Managing in Developing Countries: Strategic Analysis and Operating Techniques

by James E. Austin

Book Overview

With hundreds of examples, James E. Austin shows how managers must interact with Third World governments in each of the functional areas of management: finance, production, marketing and organization.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029011027
• ISBN13: 9780029011027
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Information holds up well after 18 years

I bought the 1990 edition for a $1 this year (2008) from the local library. The information in the book holds up well considering the time that has passed. Even though 18 years has passed, I didn't find myself thinking that something in the book no longer applied. The fact that the Internet wasn't mentioned didn't really matter because the Internet probably still hasn't had wide adoption in the current developing countries.

Plan your steps in the developing world

The book is an excellent reference to plan a company's strategy to enter 142 countries.The strongest edge is the concentrated case studies that flows in the book ingenuinely. The book highlights the big resemblance in the economic side between most of the developing countries and it highlights the big variation in political systems affecting all other activities. Demographic factors are well explored in addition to their effect. It's really compulsory before any firm should plan to step in 142 countries.