Business, government and globalization

Owen E. Hughes and Deirdre O'Neill
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

ISBN: 9780333693209

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Book description
The relationship between business and government is often portrayed as highly conflictual, with businesses and states holding quite different views of the world and each other's role in it. But government needs business to deliver wealth and economic growth, while business needs government to provide economic, legal and physical infrastructure.
The globalizing trends of recent years have transformed many aspects of economic and political life - if not as radically as has sometimes been argued. Business, Government and Globalisation provides a sober assessment of the evolving relationship between business and government.
While it is often assumed that globalisation has curtailed the capacity of the nation-state, the authors conclude that both business and government are increasingly responsive to the changed international environment and that, overall, a globalising world presents opportunities for government and business to forge a more effective partnership.

About the author
Owen E. Hughes is Professor in Public Management and acting Dean of Business and Economics at Monash University. He is also author of Public Management and Administration.
Deirdre O'Neill is Academic Director of the Executive Master of Public Administration program at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.

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