International business : the challenge of global competition / Donald A. Ball and Wendell H. McCulloch.
By: Ball, Donald A.
Contributor(s): McCulloch, Wendell H.
Material type: BookPublisher: Boston ; London : Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1999Edition: 7th ed.Description: xxix, 673 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0071540067.Subject(s): International business enterprises -- Management | International business enterprises | International economic relationsDDC classification: 658.049Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.049 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00075388 |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Section One: The nature of international business -- The rapid change of global business -- Trading and investing in international business -- Economic theories of international business -- Section Two: The international environment -- The dynamics of international organizations -- Understanding the international monetary system -- Section Three: The foreign environmental forces -- Financial forces: Influencing international business -- Economic and socioeconomic forces -- Physical and environmental forces -- Sociocultural forces -- Political forces -- Legal forces -- Labor forces -- Competitive and distributive forces -- Section Four: The domestic environmental forces -- Assessing and analyzing markets -- Marketing internationally -- Export and import practices -- Human resource management -- Financial management -- Global operations management: The third industrial revolution -- Strategic planning, organization design and control of the firm.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I The Nature of International Business
- 1 The Rapid Change of International Business
- 2 International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
- 3 Theories of International Trade and Investment
- Part II Cooperation Among Nations
- 4 Dynamics of International Institutions
- 5 Understanding the International Monetary System
- Part III International Environmental Forces
- 6 Cultural Forces
- 7 Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
- 8 Economic and Socioeconomic Forces
- 9 Political Forces
- 10 Legal Forces
- 11 Financial Forces
- 12 Labor Forces
- Part IV The Organizational Environment
- 13 International Competitive Strategy
- 14 Assessing and Analyzing Markets
- 15 Entry Modes
- 16 Export and Import Practices
- 17 Marketing Internationally
- 18 Organizational Design and Control
- 19 Human Resource Management
- 20 Financial Management
- 21 Global Supply Chain Management