This collection of readings provides a solid grounding in the major practical business decisions that students and managers face in a global setting. The organization of the reader emphasizes general patterns of trade and investment flows, while examining in depth - the reasons for the internationalization of firms and the international dimension of various functional areas, including finance, accounting, marketing, and production.In six sections the readings take up changes in international ownership patterns, corporate strategy, international marketing issues, the basic financial decisions and taxation issues for a multinational firm, and political risk. Each section includes an introduction that outlines the basic ideas to be discussed, as well as questions, key terms, and suggestions for further reading.Robert Z. Aliber is Professor of International Economics and Finance at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. Reid W. Click is Assistant Professor of Economics in the Lemberg Program in International Economics and Finance at Brandeis University.

For use on courses in international business law, this work emphasises the practical applications and theory. Cases and readings supplement the text.

This is a comprehensive, up-to-date compendium of key readings on international business theory and practice. Selected for the Open Business School MBA course on 'International Enterprise', the collection includes some of the most influential articles to have appeared on the subject, drawn from both sides of the Atlantic. The readings are divided into two parts. The first covers the theory and practice of international business strategies and the human resource management necessary to develop these strategies across the world. The second part of the volume covers different sectors of international enterprise: communications, marketing, production, finance, business ethics. -- Back cover.

Practical, theoretical, global: provides thorough grounding in economic and international business theory complemented by cases, examples, and IB insights from a diverse range of companies and cultures.

Verbeke provides a new perspective on international business strategy by combining analytical rigour and true managerial insight on the functioning of large multinational enterprises (MNEs). With unique commentary on 48 seminal articles published in the Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review and the California Management Review over the past three decades, Verbeke shows how these can be applied to real businesses engaged in international expansion programmes, especially as they venture into high-distance markets. The second edition has been thoroughly updated and features greater coverage of emerging markets with a new chapter and seven new cases. Suited for advanced undergraduates and graduate courses, students will benefit from updated case studies and improved learning features, including 'management takeaways', key lessons that can be applied to MNEs and a wide range of online resources.

This book, now in its Fifth Edition, provides a clear understanding of the contemporary business environment, strategies and the functional aspects in the international business arena, taking into account the rapid growth and the various changes taking place in this field. The book gives uptodate data and information on International Business. It familiarizes the readers with many important areas such as WTO agreements, global marketing, MNCs and their growth strategies, foreign exchange and risk management, regional trade agreements, liberalization and imports, EXIM procedures, and FDI. What's New to this Edition: New Chapters Chapter 14: Country Evaluation and Selection Chapter 28: Institutional Framework for Export Promotion Chapter 29: Management Practices and Strategies of Japanese Multinationals New Case Studies: Managerial Challenges India's Trade Policy European Union Update on Ranbaxy Case Toyota With the addition of these new chapters and new case studies, the new edition should prove highly useful as a text for the students of Management, Commerce and Economics. It would also be of great benefit to practising managers in International Business, exporters and importers.

For business to be successful on a global level, the need to internationalize and exploit emerging market opportunities has never been more stark thanks to stagnated demand in many home economies. The process of internationalization raises a number of questions, such as:Can firms use their experiential knowledge and learning from one market to the next, thereby shortening the internationalization process? Can firms pursue internationalization on several fronts at the same time? How can firms handle cultural and institutional distances between home and host markets? This textbook provides students with all of the core research that has already been completed in these important areas, supplemented with critical commentaries, materials on the future of research and a range of integrative case studies.Eachpart starts with a presentation ofthe issues and the controversies in that particular area followed by a synthesis of the research which provides normative conclusions and avenues of future research. To encourage further debate and learning, each part will end with at least one up-to-date case study. Compiled by two of the world's leading scholars of international business, this comprehensive textbook provides advanced students of international business and strategy with a resource that will serve their needs well.