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In Managing the Environmental Crisis William R. Mangun and Daniel H. Henning provide a balanced and comprehensive guide to the management of complex environmental and natural resource policy issues. Taking into account new developments, trends, and issues that have arisen in recent years, the ...

In Managing the Environmental Crisis William R. Mangun and Daniel H. Henning provide a balanced and comprehensive guide to the management of complex environmental and natural resource policy issues. Taking into account new developments, trends, and issues that have arisen in recent years, the authors begin with the recognition, often overlooked, that it is not the environment that needs to be managed but human action relating to the environment.

The authors review issues associated with a range of environmental policy concerns, including energy considerations, renewable and nonrenewable resource management, pollution control, wilderness management, and urban and regional policy. The history of these issues, recent actions pertaining to their management, difficulties associated with their continued presence, and the consequences of a failure to address these concerns are explored. Though focused on specific political issues, Mangun and Henning direct their attention to two large-scale trends -- globalization and the political polarization of the environmental movement. At the level of the decision-making process, the incorporation of values -- specifically addressed from multicultural and cross-disciplinary perspectives -- is also discussed. International in scope, the book provides descriptions of the roles of both governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the formulations and implementation of national and global environmental policy.

This thoroughly revised second edition discusses various successes in the arenas of environmental cooperation and management strategy while pointing to the new challenges that have emerged in the last decade.

For several decades, high and sustained growth fueled the Asian "economic miracle." From 1965 to 1990, the 23 East Asian economies grew faster than all other regions of the world. The high-performing economies of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia ...

For several decades, high and sustained growth fueled the Asian "economic miracle." From 1965 to 1990, the 23 East Asian economies grew faster than all other regions of the world. The high-performing economies of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia experienced low and declining levels of income inequality as well. The June 1997 financial crisis has challenged these economies. Many of the high-performing economies have experienced serious problems, including falls in currency and equity markets, significant slowdowns in international trade, and setbacks in economic growth. Emphasizing the role of government and the importance of managing development, this book provides an overview of the major impact of the financial crisis on selected Asian countries and of the development policies implemented.

Provoked by the region's recent economic crisis and the consequences of encroaching globalization, many Asian companies have reinvented themselves. They've sought out new sources of profit, tightened their focus, and reengineered processes to boost productivity and quality. The new Asian corporation ...

Provoked by the region's recent economic crisis and the consequences of encroaching globalization, many Asian companies have reinvented themselves. They've sought out new sources of profit, tightened their focus, and reengineered processes to boost productivity and quality. The new Asian corporation has emerged...stronger than ever.As Asian corporations shift perceptibly toward Western-style management practice, strategic focus, and accountability, companies currently engaged in or contemplating doing business in Asia_or facing competition from Asia_would do well to take heed of business model innovation in Asia or risk being left behind.From his extraordinary vantage point, Manila-based business executive and author Michael Hamlin takes a close look at the revolutionary new business models Asia's best companies are adopting and the challenges they still face. He analyzes the key forces currently impacting Asian economies and provides a strategic overview of what it will take to compete and thrive in Asia over the next two decades. He examines the practices that will drive Asian growth in the new millennium and presents specific strategies Western managers can use to best their Asian competitors or to successfully expand into the new Asian market.The New Asian Corporation provides in-depth portraits of Asia's leading companies including organizational structures and market strategies. U.S. managers of Asian, North American, and European companies will find solid information on what their strongest competitors are doing as well as guidelines for expanding into Asian markets via joint ventures and subsidiary companies. Financial analysts, investors, and students of international business will gain unmatched insight into what will drive Asian growth in the new millennium.