Acknowledgements

Numerous people helped us prepare this book. We, the editors, would like to thank all our chapter contributors for sharing their insights and research. We would also like to thank Professor Pervez N. Ghauri, the series editor, for encouraging us to work on this book. Our special gratitude goes to our publisher Dr. Martyn Lawrence of Emerald Group Publishing Limited for his patience and unstinted support throughout the writing of this book. This book would not have come out had Martyn not taken a personal interest in its publication. We are also grateful to Jaya Chowdhury (MPS Limited, Chennai, India), the Project Manager of our book and Heather Goss, the publishing editor, for all their support.