International Business, Global Edition

• Autore: Wild John
• Pubblicazione: , : Pearson Education UK, , 2013; ©2014
• Edizione: 7th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (482 pages)
• Altri autori: WildKenneth
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Global Business Environment -- Chapter 1 Globalization -- Emirate's Global Impact -- International Business Involves Us All -- Technology Makes It Possible -- Global Talent Makes It Happen -- Key Players in International Business -- Multinational Corporations -- Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses -- Globalization -- Globalization of Markets -- Globalization of Production -- Global Sustainability: Three Markets, Three Strategies -- Forces Driving Globalization -- Falling Barriers to Trade and Investment -- Technological Innovation -- Measuring Globalization -- Untangling the Globalization Debate -- Today's Globalization in Context -- Introduction to the Debate -- Globalization's Impact on Jobs and Wages -- Globalization's Impact on Labor, the Environment, and Markets -- Manager's Briefcase: The Keys to Global Success -- Globalization and Income Inequality -- Globalization's Influence on Cultures -- Culture Matters: The Culture Debate -- Globalization and National Sovereignty -- Why International Business Is Special -- The Global Business Environment -- The Road Ahead for International Business -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case: IO Interactive-Storytelling Goes Global -- Appendix World Atlas -- Part 2 National Business Environments -- Chapter 2 Cross-Cultural Business -- Hold the Pork, Please! -- What Is Culture? -- Culture Matters: Creating a Global Mindset -- National Culture and Subcultures -- Components of Culture -- Aesthetics -- Values and Attitudes -- Manners and Customs -- Manager's Briefcase: A Globetrotter's Guide to Meetings -- Social Structure -- Religion -- Personal Communication -- Global Sustainability: Speaking in Fewer Tongues -- Education. ; Physical and Material Environments -- Classifying Cultures -- Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck Framework -- Hofstede Framework -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case: A Tale of Two Cultures -- Chapter 3 Politics, Law, and Business Ethics -- Understanding Vietnamese Business Culture -- Political Systems -- Politics and Culture -- Political Participation -- Political Ideologies -- Global Sustainability: From Civil War to Civil Society -- Political Systems in Times of Change -- Political Risk -- Types of Political Risk -- Manager's Briefcase: Your Global Security Checklist -- Managing Political Risk -- Legal Systems -- Culture Matters: IKEA: Values Under Threat -- Common Law -- Civil Law -- Theocratic Law -- Global Legal Issues -- Standardization -- Intellectual Property -- Product Safety and Liability -- Taxation -- Antitrust Regulations -- Ethics and Social Responsibility -- Philosophies of Ethics and Social Responsibility -- CSR Issues -- Business and International Relations -- The United Nations -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case: Pirates of Globalization -- Chapter 4 Economics and Emerging Markets -- India's Tech King -- Economic Systems -- Centrally Planned Economy -- Emerging Market Focus: China -- Culture Matters: Guidelines for Good Guanxi -- Mixed Economy -- Market Economy -- Development of Nations -- National Production -- Purchasing Power Parity -- Human Development -- Global Sustainability: Public Health Goes Global -- Classifying Countries -- Economic Transition -- Obstacles to Transition -- Emerging Market Focus: Russia -- Manager's Briefcase: Russian Rules of the Game. ; Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case: The Role of Social and Political Factors in the Lebanese Economy -- Part 3 International Trade and Investment -- Chapter 5 International Trade -- China's Caribbean Connection -- Overview of International Trade -- Benefits of International Trade -- Volume of International Trade -- International Trade Patterns -- Trade Dependence and Independence -- Culture Matters : Business Culture in the Pacific Rim -- Theories of International Trade -- Mercantilism -- Absolute Advantage -- Comparative Advantage -- Factor Proportions Theory -- International Product Life Cycle -- Manager's Briefcase: Five Fulfillment Mistakes -- New Trade Theory -- National Competitive Advantage -- Global Sustainability: Foundations of Development -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case: BT in Local and International Markets -- Chapter 6 Business-Government Trade Relations -- Time Warner Rises -- Why Do Governments Intervene in Trade? -- Political Motives -- Global Sustainability: Managing Security in the Age of Globalization -- Economic Motives -- Cultural Motives -- Culture Matters: Myths of Small Business Exporting -- Methods of Promoting Trade -- Subsidies -- Export Financing -- Manager's Briefcase: Experts in Export Financing -- Foreign Trade Zones -- Special Government Agencies -- Methods of Restricting Trade -- Tariffs -- Quotas -- Embargoes -- Local Content Requirements -- Administrative Delays -- Currency Controls -- Global Trading System -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade -- World Trade Organization -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary. ; Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case:The New Protectionism -- Chapter 7 Foreign Direct Investment -- Das Auto -- Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment -- Ups and Downs of FDI -- Culture Matters: The Cowboy of Manchuria -- Worldwide Flows of FDI -- Explanations for Foreign Direct Investment -- International Product Life Cycle -- Market Imperfections (Internalization) -- Eclectic Theory -- Market Power -- Management Issues and Foreign Direct Investment -- Control -- Purchase-or-Build Decision -- Manager's Briefcase: Surprises of Investing Abroad -- Production Costs -- Customer Knowledge -- Following Clients -- Global Sustainability: Greening the Supply Chain -- Following Rivals -- Government Intervention in Foreign Direct Investment -- Balance of Payments -- Reasons for Intervention by the Host Country -- Reasons for Intervention by the Home Country -- Government Policy Instruments and Foreign Direct Investment -- Host Countries: Promotion -- Host Countries: Restriction -- Home Countries: Promotion -- Home Countries: Restriction -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case: Driving the Green Car Market in Australia -- Chapter 8 Regional Economic Integration -- Nestlé's Global Recipe -- What Is Regional Economic Integration? -- Levels of Regional Integration -- Effects of Regional Economic Integration -- Benefits of Regional Integration -- Drawbacks of Regional Integration -- Integration in Europe -- European Union -- Culture Matters: Czech List -- European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -- Integration in the Americas -- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -- Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). ; Andean Community (CAN) -- Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) -- Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) -- Central America and the Caribbean -- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) -- Integration in Asia -- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- Manager's Briefcase: The Ins and Outs of ASEAN -- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) -- Closer Economic Relations (CER) Agreement -- Integration in the Middle East and Africa -- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- African Union (AU) -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web -- Ethical Challenges -- Practicing International Management Case: Global Food rade: Fair Trade or Safe Consumption? -- Part 4 The International Financial System -- Chapter 9 International Financial Markets -- Wii is the Champion -- International Capital Market -- Purposes of National Capital Markets -- Purposes of the International Capital Market -- Forces Expanding the International Capital Market -- Global Sustainability: Big Results from Microfinance -- World Financial Centers -- Main Components of the International Capital Market -- International Bond Market -- International Equity Market -- Eurocurrency Market -- Foreign Exchange Market -- Functions of the Foreign Exchange Market -- How the Foreign Exchange Market Works -- Quoting Currencies -- Spot Rates -- Forward Rates -- Swaps, Options, and Futures -- Foreign Exchange Market Today -- Trading Centers -- Important Currencies -- Institutions of the Foreign Exchange Market -- Manager's Briefcase: Managing Foreign Exchange -- Currency Convertibility -- Goals of Currency Restriction -- Policies for Restricting Currencies -- Bottom Line For Business -- Chapter Summary -- Talk It Over -- Teaming Up -- Key Terms -- Take It to the Web. ; Ethical Challenges.
• Sommario/riassunto: For introductory International Business courses with the need for a brief, accessible text. This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States A readable, concise, and innovative tour through the discipline, International Business: The Challenges of Globalization presents the subject matter in a comprehensive - yet succinct - framework. Real-world examples and engaging features bring concepts to life and make international business accessible to all students.
• Altri titoli varianti: International business
• Titolo autorizzato: International Business, Global Edition
• ISBN: 0-273-78730-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150212703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II