This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States. For courses in operations management.

A broad introduction to operations, reinforced with extensive practice problemsOperations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management presents a broad introduction to the field of operations in a realistic and practical manner, wh...

World History: An Introduction provides readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the global historical perspective and how it can be used to shed light on both our past and our present. A concise and original guide to the concepts, methods, debates and contents of world history, it combines a thematic approach with a clear and ambitious focus. Each chapter traces connections with the past and the present to explore major questions in world history: How did humans evolve fr...

Bestselling study skills author Stella Cottrell brings her tried and tested approach to help you succeed with your dissertations and project reports. With plenty of hands-on activities, checklists and planners, this guide covers everything you need to know, from choosing a topic and developing a proposal, to conducting and writing up your research.

The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.

In Mass Starvation, world-renowned expert on humanitarian crisis and response Alex de Waal provides an authoritative history of modern famines: their causes, dimensions and why they ended. He analyses starvati...

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Correspondence deals with written communication for business purposes, focusing on writing concisely in a formal setting, with appropriate tone and style. This book includes the Campuz Creditcard with personal access to interactive support on the website of the book.

In this third revised edition the degree of formality has been reduced, although not abandoned. The chapter on e-mail communication has received more attention and a more prominent place than before: it has been expanded and upda...

Presentations deals with a common phenomenon of oral communication in business: making a presentation. It is intended for students of higher education, and can be used both as a teaching aid as well as for self-study. The focus is on the practical aspects of making presentations in general, and informative and persuasive presentations in particular. Many words and phrases at the end of each chapter facilitate the preparation of a presentation, and all chapters have a section dealing with one ...

- International Business can be widely used as a general introduction to international entrepreneurship;

- appealing examples from everyday practice and facts & figures make international business come to life;

- places international entrepreneurship in a European context.

International Business is an accessible textbook that highlights the basic principles of international entrepreneurship. It is the English version of Internationaal ondernemen and can be widely used as an introduction to in...

Are you interested in the state of our world? In the future of humanity? Have you ever wondered how the major developments of our time fit together? Are you, in fact, interested in exploring the big picture?

The world we live in is undergoing enormous change, and it can feel overwhelming to grasp what it all means, to you, to your family, to your business or job, and to humanity as a whole.

In one book, Explore The Big Picture takes a deep dive into some of the most significa...