understanding of the factors that shape the marketing decisions of managers who operate in African economies. It brings together fifteen African cases written by scholars and executives with rich knowledge of business practices in Africa.

By combining theoretical insights with practical information from the cases, the reader is introduced to issues relating to marketing strategy formulation, managerial actions in designing and implementing marketing decisions, as well as the operational contexts within which these actions are taken.

The book is...

Find out which business teaching techniques work and which don't for Central and Eastern European students

From editor George Tesar: "Educational opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe have changed dramatically over the last twelve years. The restructuring of undergraduate and graduate programs has required a systematic rethinking of programs, courses, and teaching methods. Postgraduate education--particularly professional education and especially management education--has evolved as one of the most important elements impacting the political, social, and economic changes in that...

This book focuses on strategies for developing consumer markets in Africa using concepts and techniques from marketing, entrepreneurship, and project management. The authors argue that entrepreneurial activity in Africa is rapid, but limited, and requires a structured approach to drive success.

Beginning with an introductory chapter that frames the socio-economic and technological developments in Africa, readers are introduced to the conceptual model that provides this structured approach in four logical parts:

The creative stage

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This book focuses on strategies for developing consumer markets in Africa using concepts and techniques from marketing, entrepreneurship, and project management. The authors argue that entrepreneurial activity in Africa is rapid, but limited, and requires a structured approach to drive success.

Beginning with an introductory chapter that frames the socio-economic and technological developments in Africa, readers are introduced to the conceptual model that provides this structured approach in four logical parts:

The creative stage

...