Traditionally, "International Business" (IB) texts survey the field from a U.S. perspective, going on to compare the U.S. to the rest of the business world. This text addresses IB from a purely multinational perspective. "International Business" is examined from the U.S. angle, going on to address IB issues from other countries perspectives, what we call the Reverse Perspective. In accomplishing the U.S. and the Reverse Perspective approaches, the authors interview business executives and politicians from a number of countries, i.e. the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, Russia, etc. The interviews are incorporated at appropriate points in the text as first-hand information providing a multinational flavor to IB from each countrys representatives. It includes cases such as: Air Arabia, Gap, Diebold Inc, Matsushita, AMSUPP, NIKE, China Eastern Airlines, Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Harley Davidson, Cassis de Dijon, Green investments in Belize, Chicago Food and Beverage Company, and Advanced Software Analytics. It covers international business issues from a multinational perspective. It has a focus on different groups of countries, i.e. developed, newly developed, developing, EU. It has unique structure with multinational issues covered in the first four parts. Then specific countries of the world presented in the fifth part where multinational/IB issues from the first four parts become especially meaningful. Each chapter features the Reverse Perspective Case that provides material for discussion and/or case analysis from a global perspective not necessarily that of the U.S. There is a website to support the text and lecturer
CHAPTER 1 Challenges in International Business CHAPTER 2 THE CULTURE CHALLENGE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CHAPTER 3 THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT CHAPTER 4 The Monetary System in the International Arena CHAPTER 5 International Economic Integration CHAPTER 6 Government, Law, and Political Risk in International Business CHAPTER 7 Global Strategic Planning CHAPTER 8 ENTERING THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET Chapter 9 International marketing CHAPTER 10 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING, FINANCE AND TAXATION CHAPTER 11 International Operations Management CHAPTER 12 STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS Chapter 13 Doing Business in the Industrialized Countries Chapter 14 Doing Business in the Newly Emerging Economies CHAPTER 15 Business Behavior in Europe?s Single Market Chapter 16 Doing Business in the Developing Countries
