"The current financial crisis has deep macroeconomic roots, but the dominant view of the firm has made the crisis deeper and more devastating. Over the past few decades, maximizing shareholder value has become the main objective of the firm. Chief executives have been keen on this objective...

Globalization: current status and future prospect -- Trade: rhetoric and practice -- Foreign direct investment -- Economic environment -- Political and legal environment -- Social and cultural environment -- The foreign exchange market and the international monetary system -- Managing entry and...

Explores the process of globalization and the impact this has on international business organizations. The text presents a framework to analyse the economic, political, legal, financial, technological, socio-cultural and ecological environments, thereby outlining the factors which affect the...