Archive for November, 2008

Operating a small business presents entrepreneurs with a continuing series of problems that need to be solved–and, usually, the smaller the business, the bigger the problems. “Small Business Solutions” focuses on 13 crises that crop up again and again in most small businesses, and details how entrepreneurs have identified and successfully solved them.

Title: Small Business Solutions: How to Fix & Prevent the 13 Biggest Problems That Derail Businesses
Author: Thunderbird professor Robert Hisrich, Ph.D., is director of the Walker Center for Global Entrepreneuership and the Garvin Professor of Global Entrepreneurship. A Fulbright professor, Hisrich has been a faculty member or visiting professor at numerous universities, including MIT, Boston College, University of Limerick (Ireland),  the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Queensland University of Technology (Australia), and nearly a half-dozen more.
Price: $14.95
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (Jan. 26, 2004)
ISBN: 978-0071414357
Information: www.amazon.com

“The Big Gamble” takes you on an armchair journey from the tulip fields of 17th century Holland and the South Seas to the gaming tables in Las Vegas. Discover how economic bubbles form, and learn about an “early warning system” you can use to either avoid the next one or wisely capitalize on it. In plain English, without jargon or blue-sky economic theory, discover why you’re not really “playing it safe” when you invest conservatively, even in U.S. Treasury bills or mutual funds.

Title: The Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating?
Authors: José D. Roncal is a 1990 Thunderbird graduate. For more than 15 years, he has lived around the globe as a chief financial officer focusing on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and spinoffs. Co-author José N. Abbo is based in Panama and works as international finance vice president for Cable & Wireless.
Price: $12.21
Publisher: Wheatmark (September 19, 2008)
ISBN: 978-1604940381
Information: www.financialspeculation.com

“International Business” presents an up-to-date exploration of international business issues and practice. The authors’ experience as practitioners and academics brings a balanced voice to the text, which is built on a foundation of theory with examples, cases and insights showing how global businesses apply these concepts. The text examines the role of culture and includes world maps, helping learners develop and refine a global perspective.

Title: International Business
Authors: Thunderbird Professor Michael H. Moffett, Ph.D., holds the Continental Grain Professorship in Finance. As the academic director for Thunderbird’s various International Consortia programs, he spends time working with approximately 20 different global corporations. Co-authors include Michael R. Czinkota and Ilkka A. Ronkainen.
Price: $110.95
Description: 816 pages, paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning Asia; 7th edition (Dec. 31, 2007)
ISBN: 978-9814246057
Information: www.amazon.com

For professionals focused on the day-to-day challenges of running a successful practice, operating a small business, or launching a new venture, MBA in a Day presents the essential principles and concepts taught at today’s best business schools.

Title: MBA in a Day: What You Would Learn At Top-Tier Business Schools (If You Only Had The Time!)
Author: Thunderbird Professor Steven Stralser, Ph.D., is a Fulbright scholar who has taught entrepreneurship courses overseas in Hungary’s University of Miscolz and Budapest University of Economic Sciences. He is a clinincal assistant professor of entrepreneurship at Thunderbird’s Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship.
Price: $23.07
Publisher: Wiley (Sept. 24, 2004)
ISBN: 978-0471680543
Information: www.amazon.com