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Now that Wal-Mart has conquered the US, can it conquer the world? As "Wal-Mart World "shows, the corporation is certainly trying. For a number of years, Wal-Mart has been the largest company in the United States. Now, though, it is the largest company in the world. Its global labor practices and out... More

Wal-Mart is under attack--from labor unions, urban planners, globalization critics, and community activists. Looking at Wal-Mart, the authors review conditions before and after Wal-Mart entered a local market and show that the retailer has been a force for good.... More

Drawing on unprecedented interviews with former Wal-Mart executives and a wealth of staggering data--including facts such as this: Americans spend $36 million an hour at Wal-Mart stores--this text is an intimate look at a business that is dramatically reshaping the American economy.Wal-Mart isnat ju... More

An irreverent, hard-hitting examination of the world's largest, and most reviled, corporation reveals how the company's business practices have shaped American culture, including the nation's social, political, and industrial policy.An irreverent, hard-hitting examination of the world's largest-and ... More

Sustainable poverty reduction and equitable economic development depend on the solid foundation of the rule of law. These reforms are underpinned by legal reform, whether it be to increase efficiency in business transactions, benefit from globalization policies, improve the way governments deliver e... More

Edited by one of the nation's preeminent labor historians, this book marks an ambitious effort to dissent the full extent of War-Mart's business operations, its social effects, and its role in the U.S. and world economy.An indispensable introduction to the company that will define the twenty-first c... More

Spotts takes you behind the scenes for the planning of a truly unprecedented campaign. He shows how individuals and groups can force even the largest corporations to change to better serve the interests of the countries and communities in which they do business.... More

The largest company in the world by far, Wal-Mart takes in revenues in excess of $280 billion, employs 1.4 million American workers, and controls a large share of the business done by almost every U.S. consumer-product company. More than 138 million shoppers visit one of its 5,300 stores each week. ... More

While there have been other books on Wal-Mart, none has provided scholarly economic analysis of the impact of this retail giant. "The Local Economic Impact of Wal-Mart" offers significant empirical evidence which highlights important questions.Wal-Marts' ubiquity presents a potential problem for pol... More