In Humanistic Perspectives on International Business and Management, the authors provide space to global perspectives on how we can rethink and reposition international business and management practice to be a part of the solution to our global problems. These contributions provide impetus for further research, practice and pedagogy development.

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Nathaniel C. Lupton is Assistant Professor of Management Systems at Fordham University, USA. His research interests include the internationalization and knowledge management processes within multinational enterprises, innovation and economic development, and foreign direct investment. His research has been published in Academy of Management Perspectives, International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, Journal of Knowledge Management and Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations. Currently, Nathaniel is working on research projects related to leveraging combinations of scientific and traditional forms of knowledge, different approaches to innovation and new value creation, primarily in the context of emerging economies, especially India.

Michael Pirson is an Associate Professor of Management Systems at Fordham University, USA. Before beginning his academic career, he worked for an international consulting group for several years and then started his own private consultancy. He has worked for and with businesses, nonprofits, embassies, political campaigns, and local and national governments in Switzerland, France, China, Costa Roca and the United States. He is founding partner of the Humanistic Management Network, an organization that brings together scholars, practitioners and policymakers around the common goal of creating a 'life-conducive' economic system, and a research fellow at Harvard University and serves on the boards of three social enterprises in the United States.

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Introduction: International Business and International Management in an Era of Globality; Nathaniel C. Lupton and Michael A. Pirson Conceptual Perspectives 1. Global Tensions Between Mainstream Economic Discourse and International Humanistic Management Agendas: Investigating the Challenges Facing Organizational Stakeholders in Modern Market Societies; Thomas S. Calvard and James Hine 2. Challenging the Dominant Paradigm: Critical Management Knowledge for Humanistic Management; Ozan N. Alakavuklar 3. Global Migration of Nurses from Sub-Saharan Africa: Human Capital Development and Neocolonial Perspectives. Forging an Ethical Framework; Kent Rondeau 4. Development Discourse and Practice: Alternatives and New Directions from Postcolonial Perspectives; Paul F. Donnelly and Banu Ozkazanc-Pan 5. Reviving Hearts and Souls in Managers: A Ghazalian Sufi Perspective; Farzad R. Khan and Rabia Naguib 6. Humanistic Leadership as a Value-Infused Dialogue of Global Leaders and Local Stakeholders; Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma, Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira 7. Empowering the Other in a Globalizing World by Targeting Humanistic Aims of Creativity, Work, and Sustainable Community via Pedagogies in Action; William Mesa and Kyle Usrey 8. Hume's Humanity: A Nexus for Global Management; Andrew Creed, Jane Ross and Jack Ross 9. An Integral Foundation for International Strategic Management; Nancy E. Landrum, Carolyn Gardner and David Boje 10. Humanistic Values in the Gulf Cooperation Council: An In-depth Study of Humanistic Dimensions in the Region; Marianela Rivera and Ousama N. Salha 11. Indigenous Social Enterprises: A Humanistic Approach to Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation; Mario Vázquez-Maguirre and Consuelo G. de la Torre 12. Is Walmart Good for India? A Humanistic Perspective on Opening Up FDI in Multi-Brand Retail in India; Grishma Shah and Anand Pore 13. Cross-Sector Alliances; Constance Bygrave 14. Indian Firms and the New Era of Corporate Social ResponsibilityRaising the Bar for People above Profits; Grishma Shah and Subhasis Ray 15. Embracing Humanism in International Business Education: An Application of the Service, Operative, and Lecture Learning (SOLL) Model; Meghan Norris 16 Supporting Humanism in the Development of Globally Oriented Managers: The Johns Hopkins University Leadership Development Program; Susan Swayze and James R. Calvin 17 Managerial Anthropology A Humanistic Approach to Management Studies; Kemi Ogunyemi 18 The Formation Humanistic at the Tecnológico de Monterrey: The Citizen of the Future; Consuelo G. de la Torre, Luis Portales and Osmar Arandia Conclusions: Towards an Humanistic Agenda for International Business and Management Nathaniel C. Lupton and Michael A. Pirson