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Table of Contents

    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgments
    • Dedications
    • Preface
    • 1Introduction
      • 1.1What Is International Business?
      • 1.2Who Is Interested in International Business?
      • 1.3What Forms Do International Businesses Take?
      • 1.4The Globalization Debate
      • 1.5Ethics and International Business
      • 1.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises
    • 2International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

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      • 2.1What Is International Trade Theory?

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      • 2.2Political and Legal Factors That Impact International Trade

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      • 2.3Foreign Direct Investment

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      • 2.4Tips in Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit

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      • 2.5End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 3Culture and Business

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      • 3.1What Is Culture, Anyhow? Values, Customs, and Language

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      • 3.2What Are the Key Methods Used to Describe Cultures?

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      • 3.3Understanding How Culture Impacts Local Business Practices

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      • 3.4Global Business Ethics

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      • 3.5Tips in Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit

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      • 3.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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      • 3.7Additional References

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    • 4World Economies

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      • 4.1Classifying World Economies

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      • 4.2Understanding the Developed World

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      • 4.3Developing World

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      • 4.4Emerging Markets

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      • 4.5Tips in Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit

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      • 4.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 5Global and Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration

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      • 5.1International Economic Cooperation among Nations

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      • 5.2Regional Economic Integration

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      • 5.3The United Nations and the Impact on Trade

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      • 5.4End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 6International Monetary System

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      • 6.1What Is the International Monetary System?

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      • 6.2What Is the Role of the IMF and the World Bank?

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      • 6.3Understanding How International Monetary Policy, the IMF, and the World Bank Impact Business Practices

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      • 6.4Tips in Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit

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      • 6.5End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 7Foreign Exchange and the Global Capital Markets

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      • 7.1What Do We Mean by Currency and Foreign Exchange?

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      • 7.2Understanding International Capital Markets

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      • 7.3Venture Capital and the Global Capital Markets

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      • 7.4Tips in Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit

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      • 7.5End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 8International Expansion and Global Market Opportunity Assessment

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      • 8.1Global Strategic Choices

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      • 8.2PESTEL, Globalization, and Importing

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      • 8.3International-Expansion Entry Modes

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      • 8.4CAGE Analysis

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      • 8.5Scenario Planning and Analysis

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      • 8.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 9Exporting, Importing, and Global Sourcing

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      • 9.1What Are Importing and Exporting?

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      • 9.2Countertrade

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      • 9.3Global Sourcing and Its Role in Business

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      • 9.4Managing Export and Import

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      • 9.5What Options Do Companies Have for Export and Import Financing?

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      • 9.6Tips in Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit

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      • 9.7End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 10Strategy and International Business

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      • 10.1Business and Corporate Strategy

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      • 10.2Generic Strategies

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      • 10.3International Strategy

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      • 10.4The Five Elements of Strategy

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      • 10.5Managing the International Business with the P-O-L-C Framework

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      • 10.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 11Global Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship

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      • 11.1Entrepreneurship

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      • 11.2What Do Entrepreneurs Do?

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      • 11.3Business Entrepreneurship across Borders

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      • 11.4From Entrepreneurship to Born-Global Firms

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      • 11.5From Entrepreneurship to Intrapreneurship

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      • 11.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 12Winning through Effective, Global Talent Management

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      • 12.1The Changing Role of Strategic Human Resources Management in International Business

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      • 12.2The Global War for Talent

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      • 12.3Effective Selection and Placement Strategies

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      • 12.4The Roles of Pay Structure and Pay for Performance

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      • 12.5Tying It All Together—Using the HRM Balanced Scorecard to Gauge and Manage Human Capital, Including Your Own

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      • 12.6Tips in Your Entrepreneurial Toolkit

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      • 12.7End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 13Harnessing the Engine of Global Innovation

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      • 13.1An Introduction to Research and Development (R&D)

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      • 13.2Intellectual Property Rights around the Globe

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      • 13.3How to Organize and Where to Locate Research and Development Activities

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      • 13.4Increasing Speed and Effectiveness of International Innovation

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      • 13.5Innovation for the Bottom of the Pyramid

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      • 13.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 14Competing Effectively through Global Marketing, Distribution, and Supply-Chain Management

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      • 14.1Fundamentals of Global Marketing

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      • 14.2Critical Decision Points in Global Marketing

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      • 14.3Standardized or Customized Products

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      • 14.4Global Sourcing and Distribution

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      • 14.5Global Production and Supply-Chain Management

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      • 14.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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    • 15Understanding the Roles of Finance and Accounting in Global Competitive Advantage

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      • 15.1International Accounting Standards

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      • 15.2Accounting in International Business

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      • 15.3Fundamentals of Finance

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      • 15.4Financial Management in International Business

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      • 15.5Global Money Management: Moving Money across Borders

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      • 15.6End-of-Chapter Questions and Exercises

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