"John D. Daniels,
University of Miami
Lee H. Radebaugh,
Brigham Young University
Daniel P. Sullivan,
University of Delaware
Prashant Salwan,
Indian Institute of Management Indore"
PART ONE: Background for International Business
1 Globalization and International Business
PART TWO: Comparative Environmental Frameworks
2 The Cultural Environments Facing Business
3 The Political and Legal Environments Facing Business
4 The Economic Environments Facing Business
5 Globalization and Society
PART THREE: Theories and Institutions: Trade and Investment
6 International Trade and Factor Mobility Theory
7 Governmental Influence on Trade
8 Cross-National Cooperation and Agreements
PART FOUR: World Financial Environment
9 Global Foreign-Exchange Markets
10 The Determination of Exchange Rates
11 Global Capital Markets
PART FIVE: Global Strategy, Structure, and Implementation
12 The Strategy of International Business
13 Country Evaluation and Selection
14 Export and Import
15 Direct Investment and Collaborative Strategies
16 The Organization of International Business
PART SIX: Managing International Operations
17 Marketing Globally
18 Global Operations and Supply-Chain Management
19 International Accounting and Finance Issues
20 International Human Resource Management"
(1) Cases begin and end every chapter; they either introduce new material or integrate what has already been learned.
(2) Looking to the Future features in each chapter alludes to ideas discussed in the chapter in a way that prompts students to engage their imagination about the world's future.
(3) Point—Counterpoint features bring the topics of major debates to life in a way students can understand and investigate.
(4) Maps enhance geographic literacy, add interest, and illustrate facts discussed in the text. Many case maps zero in on the case company's home country or market region to give students a closeup look at foreign locales.
(5) Some New Topics and Cases: Unprecedented refugee movement into Europe; The opening of US-Cuban diplomatic exchanges; The spread of mosquito-borne epidemics (Zika, Ebola, etc.); Internationalization of Indian Cinema; Amazon and Flipkart in India; Creating Value in an Emerging Economy—IndusInd Bank; Strategies at the Bottom of the Pyramid in Emerging
Economies—Maruti Suzuki.