Annual edtions: Fred H. Maidment, editor. International business/

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Topic guide -- Internet references -- unit 1. Overview of International Business -- Unit overview -- pt. A. Introduction to international business -- 1. Globalization and its contents / Peter Marber -- 2. Trading places / Peter Drucker -- 3. The leading economic organizations at the beginning of the 21st century / Fred Maidment -- 4. The global compact : origins, operations, progress, challenges / Georg Kell -- 5. Business and global governance / Ann Florini -- 6. Looking ahead to our place in the next economy / Matthew Budman -- pt. B. International trade theory -- 7. Shaking up trade theory / Aaron Berstein -- 8. A theory of international new ventures : a decade of research / Shaker A. Zahra -- 9. Decoupled / The Economist -- 10. Integrating multinational firms into international economics / James R. Markusen -- 11. The rich borrow and the poor repay / Ross P. Buckley --

unit 2. International institutions and organizations -- Unit overview -- pt. A. International institutions -- 12. The world's banker / David Frum -- 13. The Bretton Woods system : are we experiencing a revival? / Reuven Glick and Mark Spiegel -- pt. B. Financial markets and exchanges -- 14. Too much money / Rich Miller et al. -- 15. Squeezed by the Euro / Jack Ewing, Stanley Reed, and Maureen Kline -- pt. C. Monetary system and balance of payments -- 16. Bottom dollar / Robert J. Samuelson -- 17. Failure of the fund : rethinking the IMF response / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- 18. America's growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us / Warren E. Buffett -- 19. What the new currency means to the European economy / Bruce Barnard -- pt. D. Global corporations -- 20. The great Wal-Mart of China / Clay Chandler -- 21. Thinking locally, succeeding globally / Elizabeth Esfahani --

unit 3. Environmental factors and international business -- Unit overview -- pt. A. Legal and political environment -- 22. Progress against corruption / Dan Johnson -- 23. Asymmetric globalization : global markets require good global politics / Nancy Birdsall --- pt. B. Cultural and social environment -- 24. Grassroots diplomacy / Gail Dutton -- 25. Is U.S. business losing Europe? / Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove -- 26. Prosperity without peace / Nelson D. Schwartz -- 27. A trade war with China? / Neil C. Hughes -- 28. Opening doors to research / Jean Olson Lanjouw -- pt. C. Ethics and international business -- 29. The sham economy / Bruce Sterling -- 30. Fakes! / Frederik Balfour --

unit 4. International business operations -- Unit overview -- pt. A. International strategic management -- 31. Making it in China / G. Pascal Zachary -- pt. B. Import-export and entering foreign markets -- 32. Bushmeat on the menu / Susan Milius -- 33. The China factor / Industry Week -- pt. C. Foreign direct investment -- 34. A whiff of new money / Brian Bremner and Assif Shameen -- 35. The China hedge / James J. Cramer -- pt. D. Financial management and accounting -- 36. The brave new world of IFRS / Eva K. Jermakowicz and Sylwia Gornik-Tomaszewski -- pt. E. Operations, supply chaining, and research and development -- 37. Your next TV / Bruce Einhorn et al. -- 38. Shaping the future of manufacturing / Patricia Panchak -- pt. F. International marketing -- 39. Here come Chinese cars / Brian Bremner and Kathleen Kerwin -- 40. International growth patterns remain strong / Polly Larson -- pt. G. International human resource management -- 41. Every little reform counts / John Rossant and Jack Ewing -- 42. Outsourcing jobs : the myths and realities / Martin N. Baily and Diana Farrell -- 43. Globalization and the American labor force / Fred Maidment --

unit 5. International business and the future -- Unit overview -- 44. Countdown to a meltdown / James Fallows -- 45. A new world economy : the balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve / Pete Engardio -- 46. New century, new challenges / Jan Schakowsky -- 47. Globalization and you / Sean Price -- Index -- Test your knowledge form -- Article rating form.

International Business, Fourteenth Edition, is one in a series of over sixty-five volumes, each designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current, carefully selected articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Within the pages of this volume are interesting, well-illustrated articles by business administrators, educators, researchers, and writers providing effective and useful perspectives on today's important topics in the study of international business. - Back cover.