This book was published in 2003.Over the years the challenges of international business in organisation and culture have been one of the most intriguing issues facing managers. Attempts at organisational innovation have tried to strike a balance between local markets' responsiveness and global efficiency. This book presents an overview of changing attitudes to the globalization of the firm and traces the increasing sophistication of management techniques necessary to cope with the increasing complexity of business world wide. It contains readings on the management of international business from 1936 to 1998. Looking at managing abroad and the internationalism of firms including issues of appraising foreign investment opportunities, the foreign investment decision process and the evolution of the multinational enterprise. The operations and planning of the multinational firm are surveyed over time from early models of "Headquarters and Subsidiary" to global strategies. The key issues of international strategic alliances and joint ventures are also examined; concluding with approaches to forward looking international management.
Horkan, and the humorous yet pensive illustrations by award-winning cartoonist David Clark, this book increases one’s ability to gain a comprehensive understanding of the most pressing international business and trade issues that the ...
International Business
International Business
This book covers the same material and more when compared with other international business texts, yet it is priced for the student’s pocketbook. A new international business text for a new and ever changing global environment.
Short Course books are written from an international perspective for an international audience.
Central America and the Caribbean There have also been experiments of economic integration in Central American countries and throughout the Caribbean. Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) The Caribbean Community and Common ...
Traditionally, international business (IB) texts survey the field from a USA perspective, going on to compare the USA to the rest of the business world. This text addresses IB from a purely multinational perspective.
The second edition has been thoroughly updated and features greater coverage of emerging markets with a new chapter and seven new cases.
to license such confidential technology. There is growing interest in licensing within the international marketplace as another means for foreign diversification and growth. To be more effective, licensing needs to be viewed as part of ...
This text not only describes the ideas of international business but it also uses contemporary examples, scenarios, and cases to help students effectively put theory into practice.