International Business: Perspectives from Developed and Emerging Markets

Description

This book provides students with a balanced perspective on business in a global environment, exploring implications for multinational companies in developed and emerging markets. This is the first text of its kind to emphasize strategic decision making as the cornerstone of its approach while focusing on emerging markets.

Traditional topics, like foreign exchange markets and global competition, are contrasted with emerging operations, like Chinese market intervention and Islamic finance, to provide students with an understanding of successful business strategy. Readers learn to develop and implement these strategies across cultures, and across economic, legal, and religious institutions, in order to cope with competitive players in the global landscape. Application-based chapters open with reading goals and conclude with case studies and discussion questions to encourage a practical understanding of strategy.

With in-depth analyses and recommended strategies, this edition provides students of international business with the skills they need for success on the global stage. A companion website features an instructor’s manual, test bank, PowerPoint slides, and useful links for instructors as well as practice quizzes, flashcards, and web resources for students.

Table of Contents

1. Part I: Introduction to International Business
   1. Competing in the Global Marketplace
   2. Strategy and the MNC
2. Part II: The Global Context of Multinational Competitive Strategy
   1. Global and Regional Economic Integration: An Evolving Competitive Landscape
   2. Global Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
   3. Foreign Exchange Markets
   4. Global Capital Markets
3. Part III: The Institutional and Cultural Context of Multinational Competitive Strategy
   1. Culture and International Business
   2. The Strategic Implications of Economic, Legal, and Religious Institutions for International Business
4. Part IV: Multinational Operational and Functional Strategies
   1. Entry Strategies for MNCs
   2. International Marketing and Supply-chain Management for MNCs
   3. Financial Management for MNCs
   4. Accounting for Multinational Operations
   5. Organizational Structures for MNCs
   6. International Human Resource Management
   7. E-commerce and the MNC
5. Part V: Ethical Management in the International Context
   1. Managing Ethical and Social Responsibility in an MNC

Review

“Parboteeah & Cullen do a great job of covering traditional international business topics, like the environment, institutions, and culture. They also cover all of the operational and organizational materials, so it is a complete book. The focus on emerging markets is particularly timely and important.” – Len J. Treviño, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Authors Biography

K. Praveen Parboteeah is the inaugural COBE Distinguished Professor and Director of the Doctorate of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA.

John B. Cullen is Professor of Management and Huber Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies at Washington State University, USA.