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This book identifies some of the most significant complexities faced by project managers when attempting to implement the PMBOK framework in global projects and provides pointers for existing or aspiring managers and project managers.Project management is a discipline that is practiced in today's organizations on a global scale. The project manager's role has therefore become more complex as projects are carried out in different geographical locations using team members who come from a diverse range of languages, cultures, and world views.Project managers improve their chances of success when they seek to understand the cultures and context of the environment with which they interact on a day-to-day basis and modify the way they manage, communicate, and organize. This book identifies some of the most significant complexities faced by project managers when attempting to implement the PMBOK framework in global projects and provides pointers for existing or aspiring managers and project managers. Further, a framework is proposed for assessing and building global project capability and process maturity.

Does your firm possess technological know-how, rights to a special product, production capacity or market access, but not all four? If so, it may be a candidate for an international joint venture. International Joint Ventures covers the entire process from finding your partners to negotiating, establishing and running the venture.

International Joint Ventures (IJVs) combine the resources of local and foreign firms to create independent business entities, however, their failure rate is high. This analysis of the IJV life cycle considers the problems of multi-person decision-making. A typology of strategic and functional configurations, and solution concepts, are developed.

This book focuses on the study of International business and more specifically'Is the international business research agenda running out of steam?'After laying down this challenge, Buckley presents three theoretical developments, which point to ways forward for the agenda. He includes empirical evidence on the strategy of the Multinational Enterprise and on foreign direct investment and the world economy.