If you want to learn about how leadership and culture jointly influence creativity in organizations and societies, this book provides you with the insight you are looking for. The contributors are scholars from diverse backgrounds - engineering, business management, sociology and communication. A common theme resonating in all the nine chapters of the book is the benefits of collaborative leadership in management. The authors have presented and applied concepts such as "value innovation," "creative intelligence," "creative leadership," and "disciplined creativity" to describe skills that leaders need to be able to facilitate organizational and societal development. Each chapter provides new models and perspectives on culture and creativity that add novel dimensions to the existing literature on the topic. The book is therefore a recommended reading for policy makers, managers, educators, researchers and expatriates who are either seeking new insights into the subject of creativity or are in search of suggestions on how to improve creativity at individual and collective levels of organizations and societies. _________________________________________________________________________ About the Editors John Kuada is Grundfos professor in International Business and Intercultural Management at the Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. In addition to teaching and research, Professor Kuada has an extensive experience as a business consultant and training advisor in areas of management, marketing and cross-border inter-firm relations in Europe and Africa. He is the founder and current editor of African Journal of Economic and Management Studies. Olav Jull Sorensen is a professor of International Business at the Centre of International Business, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. He initiated the establishment of the centre in 1984, including an MSc programme in International Business. Professor Sorensen's major research interests include the internationalization process of companies, global industrial dynamics and global value chain, as well as government-business relations.

If you want to learn about how leadership and culture jointly influence creativity in organizations and societies, this book provides you with the insight you are looking for. The contributors are scholars from diverse backgrounds - engineering, business management, sociology and communication. A common theme resonating in all the nine chapters of the book is the benefits of collaborative leadership in management. The authors have presented and applied concepts such as "value innovation," "creative intelligence," "creative leadership," and "disciplined creativity" to describe skills that leaders need to be able to facilitate organizational and societal development. Each chapter provides new models and perspectives on culture and creativity that add novel dimensions to the existing literature on the topic. The book is therefore a recommended reading for policy makers, managers, educators, researchers and expatriates who are either seeking new insights into the subject of creativity or are in search of suggestions on how to improve creativity at individual and collective levels of organizations and societies. ________________________________________________________________________________ About the Editors John Kuada is Grundfos professor in International Business and Intercultural Management at the Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. In addition to teaching and research, Professor Kuada has an extensive experience as a business consultant and training advisor in areas of management, marketing and cross-border inter-firm relations in Europe and Africa. He is the founder and current editor of African Journal of Economic and Management Studies. Olav Jull Sorensen is a professor of International Business at the Centre of International Business, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. He initiated the establishment of the centre in 1984, including an MSc programme in International Business. Professor Sorensen's major research interests include the internationalization process of companies, global industrial dynamics and global value chain, as well as government-business relations.

International Market Analysis: Theories and Methods is an indispensable book for students and executives of international businesses who want to make sense of their global market opportunities. The book gives readers a concise overview of the theoretical foundations of international market analysis and practical guidance on how to generate and disseminate knowledge about existing and new markets in order to support executives' strategic responses to customer needs. The discussions are based on tested concepts and frameworks in combination with the author's own professional insights into global business situations. Highlights of the book include detailed discussions of the relationships between market-orientation and market analysis, concepts and types of international market knowledge, meta-theoretical foundations of international market analysis, an integrative model for international market opportunity identification, as well as specific tools for quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyses. __________________________________ John Kuada is Professor and Grundfos chair holder in International Marketing and Inter-cultural Management at the Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the coordinator of the university's Master's degree programmes in International Business and International Marketing. He is also the founder and editor of African Journal of Business and Economic Research and serves as a regular reviewer for such international journals as Journal of Macro-marketing, Journal of World Business, and Journal of African Business. In addition to teaching and research he has consulted for businesses and international organisations such as International Finance Corporation (a member of the World Bank Group) and the Danish International Development Agency (Danida).

Policy makers and scholars consider private enterprise development as one of the most promising avenues of economic growth in Africa. To grow, enterprises must improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations, often through internationalisation. It is generally believed that internation- alisation enhances the technological and managerial capacities of firms and also helps them to leverage other types of resources not immediately available within their own countries. In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest in exploring the extent to which African firms are integrated into global business networks, and the benefits, if any, derived from such integrations.The above informed the need for an empirical investigations in Ghana from 2002-2003, the results of which are presented in this book.

There is little written by Ghanaians to help foreigners understand their culturally prescribed rules of behaviour. This fascinating book offers an introduction to the Ghanaian people and is of use to visitors to Ghana, and those interested in the country and its culture. It covers geography and demography; political history; the economy; religions and customs; institutions and ceremonies that take place at different stages in life; underlying values and rules of behaviour; amusements and festivals; places of interest and guidelines for the good traveller.