Comparing Emerging and Advanced Markets: Current Trends and Challenges

Like Advanced Economies and Emerging Markets, the 'flagship' book of the series, from which this book is derived Comparing Emerging and Advanced Markets recognizes that there is intense competition among emerging markets to capture their share of the global economy. The series addresses questions that are germane to accomplishing this goal. Most important to this end is the study and practice of international business and foreign trade. Undertaking such a study raises many questions which the series will attempt to answer: Why are emerging markets and the firms doing business in them internationalizing so aggressively; and why in the past decade has the pace of internationalization accelerated so rapidly? What competitive advantages do these emerging economies enjoy in comparison to advanced economies, such as the G20, and what are the origins of those advantages? This volume is devoted to a comparison of advanced economies and emerging ones, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and what globalization means in each type of environment.

Marcus Goncalves, EdD, is an international management consultant with more than 25 years of experience. He is the former CTO of Virtual Access Networks, which under his leadership was awarded the Best Enterprise Product at Comdex Fall 2001, leading to the acquisition of the company by Symantec. He holds an MS in computer information systems and a doctorate in educational leadership from Boston University. Marcus has been lecturing at Boston University and Brandeis University for the past 11 years.

Harry Xia is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Administration & Leadership of the University of Saint Joseph in Macau, China. His research has been published in numerous journals and conference proceedings. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Master of Hospitality Management from the University of Houston in Texas.