International Business

• Autore: Griffin Ricky W
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : Pearson Education Limited, 2012
• Edizione: 7th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (599 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Management; Business & Economics; Management Styles & Communication
• Persona (resp. second.): PustayMichael
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- PART 1 The World's Marketplaces -- Chapter 1 An Overview of International Business -- The Business of the Olympics -- What Is International Business? -- Why Study International Business? -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: A Rose by Any Other Name ... -- International Business Activities -- Exporting and Importing -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Early Era of International Business -- International Investments -- Other Forms of International Business Activity -- The Era of Globalization -- The Contemporary Causes of Globalization -- Strategic Imperatives -- The Environmental Causes of Globalization -- VENTURING ABROAD: Abu Dhabi and British Football -- Globalization and Emerging Markets -- An Overview of the Contents of This Book -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Demography Is Destiny -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2 Global Marketplaces and Business Centers -- Trade Is Blosssoming -- The Marketplaces of North America -- The United States -- Canada -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Classifying Countries by Income Levels -- Mexico -- Central America and the Caribbean -- The Marketplaces of Western Europe -- The Marketplaces of Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- The Marketplaces of Asia -- Japan -- Australia and New Zealand -- The Four Tigers -- China -- India -- Southeast Asian Countries -- The Marketplaces of Africa and the Middle East -- Africa -- Middle East -- The Marketplaces of South America -- VENTURING ABROAD: The New Player in Global Capital Markets: Sovereign Wealth Funds -- VENTURING ABROAD: Connecting Global Marketplaces: DHL Express -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: China's Quest for Natural Resources -- Endnotes. ; Chapter 3 Legal, Technological, Accounting, and Political Environments -- Harry Potter Goes to China -- The Legal Environment -- Differences in Legal Systems -- E-WORLD: Law and the Internet -- Domestically Oriented Laws -- Laws Directly Affecting International Business Transactions -- Laws Directed Against Foreign Firms -- The Impacts of MNCs on Host Countries -- Dispute Resolution in International Business -- The Technological Environment -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Real Problem with Counterfeiting -- The Accounting Environment -- The Roots of National Differences -- Differences in Accounting Practices -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Impact on Capital Markets -- The Political Environment -- Political Risk -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Piracy on the High Seas -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Risky Business in Venezuela -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4 The Role of Culture -- Bollywood Abroad -- Characteristics of Culture -- E-WORLD: The Internet, National Competitiveness, and Culture -- Elements of Culture -- Social Structure -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Impact of Japanese Culture on Business -- Language -- Communication -- Religion -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Islamic Finance -- Values and Attitudes -- Seeing the Forest, Not the Trees -- Hall's Low-Context-High-Context Approach -- The Cultural Cluster Approach -- Hofstede's Five Dimensions -- Social Orientation -- Power Orientation -- Uncertainty Orientation -- Goal Orientation -- Time Orientation -- International Management and Cultural Differences -- Understanding New Cultures -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Quacking Up a Storm of Business -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5 Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Business. ; BP: Safety First or Profits First? -- The Nature of Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Business -- Ethics in Cross-Cultural and International Contexts -- How an Organization Treats Its Employees -- How Employees Treat the Organization -- How Employees and the Organization Treat Other Economic Agents -- Managing Ethical Behavior Across Borders -- Guidelines and Codes of Ethics -- Ethics Training -- Organizational Practices and the Corporate Culture -- Social Responsibility in Cross-Cultural and International Contexts -- VENTURING ABROAD: Siemen Pays-and Pays and Pays -- Areas of Social Responsibility -- Organizational Stakeholders -- The Natural Environment -- General Social Welfare -- Managing Social Responsibility Across Borders -- Approaches to Social Responsibility -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Should Firms Practice Corporate Social Responsibility? -- Managing Compliance -- Informal Dimensions of Social Responsibility -- Evaluating Social Responsibility -- Difficulties of Managing CSR Across Borders -- The Anglo-Saxon Approach -- The Asian Approach -- The Continental European Approach -- Regulating International Ethics and Social Responsibility -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Conflict Diamonds -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: A Pipeline of Good Intentions -- PART 1: CLOSING CASES: KFC in China -- Endnotes -- PART 2 The International Environment -- Chapter 6 International Trade and Investment -- The Mittelstand Lead the Way -- International Trade and the World Economy -- Classical Country-Based Trade Theories -- Mercantilism -- Absolute Advantage -- Comparative Advantage -- Comparative Advantage with Money -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Lincoln Fallacy -- Relative Factor Endowments -- Modern Firm-Based Trade Theories -- Product Life Cycle Theory. ; Country Similarity Theory -- New Trade Theory -- Porter's Theory of National Competitive Advantage -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Multimedia and Oil Clusters -- An Overview of International Investment -- Types of International Investments -- The Growth of Foreign Direct Investment -- Foreign Direct Investment and the United States -- International Investment Theories -- Ownership Advantages -- Internalization Theory -- Dunning's Eclectic Theory -- Factors Influencing Foreign Direct Investment -- Supply Factors -- Demand Factors -- Political Factors -- VENTURING ABROAD: How Important Is the Rule of Law? -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Twenty-First Century Pirates -- Endnotes -- Chapter 7 The International Monetary System and the Balance of Payments -- Will the Stars Shine on Astra Again? -- History of the International Monetary System -- The Gold Standard -- The Collapse of the Gold Standard -- The Bretton Woods Era -- The End of the Bretton Woods System -- Performance of the International Monetary System Since 1971 -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Fixed versus Flexible Exchange Rates -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Should Bretton Woods be Restored? -- The Balance of Payments Accounting System -- The Major Components of the Balance of Payments Accounting System -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Ben Franklin,World Traveler -- The U.S. Balance of Payments in 2010 -- Defining Balance of Payments Surpluses and Deficits -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Recent U.S. BOP Performance: Is the Sky Falling? -- Endnotes -- Chapter 8 Foreign Exchange and International Financial Markets -- The Loonie Takes Flight -- The Economics of Foreign Exchange -- The Structure of the Foreign-Exchange Market. ; BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: A Brief Hint -- The Role Of Banks -- E-WORLD: The Biggest Online Market -- Spot and Forward Markets -- Arbitrage and the Currency Market -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Big Mac Index -- The International Capital Market -- VENTURING ABROAD: The Carry Trade -- Major International Banks -- The Eurocurrency Market -- The International Bond Market -- Global Equity Markets -- Offshore Financial Centers -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Subprime Meltdown, Global Recession -- Endnotes -- Chapter 9 Formulation of National Trade Policies -- Jumbo Battle over Jumbo Jets -- Rationales for Trade Intervention -- Industry-Level Arguments -- National Trade Policies -- Barriers to International Trade -- Tariffs -- VENTURING ABROAD: Emirates Airline Expansion Endeavor: The Case of the Canadian Market -- Nontariff Barriers -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: The Fight over Rare Earths -- Promotion of International Trade -- Subsidies -- Foreign Trade Zones -- EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Cotton Subsidies and World Poverty -- Export Financing Programs -- Controlling Unfair Trade Practices -- Countervailing Duties -- Antidumping Regulations -- Should Countries Enforce Their Unfair Trade Practice Laws? -- Safeguards -- Chapter Review -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion -- Building Global Skills -- CLOSING CASE: Green Energy and Free Trade -- Endnotes -- Chapter 10 International Cooperation Among Nations -- Trade and Prosperity: The Case of Mexico -- The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization -- The Role of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade -- BRINGING THE WORLD INTO FOCUS: Most Nations Are Favored -- The World Trade Organization -- Regional Economic Integration -- Forms of Economic Integration. ; The Impact of Economic Integration on Firms.
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• Titolo autorizzato: International business
• ISBN: 0-273-76588-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150227603321
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