Strategy and geopolitics : understanding global complexity in a turbulent world / / Mike Rosenberg

• Autore: Rosenberg Michael (Economist)
• Pubblicazione: Bingley : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 382
• Soggetto topico: International business enterprises - Management; Strategic planning; Geopolitics - Economic aspects; International business
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Strategy and Geopolitics -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1 Taken by Surprise -- Brexit -- The Arab Spring and the Tourism Business -- Repsol and YPF -- Russia, Crimea, and Ukraine -- Fiduciary Responsibility and Geopolitics -- Common Threads -- What to do? -- 2 Why Many Businesses Have a Hard Time Internalizing Global Complexity -- The Logic of Global Expansion -- Vectors for Growth -- World Market Share -- What's Different This Time? -- Multipolar Geopolitics -- New Competitors -- Fast and Volatile -- Why So Hard? -- The Death of the Country Manager -- Short-Term Viewpoint -- Not Trained for This -- No Blame for Trying -- The Role of the Board -- Conclusion -- 3 A Managerial Framework for Making Sense of a Complex World -- Fixed Aspects -- Semifixed Aspects -- Current Aspects -- Geostrategic Discourse -- Conclusion -- 4 Europe Stumbles Along -- Fixed Aspects -- Resources -- History -- The Legacy of Rome -- The Threat from the East -- The Crusades and the Rise of Islam in the South -- The Reformation and Religious Wars -- Consolidation and Revolution -- The 20th Century -- Semifixed Aspects -- The Spread of Democratic Government and the European Union -- Russia and Its Relationship with Europe -- Europe's Greater Role -- Immigration and an Aging Population -- Current Aspects -- Economic Stagnation and Centrifugal Politics -- Reform of the European Union -- Immigration -- Military Impotence -- What's Next for Europe? -- 5 North and South America: Locked in an Awkward Embrace -- Fixed Aspects -- Resources -- History -- Discovery and Colonization -- Independence -- American Expansion and Intervention -- The 20th Century -- Semifixed Aspects -- Governmental Structure -- Regional Coordination and Free Trade -- Demographic Changes -- Energy -- Current Aspects -- Fractured Politics. ; Neoisolationism -- Drugs -- Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia -- China's Role in the Region -- What's Next for the Western Hemisphere? -- 6 China's Re-Emergence as a Global Power -- Fixed Aspects -- Resources -- History -- The Fall of the Qing Dynasty -- Occupation and Civil War -- Revolution -- Modernization and Expansion -- Semifixed Aspects -- The Communist Party -- Internal Economic Expansion and Cohesion -- Global Economic Expansion -- Demographics -- Current Aspects -- China's Economy -- Environmental and Political Challenges -- China's Foreign Policy -- Relations with the United States -- What's Next for China? -- 7 Japan, Korea, and South East Asia: The Search for an Identity between two Giants -- Fixed Assets -- Resources -- History -- China and Asia -- The West Finds Its Way East -- Imperial Japan -- A Postwar Order -- Semifixed Aspects -- Capitalism Is the Answer -- The End of Dictatorship? -- The Development of a Regional Identity -- China's Rise Lifts all Boats -- Current Aspects -- Political and Economic Progress -- Tensions in the South and East China Seas -- Caught between China and the United States -- What's Next for South East Asia? -- 8 India at the Crossroads -- Fixed Aspects -- Resources -- History -- Foreign Domination -- The "Mutiny" and the Rise of the Congress Party -- Partition and War -- Semi-fixed Aspects -- Pakistan and International Relations -- Infrastructure and Economic Development -- Form of Government and Civil Society -- Environmental Degradation -- Current Aspects -- Economic Growth -- Communal Violence -- Narendra Modi -- What's Next for India? -- 9 Africa Rising: Will It Be the Next China? -- Fixed Aspects -- Resources -- History -- Africa in Antiquity -- The Spread of Islam -- Slavery and Colonization -- Decolonization and Independence -- Post-Colonial Africa -- Semifixed Aspects -- Health and Wealth. ; Governments and Institutions -- Wars and Conflicts -- Africa and the World -- Current Aspects -- Security Issues -- Infrastructure Development and Energy -- Equity and Prosperity -- Environmental Sustainability -- Mass Migration -- What's Next for Africa? -- 10 The Middle East on the Brink of War and Peace -- Fixed Aspects -- Geography -- Resources -- History -- Ancient History -- The Rise of Islam -- The Ottoman Empire -- Paris 1919 -- Post 1948 -- Semifixed Aspects -- The Geopolitics of Oil -- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- The Sunni-Shia Schism -- Countries and Kingdoms of the Region -- Water and Climate Change -- Current Aspects -- Changing Oil Markets -- ISIS and Iraq -- Syria -- Yemen -- Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United States Navy -- What's Next for the Middle East? -- 11 How to Develop a Resilient Business Strategy and Organization for a Complex World? -- Strategy -- Sector and Market Analysis -- Supply Chains -- Research, Development, and Engineering -- Geostrategic Discourse -- Organization -- People Management -- Recruitment -- Training -- Performance Management -- Job Rotation -- New Roles for a New World -- Governance and Risk Management -- Strategy Process -- Conclusions -- About the Author -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Large western companies are accelerating their expansion into emerging economies, while relying on oversimplified frameworks to make decisions and complex matrix organizations to make things happen. When critical events do happen (such as terrorist attacks or civil wars), senior executives and the companies they lead are often taken by surprise. As the world shifts to a less stable geopolitical structure, only firms that can acquire a better capability to foresee and prepare for change will prevail over the long term.Strategy and Geopolitics provides a strategic framework that can help senior business executives address the challenges of globalization in this evolving geopolitical landscape. This book underlines the need to go beyond a simplistic understanding of different countries and territories: it discusses the geopolitical issues that can be the cause of success or failure in different markets; and it explores strategies for dealing with global and local complexity, as well as introducing innovative ideas on recruitment and organization.
• Titolo autorizzato: Strategy and geopolitics
• ISBN: 1-78714-978-1; 1-78714-567-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812308203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II