1. An introduction to international business and multinational corporations -- 2. The nature of international business -- 3. Theories of trade and economic development -- 4. International monetary system and the balance of payments -- 5. Foreign exchange markets -- 6. Supranational organizations...

Intro -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Preface -- PART I SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION PART I -- CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to International Business and Multinational Corporations -- CURRENT SCOPE AND HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS -- RECENT TRENDS IN WORLD...

chapter 1 Global business: competitiveness and sustainability -- chapter 2 International marketing -- chapter 3 International finance -- chapter 4 International accounting -- chapter 5 International taxation -- chapter 6 International staffing and labor issues -- chapter 7 Managing operations...

Many manufacturers use informal approaches to engage new international industrial distributors, relying on phone contacts, correspondence and bank referencing to gather background information. Reports on a study to determine the desirability of top managers taking time to visit new international...

This research considers the incidence of foreign firms investing between 10 percent and 50 percent equity in U.S. corporations, or Foreign Direct Minority‐Equity Investment (FDMI). FDMI relationships are viewed with respect to international strategic alliances in general and are hypothesized...