You were probably asked to choose your future before you had the information to choose well. "What do you want to become?" — asked at sixteen, or at the university gate, as if one answer would settle the rest of your life.The Future Starts Now was written for Liberian students facing exactly that pressure. It is an honest, practical guide to choosing a degree, building real skills, understanding artificial intelligence, and creating a successful future in a world that keep...

This new textbook introduces students to the essential concepts, theories and perspectives of Global Marketing and these are supported by real-world case studies from North America, Europe and the emerging markets of China, India and Latin America. These emerging markets are given balanced coverage alongside developed markets and the text also includes a dedicated chapter on emerging markets multinationals.Practical in its orientation, the text equips students with the tools needed...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of fiber-optic cables in 2009, Digital Kenya examines why the initial entrepreneurial spirit and digital revolution has begun to falter despite support from motivated entrepreneurs, international...

Practical and user friendly, the author describes all the key elements needed to negotiate deals that are doable, profitable, and sustainable.Based on decades of teaching and consultancies around the world, the author provides a useful guide for business executives operating in today’s digitalized global economy. This latest edition will help readers enhance their preparation, anticipate objections, create value for tangibles/intangibles, and avoid cultural blunder...

The Sage Course Companion on International Business is an easy-to-navigate support guide to the International Business curriculum. It will allow readers to extend their understanding of key concepts and enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements. This book also provides guidance on essential study skills and advice on developing critical thinking about international business.Designed to compliment existing textbooks for the course, the Companion...

Why is it possible that many foreign brands that enter our township economy outsell many of our prominent locally-produced brands? Could it be quality? If so, why are we witnessing the triumph of shopping complexes, such as Small Street and China Malls, where there is high consumption of low-quality foreign-produced brands?It can be a difficult question to simply give your opinion right away, but worry not. In this book, the authors show the economic trends that often open doors to ...

"You Can't Just Leave America" is an essential handbook for U.S. citizens seriously considering emigration, cutting through misconceptions to provide actionable pathways for building a life abroad. This comprehensive guide transforms the daunting prospect of international relocation into a series of manageable steps, helping readers navigate the complex web of visa requirements, citizenship processes, and international living arrangements.Moving beyond the "I'm moving to Canada" de...

Essential strategies for school trustees and superintendents.Addressing the urgent challenges of school leadership in our divided, post-pandemic landscape, The Governance Core 2.0 is an essential guide for school trustees and superintendents dedicated to making a meaningful difference in their districts. Davis Campbell, Michael Fullan, and Babs Kavanaugh provide useful tools and techniques to improve local governance culture, emphasizing t...

Explore why we feel stuck with our democracies, and radical new visions for governing ourselves and the planetIn The Next Democracy, social entrepreneur and Founder of Donkey Republic, Erdem Ovacik, delivers a startlingly insightful discussion of a new collective governance model based on markets and data that can improve our wellbeing as individuals, and as a society.The author explains how we can develop the next generation of government that is ...

With over three decades of experience in public sector HR, Bob Lavigna gives managers the tools they need to leverage the talents of government's most important resource: its people.You know firsthand that your government workers are not underworked, overpaid, or mindless clones just carrying out the morally compromised work that politicians forced through the pipeline. Besides having to daily overcome the persona of being a government employee, your hard-working e...

Encouraged by the emergence and early impact of social innovators on the African Continent, but frustrated by the slow pace of large scale change, this book is focused on filling the knowledge gap for those tackling Africa’s serious social problems.It lays out the required building blocks for achieving scale at impact. By creating clear mission, vision, and values statements and piloting and rolling out business models that are demand-driven, simple, and low-cost, with compelling m...

Greetings and welcome to our meticulously curated guide, expertly designed to furnish you with the essential knowledge and tools for the effective management and execution of international trade. This guide is thoughtfully organized into three discrete sections, each dedicated to an exhaustive exploration of pivotal aspects within the intricate domain of international trade. Furthermore, you'll find a treasure trove of indispensable resources, including sample shipment documents and meticu...