Our Books
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We provide guidance for action.
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Caribbean firms cope with international competition both in their small domestic economies and as they extend their operations outside their home countries.
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This volume of 15 case studies explores their struggles and successes at key decision points in their internationalizing processes. These experiences provide useful strategy lessons to other firms.
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The cases cover multiple industries including cement manufacturing, supermarkets, shipping, remittances, banking, tourism, rum production, shrimp harvesting, food manufacturing, and airline catering.
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The book features over thirty countries in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean.
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The book’s authors are Oliviero Roggi, Maxine Garvey, and Aswath Damodaran.
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The genesis of this book lies in our teaching materials prepared for the IFC’s Risk Governance Workshops. They were conducted in 20 developing countries during 2010-2012.
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More than a thousand directors and senior managers participated in this workshop series.
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This material was reprinted for use in the Certified Risk Manager (CRM) Certificate examinations for 2013.
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This examination is sat in over 80 countries worldwide and is a key part of the training of an internationally respected risk manager.
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Published as part of Financial Risk Manager FRM Part 1, Foundations of Risk Management
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This book provides guidance on good risk governance and risk management practices to corporate managers, executives, and directors wherever they operate around the world.
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The authors frame their discussion around the challenges imposed on executives and directors in dealing with an increasingly complex and unpredictable world.
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This publication outlines managerial actions for a new risk leadership focus that not only avoids the downside risks but also considers ways to exploit the upside potential offered by a dynamic environment.
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For decades, Jamaica has attempted to raise the volume and value of its exports by using a series of macroeconomic initiatives. Its export performance, however, remains weak and its economy, frail.
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The futility of the economic measures suggests that non-economic agents act as important influences on Jamaica's economic performance.
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The book proposes a model of how Jamaican managerial beliefs impair export performance by reducing the effectiveness of the information scanning for export trigger cues; increasing the negative interpretation associated with export activity; and justifying few actions in response to export signals.
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