Books in the International Business and Management series

Corporate governance is a subject of high academic and practical significance in contemporary business. This book determines and analyzes the relationship between corporate governance and the value of a firm in emerging and developed financial markets by using econometric methods and models.

Shows the multifaceted and interactive character of the relationship between science and technology on the one hand, and business and innovation on the other. This book explores this non-linear relationship through a selection of case studies and discusses its implications for science as well as for business.

Addresses the issue of product market integration within the European Union (EU) from a multidisciplinary approach that ranges from economics to political science and sociology. This book assesses the functioning of the EU Internal Market and evaluates the need for differentiated integration in an enlarged and heterogeneous EU.

This volume in the IBM series investigates how the evaluation of a target firm influence the outcome of mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Co-authored by international business expert Pervez Ghauri, it highlights the processes that evaluate potential acquisition targets, and how a proper evaluation can positively influence the M&A performance.