Global Business.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cincinnati, OH :
Cengage,
2017.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Brief Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- About the Author
- Part 1: Laying Foundations
- Ch 1: Globalizing Business
- 1-1: What is Global Business?
- 1-2: Why Study Global Business?
- 1-3: A Unified Framework
- 1-4: What is Globalization?
- 1-5: Global Business and Globalization at a Crossroads
- 1-6: Organization of the Content
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 2: Understanding Formal Institutions: Politics, Laws, and Economics
- 2-1: Understanding Institutions
- 2-2: What Do Institutions Do?
- 2-3: An Institution-Based View of Global Business
- 2-4: Political Systems
- 2-5: Legal Systems
- 2-6: Economic Systems
- 2-7: Debates and Extensions
- 2-8: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 3: Emphasizing Informal Institutions: Cultures, Ethics, and Norms
- 3-1: Where Do Informal Institutions Come From?
- 3-2: Culture
- 3-3: Cultural Differences
- 3-4: Ethics
- 3-5: Norms and Ethical Challenges
- 3-6: Debates and Extensions
- 3-7: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 4: Leveraging Resources and Capabilities
- 4-1: Understanding Resources and Capabilities
- 4-2/4-3: Resources, Capabilities, and the Value Chain
- 4-4: From SWOT to VRIO
- 4-5: Debates and Extensions
- 4-6: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Part 1: PengAtlas
- Part 2: Acquiring Tools
- Ch 5: Trading Internationally
- 5-1: Why Do Nations Trade?
- 5-2: Theories of International Trade.
- 5-3: Realities of International Trade
- 5-4: Debates and Extensions
- 5-5: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 6: Investing Abroad Directly
- 6-1: Understanding the FDI Vocabulary
- 6-2: Why Do Firms Become MNEs by Engaging in FDI?
- 6-3: Ownership Advantages
- 6-4: Location Advantages
- 6-5: Internalization Advantages
- 6-6: Realities of FDI
- 6-7: How MNES and Host Governments Bargain
- 6-8: Debates and Extensions
- 6-9: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 7: Dealing with Foreign Exchange
- 7-1: What Determines Foreign Exchange Rates?
- 7-2: Evolution of the International Monetary System
- 7-3: Strategic Responses to Foreign Exchange Movements
- 7-4: Debates and Extensions
- 7-5: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 8: Capitalizing on Global and Regional Integration
- 8-1: Global Economic Integration
- 8-2: Organizing World Trade
- 8-3: Regional Economic Integration
- 8-4: Regional Economic Integration in Europe
- 8-5: Regional Economic Integration in the Americas
- 8-6: Regional Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific
- 8-7: Regional Economic Integration in Africa
- 8-8: Debates and Extensions
- 8-9: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Part 2: PengAtlas
- Part 3: Strategizing around the Globe
- Ch 9: Growing and Internationalizing the Entrepreneurial Firm
- 9-1: Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Firms
- 9-2: Institutions, Resources, and Entrepreneurship.
- 9-3: Growing the Entrepreneurial Firm
- 9-4: Internationalizing the Entrepreneurial Firm
- 9-5: Debates and Extensions
- 9-6: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 10: Entering Foreign Markets
- 10-1: Overcoming the Liability of Foreignness
- 10-2: Where to Enter?
- 10-3: When to Enter?
- 10-4: How to Enter?
- 10-5: Debates and Extensions
- 10-6: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 11: Managing Global Competitive Dynamics
- 11-1: Competition, Cooperation, and Collusion
- 11-2: Institutions Governing Domestic and International Competition
- 11-3: Resources Influencing Competitive Dynamics
- 11-4: Attack, Counterattack, and Signaling
- 11-5: Local Firms versus Multinational Enterprises
- 11-6: Debates and Extensions
- 11-7: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 12: Making Alliances and Acquisitions Work
- 12-1: Defining Alliances and Acquisitions
- 12-2: Institutions, Resources, Alliances, and Acquisitions
- 12-3: Formation of Alliances
- 12-4: Evolution and Dissolution of Alliances
- 12-5: Performance of Alliances
- 12-6: Motives for Acquisitions
- 12-7: Performance of Acquisitions
- 12-8: Debates and Extensions
- 12-9: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 13: Strategizing, Structuring, and Learning around the World
- 13-1: Multinational Strategies and Structures
- 13-2: How Institutions and Resources Affect Multinational Strategies, Structures, and Learning.
- 13-3: Worldwide Learning, Innovation, and Knowledge Management
- 13-4: Debates and Extensions
- 13-5: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Part 3: PengAtlas
- Part 4: Building Functional Excellence
- Ch 14: Competing on Marketing and Supply Chain Management
- 14-1: Three of the Four Ps in Marketing
- 14-2: From Distribution Channel to Supply Chain Management
- 14-3: Triple As in Supply Chain Management
- 14-4: How Institutions and Resources Affect Marketing and Supply Chain Management
- 14-5: Debates and Extensions
- 14-6: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 15: Managing Human Resources Globally
- 15-1: Staffing
- 15-2: Training and Development
- 15-3: Compensation and Performance Appraisal
- 15-4: Labor Relations
- 15-5: Institutions, Resources, and Human Resource Management
- 15-6: Debates and Extensions
- 15-7: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 16: Financing and Governing the Corporation Globally
- 16-1: Financing Decisions
- 16-2: Owners
- 16-3: Managers
- 16-4: Board of Directors
- 16-5: Governance Mechanisms as a Package
- 16-6: A Global Perspective
- 16-7: Institutions, Resources, and Corporate Finance and Governance
- 16-8: Debates and Extensions
- 16-9: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Ch 17: Managing Corporate Social Responsibility Globally
- 17-1: A Stakeholder View of the Firm
- 17-2: Institutions, Resources, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
- 17-3: Debates and Extensions
- 17-4: Management Savvy
- Chapter Summary/Learning Objectives
- Key Terms
- Review Questions
- Critical Discussion Questions
- Global Action
- Notes
- Part 4: PengAtlas
- Glossary
- Name Index
- Organization Index
- Subject Index.