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International business : competing in the global marketplace / Charles W.L. Hill.

By: Hill, Charles W. L [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : London : McGraw-Hill Higher Education ; [2008]Edition: 7th ed.Description: xxi, 738 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780071287982 (paperback); 0071287981 .Subject(s): International business enterprises | International economic relations | Competition, InternationalDDC classification: 658.049
Contents:
Part One: Introduction and overview -- Globalization -- Part Two: Country differences -- National differences in political economy -- Differences in culture -- Ethics in international business -- Cases: Nike: The Sweatshop debate -- Etch-a-Sketch ethics -- Western drug companies and the AIDS epidemic in South Africa -- Matsushita and Japan's changing culture -- Mired in corruption - Kellogg, Brown & Root in Nigeria -- Part Three: The global trade and investment environment -- International trade theory -- The political economy of international trade -- Foreign direct investment -- Regional economic integration -- Cases: Agricultural subsidies and development -- Boeing versus airbus: Two decades of trade disputes -- The politics of trade in steel -- Dixon Ticonderoga - Victim of Globalization? -- Drug development in the European Union -- Logitech -- Part Four: The global monetary system -- The foreign exchange market -- The international monetary system -- The global capital market -- Cases: The tragedy of the congo -- The Russian ruble crisis and its aftermath -- Japan's surging samurai bond market -- Part Five: The strategy and structure of international business -- The strategy of international business -- The organization of international business -- Entry strategy and strategic alliances -- Cases: Toyota - The rise of a global corporation -- Nestle: Global strategy -- Strategic and organization change at Black & Decker -- Organizational culture and incentives at Lincoln Electric -- Part Six: International Business Operations -- Exporting, importing and countertrade -- Global production, outsourcing and logistics -- Global marketing and R&D -- Global human resource management -- Accounting in the international business -- Financial management in the international business -- Cases: Molex -- Procter & Gamble in Japan -- Merrill Lynch in Japan.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'International Business' addresses the strategic, structural and functional implications of international business in firms around the world.

Previous ed.: London: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part One: Introduction and overview -- Globalization -- Part Two: Country differences -- National differences in political economy -- Differences in culture -- Ethics in international business -- Cases: Nike: The Sweatshop debate -- Etch-a-Sketch ethics -- Western drug companies and the AIDS epidemic in South Africa -- Matsushita and Japan's changing culture -- Mired in corruption - Kellogg, Brown & Root in Nigeria -- Part Three: The global trade and investment environment -- International trade theory -- The political economy of international trade -- Foreign direct investment -- Regional economic integration -- Cases: Agricultural subsidies and development -- Boeing versus airbus: Two decades of trade disputes -- The politics of trade in steel -- Dixon Ticonderoga - Victim of Globalization? -- Drug development in the European Union -- Logitech -- Part Four: The global monetary system -- The foreign exchange market -- The international monetary system -- The global capital market -- Cases: The tragedy of the congo -- The Russian ruble crisis and its aftermath -- Japan's surging samurai bond market -- Part Five: The strategy and structure of international business -- The strategy of international business -- The organization of international business -- Entry strategy and strategic alliances -- Cases: Toyota - The rise of a global corporation -- Nestle: Global strategy -- Strategic and organization change at Black & Decker -- Organizational culture and incentives at Lincoln Electric -- Part Six: International Business Operations -- Exporting, importing and countertrade -- Global production, outsourcing and logistics -- Global marketing and R&D -- Global human resource management -- Accounting in the international business -- Financial management in the international business -- Cases: Molex -- Procter & Gamble in Japan -- Merrill Lynch in Japan.

CIT Module MGMT 8009 - Core reading

CIT Module MGMT 8010 - Supplementary reading