Most books on business strategy approach the subject from a corporate perspective – covering topics such as the vision for the business, the marketplace, competition, differentiation etc. However, the reality is that most managers work in sub-units or subsidiaries of the business and they are not involved in corporate strategy formulation. Their strategic concerns are with the positioning and future trajectory of their own units within the complex internal ecosystem in which they exist. If these units are to survive and grow, the middle managers responsible for them must plan their future, maximize their value-add, and compete for resources within the internal market of their corporations. Such internal markets are becoming increasingly volatile due to general economic conditions, but also given the questioning of globalization and increasing corporate concerns about the frailties of international supply chains as brought into sharp focus by the Covid-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine. This book provides practical perspectives for these business unit managers, and a step-by-step toolkit that can be used by management teams to develop a successful subsidiary strategy that acknowledges these challenges while maximizing their contribution to corporate objectives. It is based on the authors 30 years of experience as an executive in a complex multinational (IBM) organization, supplemented by academic study at Masters and PhD level. The material covered has been verified through workshops over a 3-year period with the senior leadership teams of 25 multinational subsidiaries operating from Ireland.

This provocative analysis and critique of American representations of Oceania and Oceanians from the nineteenth century to the present, argues that imperial fantasies have glossed over a complex, violent history. It introduces the concept of 'American Pacificism', a theoretical framework that draws on contemporary theories of friendship, hospitality and tourism to refigure established debates around 'orientalism' for an Oceanian context. Paul Lyons explores American-Islander relations and traces the ways in which two fundamental conceptions of Oceania have been entwined in the American imagination. On the one hand, the Pacific islands are seen as economic and geopolitical 'stepping stones', rather than ends in themselves, whilst on the other they are viewed as ends of the earth or 'cultural limits', unencumbered by notions of sin, antitheses to the industrial worlds of economic and political modernity. However, both conceptions obscure not only Islander cultures, but also innovative responses to incursion. The islands instead emerge in relation to American national identity, as places for scientific discovery, soul-saving and civilizing missions, manhood-testing adventure, nuclear testing and eroticized furloughs between maritime work and warfare. Ranging from first contact and the colonial archive through to postcolonialism and global tourism, this thought-provoking volume draws upon a wide, rewarding collection of literary works, historical and cultural scholarship, government documents and tourist literature.

Most books on business strategy approach the subject from a corporate perspective – covering topics such as the vision for the business, the marketplace, competition, differentiation etc. However, the reality is that most managers work in sub-units or subsidiaries of the business and they are not involved in corporate strategy formulation. Their strategic concerns are with the positioning and future trajectory of their own units within the complex internal ecosystem in which they exist. If these units are to survive and grow, the middle managers responsible for them must plan their future, maximize their value-add, and compete for resources within the internal market of their corporations. Such internal markets are becoming increasingly volatile due to general economic conditions, but also given the questioning of globalization and increasing corporate concerns about the frailties of international supply chains as brought into sharp focus by the Covid-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine. This book provides practical perspectives for these business unit managers, and a step-by-step toolkit that can be used by management teams to develop a successful subsidiary strategy that acknowledges these challenges while maximizing their contribution to corporate objectives. It is based on the authors 30 years of experience as an executive in a complex multinational (IBM) organization, supplemented by academic study at Masters and PhD level. The material covered has been verified through workshops over a 3-year period with the senior leadership teams of 25 multinational subsidiaries operating from Ireland.

This study provides a provocative analysis and critique of American representations of Oceania and Oceanians, from the nineteenth century to the present. Arguing that imperial fantasies have glossed over a complex, violent history, Paul Lyons develops the concept of "American Pacificism." This theoretical framework draws on contemporary theories of friendship, hospitality and tourism to refigure established debates around "orientalism" for an Oceanian context.
Lyons explores American-Islander relations and traces the ways in which two fundamental conceptions of Oceania have been entwined in the American imagination. On the one hand, the Pacific islands are envisioned as economic and geopolitical "stepping stones," rather than ends in themselves, and on the other they are imagined as ends of the earth or "cultural limits," unencumbered by notions of sin, antitheses to the industrial worlds of economic and political modernity. Both conceptions obscure not only Islander cultures, but also innovative responses to incursion. The islands instead emerge in relation to American national identity, as places for scientific discovery, soul-saving and civilizing missions, manhood-testing adventure, nuclear testing and eroticized furloughs between maritime work or warfare.
Ranging from first contact and the colonial archive through to postcolonialism and global tourism, this powerful volume draws upon a wide, rewarding range of literary works, historical and cultural scholarship, government documents, and tourist literature.

The People of This Generation The Rise and Fall of the New Left in Philadelphia Paul Lyons "A major contribution to the historiography of the New Left in the United Sates. Through an impressively researched study of white student activism in Philadelphia during the 1960s and early 1970s, Paul Lyons explores and explains the successes and failures of the larger New Left."--"Journal of American History" At the heart of the tumult that marked the 1960s was the unprecedented scale of student protest on university campuses around the world. Identifying themselves as the New Left, as distinguished from the Old Left socialists who engineered the historic labor protests of the 1930s, these young idealists quickly became the voice and conscience of their generation. "The People of This Generation" is the first comprehensive case study of the history of the New Left in a Northeast urban environment. Paul Lyons examines how campus and community activists interacted with the urban political environment, especially the pacifist Quaker tradition and the rising ethnic populism of police chief and later mayor Frank Rizzo. Moving away from the memoirs and overviews that have dominated histories of the period, Lyons uses this detailed metropolitan study as a prism for revealing the New Left's successes and failures and for gauging how the energy generated by local activism cultivated the allegiance of countless citizens. Lyons explores why groups dominated by the Old Left had limited success in offering inspiration to a new generation driven by the civil rights movement and opposition to the Vietnam War. The number and diversity of colleges in this unique metropolitan area allow for rich comparisons of distinctly different campus cultures, and Lyons shows how both student demographics and institutional philosophies determined the pace and trajectory of radicalization. Turning his attention off campus, Lyons highlights the significance of the antiwar Philadelphia Resistance and the antiracist People for Human Rights--Philadelphia's most significant New Left organizations--revealing that the New Left was influenced by both its urban and campus milieus. Combining in-depth archival research, rich personal anecdote, insightful treatment of the ideals that propelled student radicalism, and careful attention to the varied groups that nurtured it, "The People of This Generation" offers a moving history of urban America during what was perhaps the most turbulent decade in living memory. Paul Lyons teaches history, social welfare policy, and Holocaust studies at Richard Stockton College and is author of "Philadelphia Communists, 1936-1956," "Class of '66: Living in Suburban Middle America," and "New Left, New Right, and the Legacy of the Sixties." 2003 288 pages 6 x 9 22 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-3715-3 Cloth $49.95s 32.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0268-7 Ebook $49.95s 32.50 World Rights American History, Political Science Short copy: "A major contribution to the historiography of the New Left in the United Sates."--"Journal of American History"

Life is short. Sometimes too short. In 2006, a family rented out their house in San Francisco and moved to the rural Guatemalan highlands. The Pelican Cafe Essays from Guatemala is a romp through what it is like to migrate in the other direction. Part escapist, part memoir, part tour guide, it may make you want to quit your day job.

This book offers a rare opportunity to read about how a scholar's teaching informs his research, in this case an examination of the nature of American conservatism. It is based on an interdisciplinary senior seminar Lyons taught in Spring 2006. His teaching log, including student comments from an electronic conferencing system, gives a vivid sense of the daily frustrations and triumphs. Lyons reflects on some of the most difficult issues in higher education today, such as how to handle racism and political passions in the classroom, as well as how a teacher presents his own political convictions.

Lyons begins with the premise that most universities have been negligent in helping undergraduates understand a movement that has shaped the political landscape for half a century. In addition, in a series of essays that frame the teaching log, he makes the case that conservatives have too often failed to adhere to basic, Burkean principles, and that the best of conservatism has often appeared as a form of liberalism from thinkers such as Hannah Arendt, Reinhold Niebuhr, and George Kennan. The essays also cover the history of conservatism, conservative use of the city-on-a-hill metaphor, and an examination of how the promise of Camelot sophistication was subverted by a resurgence of right-wing populism.

This book offers a rare opportunity to read about how a scholar's teaching informs his research, in this case an examination of the nature of American conservatism. It is based on an interdisciplinary senior seminar Lyons taught in Spring 2006. His teaching log, including student comments from an electronic conferencing system, gives a vivid sense of the daily frustrations and triumphs. Lyons reflects on some of the most difficult issues in higher education today, such as how to handle racism and political passions in the classroom, as well as how a teacher presents his own political convictions.

Lyons begins with the premise that most universities have been negligent in helping undergraduates understand a movement that has shaped the political landscape for half a century. In addition, in a series of essays that frame the teaching log, he makes the case that conservatives have too often failed to adhere to basic, Burkean principles, and that the best of conservatism has often appeared as a form of liberalism from thinkers such as Hannah Arendt, Reinhold Niebuhr, and George Kennan. The essays also cover the history of conservatism, conservative use of the city-on-a-hill metaphor, and an examination of how the promise of Camelot sophistication was subverted by a resurgence of right-wing populism.

In a time of dynamism and contradiction in Pacific cultural production, a time of 'turning things over' and 'writing from the inside out, ' this far-reaching volume provides a comprehensive set of essays and interviews on the emergent literatures of the New Pacific. With its dynamic combination of important position papers, polemics, and decolonizing critiques by noted authors and of analysis by new and established post-colonial scholars, this volume exposes 'the maze and mix of literatures and cultural identities breaking down and building up across the Pacific Ocean.' This pioneering work will be the definitive resource for anyone researching or teaching Pacific literature and will be invaluable for bringing Pacific culture to readers outside the region

This volume provides in a simple and concise format, all of the important information needed for advanced maternity care for primary care physicians including preconception counseling, prenatal care, medications in pregnancy, complications of pregnancy and labor. These issues and conditions are summarized without being overly detailed. This format provides an ease of use by primary care clinicians as various patient problems arise