Managing Human Resources in Cross-Border Alliances (Global HRM) - Softcover

"Timely and Comprehensive. Drawing on scholarly literature and real cases, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of HR issues in international alliances, and should be useful for any manager involved in cross-border alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Professor Andrew Inkpen, Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management." "Managing HR in Cross Border Alliances provides new ways of looking at international human resource issues. The authors are highly visible, capable, proven researchers so it is natural to expect a great deal from them in this book. They did not let us down. David Ricks, Distinguished Professor of Management and International Business University of Missouri - St. Louis." "Practitioners, academics and students will love this book. It synthesizes theory, extensive literature, case studies and practical examples to provide an informative and challenging text. The outcomes of the book include clear guidelines for practice and a sharp analysis of the HR issues involved in cross border alliances. Professor Robin Kramar, Macquarie Graduate School of Management."

Across the world, companies are forming some of the most complex and exciting collaborations in the business world: cross-border alliances (CBAs). Yet while this offers multinational companies a way into the global marketplace, there is no guarantee of success.

This book looks at the business and human resource issues arising in these complex collaborations, putting forward the case that the handling of these issues can determine the CBA's success. The book takes readers through the two main kinds of CBA - International Joint Ventures (IJV), and International Mergers and Acquisitions (IMA) - explaining how each type works and which human resource issues will arise. As well as analyzing these issues and explaining the relevant management, economics and sociological theories, this impressive text uses short end-of-chapter case studies and in depth end-of-text case studies to provide numerous practical examples.

The first major textbook that seriously studies human resource issues in a CBA context, this book offers both students of human resource / international business and practicing human resource professionals alike the frameworks for truly understanding the complexities of the area.