Non state actors like Business Diplomats and Transnational Economic NGO Diplomats with their multitude of transborder alliances and pressure groups have added to the traditional domain of economic diplomacy a "supraterritorial relations" component and are thereby partially undermining sovereignty of states in conducting international economic relations. At the same time, faced with globalisation and competition for foreign direct investment as well as with the growing influence of international economic standard setting organisations (WTO, ITU,ILO etc), ...
Saner, R., & Yiu, L. 2005. Swiss Executives as Business Diplomats in the New Europe: Evidence from Swiss Pharmaceutical and Agro-Industrial Global Companies. Organizational Dynamics, 34 (3).
18th September 2001, Vienna : 29th Meeting of Directors and Deans of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of International Relations. A presentation by Professor Raymond Saner (Director, Centre for Socio-Economic Development, CSEND) together with Mr. Rodrick M. Wright (research Associate, CSEND) and Dr. Lichia Yiu ( President, CSEND) to be followed by round table and discussion.
Saner, R., Yiu, L., & Sondergaard, M. 2000. Business Diplomacy Management: A Core Competency for Global Companies. Academy of Management Executive, 14 (1): 80-92.
Yiu, L. ; Saner, R., "Witkin’s Cognitive Styles and Field Theory applied to the Study of Global Managers and OD Practitioners", in Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 16, edited by Pasmore, W. and Woodman, R. 2007. Oxford: Elsevier. pp 191-219.
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