Archive for September, 2008

Discover easy, stylish and super convenient ways to green your lifestyle with Josh Dorfman, green entrepreneur, media personality and author of “The Lazy Environmentalist.” No guilt-trips. Never any sacrifice. Josh offers insights into cutting-edge products and services, emerging trends, and innovation underway to bring our lifestyles into balance with nature.

Title: The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living
Author: Josh Dorfman, a 2000 Thunderbird graduate, is the creator and host of The Lazy Environmentalist, a nationally broadcast radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio’s LIME Network that informs consumers about cutting-edge, eco-friendly products and services. He is also the founder of Vivavi, a furniture company that focuses on merging modern style with environmental awareness, Dorfman lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Price: $10.17
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang (May 1, 2007)
ISBN: 978-1584796022
Information: www.lazyenvironmentalist.com

While the virtues of economic globalization and the liberal market-oriented ideology continue to reign, evidence abounds of an increasing unease with the effects of unbridled market forces. “International Political Economy” explores this tension. The book combines essays from a range of experts on international political economy with commentary from co-editors Roe Goddard, Ph.D., Kishore Dash, Ph.D., and Patrick Cronin, Ph.D.

Title: International Political Economy, 2nd Edition: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order
Editors: Roe Goddard, Ph.D., is associate professor of Asia studies at Thunderbird School of Global Management. He is a leading researcher on international monetary/financial relations and globalization, strategic management and foreign direct investment management in China. Kishore Dash, Ph.D., is an associate professor of global studies at Thunderbird. He has lived and worked in India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, China and the United States. Patrick Cronin, Ph.D., is a nonresident senior advsier at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Price: $26.50
ISBN: 978-0333984857
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers (2003)
Information: Read the book’s introduction

International selling differs greatly from domestic sales. The global economy requires salespeople and managers who can navigate the world of international business, including the complexities of multiple languages and cultures, distance, trade barriers and the shifting norms of business ethics. This book helps the global salesperson and manager to overcome these obstacles and excel in international sales.

Title: International Sales: How to Excel in Global Selling
Author: Vince Daniels served in the U.S. Army for 10 years, living in North America, Europe and Asia. He graduated valedictorian of his class at Thunderbird in 1974. He has served for 25 years on Thunderbird’s business advisory board. Through his travels, he has learned German, Polish, Spanish and Portuguese. The author has founded two successful companies. He is currently executive director of Executive Education at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship of Nova Southeastern University.
Price: $11.66
Publisher: Disc (October 29, 2007)
ISBN: 978-0976852230
Information: www.vincentdaniels.com

“Entrepreneurship,” by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters and Dean Shepherd has been designed to clearly instruct students on the process of formulating, planning, and implementing a new venture. Students are exposed to detailed descriptions of ‘how to’ embark on a new venture in a logical manner. Comprehensive cases at the end of the text have been hand-picked by the authors to go hand-in-hand with chapter concepts.

Title: Entrepreneurship
Authors: Thunderbird professor Robert Hisrich, Ph.D., is director of the Walker Center for Global Entrepreneuership. Michael Peters, Ph.D., is marketing department chair and a professor at Boston College. Dean Shepherd, Ph.D., is assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado.
Price: $134.20
ISBN: 978-0073210568
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 7 edition (October 6, 2006)
Information: Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship

South Korea is one of the greatest economic success stories of the past 60 years, and more and more Westerners are traveling to this bustling, modern country for business and pleasure. But no matter why you visit, an understanding of Korea’s etiquette and culture is essential to an enjoyable and successful trip.

Title: Etiquette Guide to Korea: Know the Rules That Make the Difference!
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente is the author of more than 60 books. He first came to Japan in 1949 and has since worked as a journalist, editor, lecturer and writer. In 1948 De Mente switched from Naval intelligence to the Army Security Agency and was assigned to Japan during the heyday of the American occupation of that country. In 1950 he went from intelligence work to being the editor of the ASA Star, a weekly newspaper he founded. De Mente graduated from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1953.
Price: $11.66
ISBN: 978-0804839488
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (July 1, 2008)
Information: www.boyedemente.com

Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, whether your stay will be long or short, your visit to China will be more pleasurable and effective if you understand your host culture and how to work within it. “Etiquette Guide to China” is a vital guide for visitors to the world’s newest financial superpower.

Title: Etiquette Guide to China: Know the Rules That Make the Difference!
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente is an acknowledged authority on Asia and the author of more than 60 books. He first came to Japan in 1949 and has since worked as a journalist, editor, lecturer, and writer. In 1948 De Mente switched from Naval intelligence to the Army Security Agency and was assigned to Japan during the heyday of the American occupation of that country. In 1950 he went from intelligence work to being the editor of the ASA Star, a weekly newspaper he founded during his free time. Returning to the U.S. in 1952, De Mente attended Thunderbird School of Global Management. He graduated in 1953.
Price: $9.43
ISBN: 978-0804839433
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (June 15, 2008)
Information: www.boyedemente.com

“Etiquette Guide to Japan” offers an inside look at the social norms of the Japanese — when to bow, how to propose a toast, when to pay the bill, the careful art of gift-giving, how to deal with public transportation, dating, weddings, funerals, and last, but not least, how to say good-bye at the end of your stay. If you want to save yourself from possible embarrassment during your stay in Japan, you will find the Etiquette Guide to Japan to be a much-needed companion.

Title: Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules that Make the Difference
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente is an acknowledged authority on Asia and the author of more than 60 books. He first came to Japan in 1949 and has since worked as a journalist, editor, lecturer, and writer. In 1948 De Mente switched from Naval intelligence to the Army Security Agency and was assigned to Japan during the heyday of the American occupation of that country. In 1950 he went from intelligence work to being the editor of the ASA Star, a weekly newspaper he founded during his free time. Returning to the U.S. in 1952, De Mente attended Thunderbird School of Global Management. He graduated in 1953.
Price: $8.76
ISBN: 978-0804834179
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (August 2001)
Information: www.boyedemente.com

For more than three decades, “The Supply Management Handbook” (formerly The Purchasing Handbook) has been vital for purchasing and supply professionals in every field and industry. This latest edition comprehensively updates and revises this classic to encompass the ongoing shift from simple purchasing to a new, more technology-based imperative–identifying and managing supply chain sources and strategies.

Title: The Supply Mangement Handbook, 7th Edition
Authors: Joseph L. Cavinato, Ph.D., is ISM professor of supply chain management at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz. Ralph G. Kauffman, Ph.D. is a professor at the University of Houston-Downtown. Anna E. Flynn, Ph.D., is vice president and associate professor at the Institute for Supply Management, which produces the influential Manufacturing Report, a monthly economic indicator.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 7 edition (June 13, 2006)
Price: $81.87
ISBN: 978-0071445139
Information: Barnes & Noble

Thunderbird graduate Eileen Sheridan Wibbeke, Ph.D., has written an MBA textbook on culture and leadership that shows that the greatest challenge leaders face is how to successfully work through cultural barriers to become the best in the world. “Global Business Leadership” introduces the Geoleadership Model and considers how the concepts of care, communication, consciousness, change and capability all vary around the world.

Title: Global Business Leadership: GeoLeadership Strategies for the International Marketplace
Author: Eileen Sheridan Wibbeke, a 1992 graduate of Thunderbird School of Global Management, teaches business leadership at the University of Liverpool and Southern New Hampshire University. She lives in San Diego, Calif.
Endorsement: “This book should be read by any person wanting to work skillfully in today’s complex global business environment,” says Thunderbird Emeritus Professor Bob Moran, Ph.D., who served as co-editor of the book.
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 978-0750684088
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier Science & Technology Books, September 2008)
Information: www.globalbusinessleadership.com

Thunderbird professors Robert Moran, Ph.D., and William Youngdahl, Ph.D., argue in their new book that global projects and initiatives require new-era leaders with increasingly sophisticated skills. They also assert that since virtually all work is project work, all business managers are either professional or accidental project leaders — with the majority being in the accidental category. Their book and programs demonstrate how being a skillful global project leader leads to value delivery and strategic results, even when projects are at the edge of chaos. Moran and Youngdahl have delivered 30 Leading Global Projects programs for Novartis, a global pharmaceutical company, in Switzerland, the United States, Hungary, China, Italy, Spain, Singapore and Canada.

Title: Leading Global Projects: For Professional and Accidental Project Leaders
Authors: Robert T. Moran, Ph.D., is a psychologist and emeritus professor of international studies. William E. Youngdahl, Ph.D., is an associate professor of operations management and a certified project management professional. The authors have worked at the intersection of their disciplines to create a “truly global” and practical book and set of executive development programs.
Price: $33 (£21)
ISBN: 978-0-750-682466
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier (2008)
Information: www.leadingglobalprojects.com