For well over a century, the United Fruit Company (UFCO) has been the most vilified multinational corporation operating in Latin America. Criticism of the UFCO has been widespread, ranging from politicians to consumer activists, and from labor leaders to historians, all portraying it as an...

Die Autoren stellen das Konzept Fair Trade aus der Perspektive nachhaltiger Entwicklung dar. Die jüngste Vergangenheit hat gezeigt, dass sich der internationale Handel zwar weiterhin durch eine hohe Dynamik auszeichnet. Viele Entwicklungsländer und besonders bestimmte Bevölkerungsgruppen in...

1. Introduction and overview -- 2. International business environment : culture -- 3. Economic and other related environmental variables -- 4. The political and legal environment -- 5. International trade and foreign direct investments -- 6. Entry strategies -- 7. Functional integration -- 8....

ch. 1. Trade and economic development -- chapter 2. The colonizing nations -- chapter 3. The early English colonies -- chapter 4. Maritime trade -- chapter 5. Economic life in colonial communities -- chapter 6. The road to revolution.