Dynamics of International Business: Asia-Pacific Business Cases, by Ramburuth, P.,Stringer, C., & Serapio, M.
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Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 17: 217–219, 2014 Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1097-198X print / 2333-6846 online DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2014.951299 BOOK REVIEW Ramburuth, P., Stringer, C., & Serapio, M. (2013). Dynamics of International Business: Asia-Pacific Business Cases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 264 pp. $49.50. ISBN-13: 978-1107675469 Reviewed by Jaideep Ghosh CSIR - National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS) New Delhi, India E-mail: jghosh20770@gmail.com Today, teaching by cases constitutes an important component of many courses in the curric- ula of business and management schools all over the world. The critical element in effectively implementing these courses lies in finding materials for appropriate business cases and illustrat- ing the valuable practical experiences revealed in these cases for teaching students in the class. Unfortunately, with ever-changing management processes, practices, and the environment in the globalized business world of today, individual case-based studies often run a risk of becoming outdated in just a few years’ time. Students, researchers, and practitioners interested in learning from case-based studies will do well to realize the importance of this point and study a wide variety of cases over a considerable period of time to eventually gain experiences and