Discover success in global business today with the most strategic approach to international business topics and unique coverage not found in other books. Written by renowned international instructor and author Mike Peng, GLOBAL BUSINESS is the first truly global business book to answer the big question, "What determines the success and failure of firms around the globe?" This edition blends both an institutional-based view and resource-based view throughout every chapter for an unparalleled continuity in the learning process. The book combines an inviting, conversational style with the latest research and examples throughout every chapter. A comprehensive set of cases from Mike Peng and other respected international experts examine how companies throughout the world have expanded globally. All-new video cases, world maps, and unique global debate sections help readers view business challenges from a truly global perspective. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

This book presents collective works published in the recent Special Issue (SI) entitled " Digital Signal, Image and Video Processing for Emerging Multimedia Technology". These works address the emerging technology in signal processing and its new aspects, as well as the related applications. Recent developments in image/video-based deep learning technology have enabled new services in the field of multimedia and recognition technology. The applications vary and range from digital signal processing to image, video and multimedia signal processing, also including object classification, learning mechanism design and data security. Recent advances in numerical, theoretical and experimental methodologies are presented within the scope of the current book, along with the finding of new learning methods and new methodological developments and their limitations. This book brings together a collection of inter-/multidisciplinary works applied to many classification and data security applications in a coherent manner.