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Hi Charles,

I browsed through the 93 chapters that are listed, but
I didn't see "guanxi" as one of these terms. "Guanxi"
or 'social connection" has been a hot topic of
research in recent years, as it is a necessary
component to conduct business smoothly in China and
China is a large market offering amazing growth.

I think the emergence of China will be one of the most
major phenomenon of the 21st century (it has only
started and there's so much talk on it). So, a
chapter on guanxi (what it is, different types and
forms, ethical issues, strategic obstacles because of
guanxi, and how can guanxi be fosteres) will
contribute the Handbook positively. I recently
presented a paper on Guanxi in the AOM meeting of
Atlanta and I would like to get the opportunity to
write a chapter for the CFP Handbook.

Thanks.

Noushi


--- Charles Wankel <wankelc@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote:

> Call for Chapters!
>
>
>
> The Handbook of 21st Century Management will provide
> clear and useful
> discussion of 100 of the key issues and topics that
> managers are confronting
> in the 21st century by scholars from around the
> world. The structure of
> discourse for each issue and important associated
> perspectives and research
> will be concisely and meaningfully presented. New
> technologies,
> globalization and associated ethical implications
> frame many of these
> issues. Cutting-edge and unsettled topics in human
> resource management,
> strategic management, entrepreneurship, operations
> management, business and
> society, management information systems, leadership,
> international
> management, organizational culture, diversity
> management, managing in the
> post-911 world, not-for-profit management,
> healthcare management,
> educational administration, public administration
> and green management are
> introduced and discussed. Key bibliographic leads
> for those interested in
> further researching an issue are provided.
>
>
>
> Sage has a series of such "Handbook of 21st Century"
> books coming out
> (sociology, psychology, communication etc.) The
> concept is that a management
> student will go to the reference desk in the library
> and say that he/she is
> looking for a term paper topic and structure in say
> human resource
> management. Then, the reference librarian would
> guide the student over to
> the Handbook of 21st Century Management. It will
> have 100 chapters of
> 7000-8000 words each (12 pages in the final book)
> with about 15-20 percent
> of this content to be useful bibliographic
> references. Our target due date
> for each chapter is January 31, 2007. There are 93
> chapters signed on so far
> with chapter authors from a diverse group of
> universities including
> Swarthmore, Texas Tech, National University of
> Singapore, Helsinki
> University of Technology, Louisiana, Texas, Harvard
> Business School, Sloan,
> Norwegian School of Economics and Business
> Administration, Duke, Monash, San
> Diego State, Sabanci, Missouri, Technion, Bradford,
> University of the West
> Indies, Otago, UCLA, and Victoria. I already have
> almost 100 issue ideas but
> hope to get more and then go with the best ones. You
> can view list of
> assigned chapters at
> http://management-education.net/h .
>
>
>
> Awaiting your response to this invitation,
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>
>
>
> Charles Wankel
>
> wankelc@stjohns.edu
>
>
>
>


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Charles:

Having recently defended my dissertation at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana ("Ownership Structure Choices in Politically Risky Countires"), your call for chapters was exactly what I was looking for.

Two ideas that occur to me: the twin challenges of corruption and political risk that face MNCs as they invest/expand/compete in overseas locations. I notice that Peter Rodriguez is contributing a chapter entitled, "Coping with Corruption." "Coping with Political Risk" is the chapter I propose.

It was not clear to me in your email what steps one is to follow to submit a chapter idea to you; hence, the above paragraph. Please let me know if, in principle, the idea is interesting, and how I follow up.

But before I let you go, I have another chapter idea, also building on one of your current chapters. I am currently teaching Latin American business to undergrads and to executives at St. Louis University. I noticed you have a chapter entitled, "Winning in Asia," by Peter Williamson (INSEAD, France). I would like to submit for your consideration a chapter about MNC strategies in Latin America, "Winning in Latin America," or "Facing the Latin American Challenge." I often think Latin America is the forgotten continent, and it certainly deserves attention.

If you think this chapter idea has potential, I have a co-author in mind who has done research in Latin America for years. My hands-on research experience in Latin America includes Cuba and Panama only.

Thank you for your consideration, Charles. By the way, was it a typo in your email when you wrote that Jan. 2007 is your deadline or is it really a couple of months away?

Best wishes,



---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:11:55 -0400
>From: Charles Wankel <wankelc@OPTONLINE.NET>
>Subject: CFP - Handbook of 21st Century Management on strategic management topics
>To: BPS-NET@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
>
> Call for Chapters!
>
>
>
> The Handbook of 21st Century Management will provide
> clear and useful discussion of 100 of the key issues
> and topics that managers are confronting in the 21st
> century by scholars from around the world. The
> structure of discourse for each issue and important
> associated perspectives and research will be
> concisely and meaningfully presented. New
> technologies, globalization and associated ethical
> implications frame many of these issues.
> Cutting-edge and unsettled topics in human resource
> management, strategic management, entrepreneurship,
> operations management, business and society,
> management information systems, leadership,
> international management, organizational culture,
> diversity management, managing in the post-911
> world, not-for-profit management, healthcare
> management, educational administration, public
> administration and green management are introduced
> and discussed. Key bibliographic leads for those
> interested in further researching an issue are
> provided.
>
>
>
> Sage has a series of such "Handbook of 21st Century"
> books coming out (sociology, psychology,
> communication etc.) The concept is that a management
> student will go to the reference desk in the library
> and say that he/she is looking for a term paper
> topic and structure in say human resource
> management. Then, the reference librarian would
> guide the student over to the Handbook of 21st
> Century Management. It will have 100 chapters of
> 7000-8000 words each (12 pages in the final book)
> with about 15-20 percent of this content to be
> useful bibliographic references. Our target due date
> for each chapter is January 31, 2007. There are 93
> chapters signed on so far with chapter authors from
> a diverse group of universities including
> Swarthmore, Texas Tech, National University of
> Singapore, Helsinki University of Technology,
> Louisiana, Texas, Harvard Business School, Sloan,
> Norwegian School of Economics and Business
> Administration, Duke, Monash, San Diego State,
> Sabanci, Missouri, Technion, Bradford, University of
> the West Indies, Otago, UCLA, and Victoria. I
> already have almost 100 issue ideas but hope to get
> more and then go with the best ones. You can view
> list of assigned chapters at
> http://management-education.net/h .
>
>
>
> Awaiting your response to this invitation,
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>
>
>
> Charles Wankel
>
> wankelc@stjohns.edu
>
>
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(St. Louis University)

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