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International business

Author: Fred H Maidment
Publisher: Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, ©2007.
Series: Annual editions.; McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 14th edView all editions and formats
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International Business, Fourteenth Edition, is one in a series of over sixty-five volumes, each designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current, carefully selected articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Within the pages of this volume are interesting, well-illustrated articles by business administrators, educators, researchers, and  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Fred H Maidment
ISBN: 0073528420 9780073528427
OCLC Number: 174529391
Description: xvi, 191 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Topic guide --
Internet references --
unit 1. Overview of International Business --
Unit overview --
pt. A. Introduction to international business --
1. Globalization and its contents / Peter Marber --
2. Trading places / Peter Drucker --
3. The leading economic organizations at the beginning of the 21st century / Fred Maidment --
4. The global compact : origins, operations, progress, challenges / Georg Kell --
5. Business and global governance / Ann Florini --
6. Looking ahead to our place in the next economy / Matthew Budman --
pt. B. International trade theory --
7. Shaking up trade theory / Aaron Berstein --
8. A theory of international new ventures : a decade of research / Shaker A. Zahra --
9. Decoupled / The Economist --
10. Integrating multinational firms into international economics / James R. Markusen --
11. The rich borrow and the poor repay / Ross P. Buckley --
unit 2. International institutions and organizations --
Unit overview --
pt. A. International institutions --
12. The world's banker / David Frum --
13. The Bretton Woods system : are we experiencing a revival? / Reuven Glick and Mark Spiegel --
pt. B. Financial markets and exchanges --
14. Too much money / Rich Miller et al. --
15. Squeezed by the Euro / Jack Ewing, Stanley Reed, and Maureen Kline --
pt. C. Monetary system and balance of payments --
16. Bottom dollar / Robert J. Samuelson --
17. Failure of the fund : rethinking the IMF response / Joseph E. Stiglitz --
18. America's growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us / Warren E. Buffett --
19. What the new currency means to the European economy / Bruce Barnard --
pt. D. Global corporations --
20. The great Wal-Mart of China / Clay Chandler --
21. Thinking locally, succeeding globally / Elizabeth Esfahani --
unit 3. Environmental factors and international business --
Unit overview --
pt. A. Legal and political environment --
22. Progress against corruption / Dan Johnson --
23. Asymmetric globalization : global markets require good global politics / Nancy Birdsall ---
pt. B. Cultural and social environment --
24. Grassroots diplomacy / Gail Dutton --
25. Is U.S. business losing Europe? / Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove --
26. Prosperity without peace / Nelson D. Schwartz --
27. A trade war with China? / Neil C. Hughes --
28. Opening doors to research / Jean Olson Lanjouw --
pt. C. Ethics and international business --
29. The sham economy / Bruce Sterling --
30. Fakes! / Frederik Balfour --
unit 4. International business operations --
Unit overview --
pt. A. International strategic management --
31. Making it in China / G. Pascal Zachary --
pt. B. Import-export and entering foreign markets --
32. Bushmeat on the menu / Susan Milius --
33. The China factor / Industry Week --
pt. C. Foreign direct investment --
34. A whiff of new money / Brian Bremner and Assif Shameen --
35. The China hedge / James J. Cramer --
pt. D. Financial management and accounting --
36. The brave new world of IFRS / Eva K. Jermakowicz and Sylwia Gornik-Tomaszewski --
pt. E. Operations, supply chaining, and research and development --
37. Your next TV / Bruce Einhorn et al. --
38. Shaping the future of manufacturing / Patricia Panchak --
pt. F. International marketing --
39. Here come Chinese cars / Brian Bremner and Kathleen Kerwin --
40. International growth patterns remain strong / Polly Larson --
pt. G. International human resource management --
41. Every little reform counts / John Rossant and Jack Ewing --
42. Outsourcing jobs : the myths and realities / Martin N. Baily and Diana Farrell --
43. Globalization and the American labor force / Fred Maidment --
unit 5. International business and the future --
Unit overview --
44. Countdown to a meltdown / James Fallows --
45. A new world economy : the balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve / Pete Engardio --
46. New century, new challenges / Jan Schakowsky --
47. Globalization and you / Sean Price --
Index --
Test your knowledge form --
Article rating form.
Series Title: Annual editions.; McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series.
Responsibility: Fred H. Maidment, editor.

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