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The original idea for this book and the companion volume (Kirkbride,
P.S. Globalization: The External Pressures, Wiley, 2001) came from Kate
Charlton, then Director of Corporate Development and Paul
Pinnington, Stream Director for Tailored Programmes. Kate and Paul
were convinced that Ashridge had a wealth of talent that could be
brought to bear on the topic of globalization and so the resulting works
owe a debt to their vision. They had initiated discussions with
publishers and Paul Kirkbride’s role, as newly appointed Research
Fellow, was to bring the books to fruition. Paul was solely responsible
for the first book but managed to recruit Karen Ward to help edit the
second book.
Editors of a collection such as this owe a debt of gratitude to the
individuals who volunteered to provide chapters, often having to fit
writing into a very busy teaching or consulting schedule. Thanks therefore
to Paul Pinnington, Karen Ward, Bob Westwood, Samreen Khan,
Andrew Ettinger, Cath Redman, Stefan Wills, Phil Hodgson and
Randall White for their sterling contributions.
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