The international business environment : Text and cases

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1. Introduction. 2. Forces of Globalization. 3. Foreign Exchange: The Basics. Case 1: Foreign Exchange Problem Set. 4. Foreign Exchange: Transaction Exposure. Case 2: Piermont Inc. Case 3: World Wildlife Fund and Debt-for-Nature. 5. Exchange Rates: Economic Exposure. Case 4: Economic Exposure to Exchange Rates: Problem Set. Case 5: Campbell Soup in Japan. Case 6: E. I. DuPont de Nemours in Japan. 6. Theories of International Trade. Case 7: International Trade: Problem Set. 7. The Trading Environment of International Business: Laws and Institutions. Case 8: The Chips Are Down. Case 9: Boeing Versus Airbus: GATT and Mouse. 8. The Regulatory Environment of International Business. Case 10: Dresser France S. A. and the Soviet Gas Pipeline. 9. The Ethical and Social Responsibility Environment of International Business. Case 11: Union Carbide and Bhopal: Diary of a Disaster (A). Case 12: Nicolo Pignatelli and Gulf Italia (A). 10. Country Risk Analysis. Case 13: Nike in China. 11. Political Risk Analysis. Case 14: Gulfstream and Sukhoi: The Supersonic Business Jet. Case 15: Note on the Corporate Jet Market and Supersonic Transportation. 12. The Analysis of MNEs by Countries. Case 16: Dow Indonesia. 13. The Cultural Environment of International Business. Case 17: West Coast University and Hamamatsu Chemical. 14. Competitive Strategy and the International Business Environment. Case 18: The Honda-Yamaha War. 15. Designing Organizations for the International Environment. Case 19: ABB Asea Brown Boveri (A): The Merger.