International Business: The Challenge of Global Competition / Edition 13

by Donald A. Ball

Overview

Political,technological,market,cost and competitive changes have driven many businesses to expand operations globally — creating an explosion in the growth rate of international businesses. Firms operating across borders must also deal with the following forces in foreign and domestic environments:
- competitive
- distributive
- economic
- socioeconomic
- financial
- legal
- physical
- political
- sociocultural The relationship of the forces in foreign and domestic environments forms the basis of Ball & McCulloch’s International Business model.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780078112638
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	01/05/2012
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Rapid Change of Global Business
Chapter 2: Trading and Investing in International Business
Chapter 3: Economic Theories of International Business
Chapter 4: The Dynamics of International Organizations
Chapter 5: Understanding the International Monetary System
Chapter 6: Financial Forces: Influencing International Business
Chapter 7: Economic and Socioeconomic Forces
Chapter 8: Physical and Environmental Forces
Chapter 9: Sociocultural Forces
Chapter 10: Political Forces
Chapter 11: Legal Forces
Chapter 12: Labor Forces
Chapter 13: Competitive and Distributive Forces
Chapter 14: Assessing and Analyzing Markets
Chapter 15: Marketing Internationally
Chapter 16: Export and Import Practices
Chapter 17: Human Resource Management
Chapter 18: Financial Management
Chapter 19: Global Operations Management: The Third Industrial Revolution
Chapter 20: Strategic Planning, Organization Design, and Control of the Global Firm