International Business Lecture Notes Collin Starkweather1 September 2012 1 Copyright c Collin Starkweather 2012. All rights reserved. 2 Contents 1 International Business Culture and Practices 1.1 Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The Determinants of Culture . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions . . . 1.2.2 Trompenaars’s Cultural Dimensions 1.2.3 Country Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Social Stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Cultural
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Introduction A multinational company is a corporation business enterprise with manufacturing‚ sales‚ or service subsidiaries in one or more foreign countries. Multinational companies reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their own country‚ so that sometimes government authorities spend public money supporting local industries or individual companies. It brings both opportunities and pitfalls for national firms in engaging their governments on their behalf. It is the WTO’s job to prevent downsides
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Customary International Law in the 21st Century: Old Challenges and New Debates 1. Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker* 1. *Adjunct Professor of Law‚ Pepperdine University‚ Malibu‚ Cal. BA‚ University of California at San Diego; JD‚ University of Illinois; LLM‚ University of California at Berkeley; PhD Candidate (Politics and International Relations)‚ University of Southern California. Email:Rudy.Baker{at}yahoo.com. Next Section Abstract This article will survey the new non-traditional scholarship which
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The World Economy (2008) doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01089.x G. BIRD‚ International Original S. XXX © 2008 Articles 0378-5920 Terrorism World UK Author BLOMBERG AND © D. HESS TWECEconomy Oxford‚ The BROCKJournal compilation G. Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd International Terrorism: Causes‚ Consequences and Cures Graham Bird 1‚ S. Brock Blomberg2 and Gregory D. Hess 2 1 University of Surrey‚ UK‚ and 2 Claremont McKenna College‚ USA 1. INTRODUCTION T HERE
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......................................3 About the Authors ......................................................................3 Book content ..............................................................................3 Story of “Figgie International”...................................................4 What we can learn from the book? ........................................6 My comments on the book ......................................................8 Recommendation – combined reading
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Canada and International Agreements Agreement|Acronym|Canada and the Agreement| North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA|§ It was effective in January 1994.§ It is an agreement between Canada‚ the Untied States‚ and Mexico aiming to remove the tariffs among members.§ Canada’s exports to the United States have increased. 50% of Canadian products are sent to the States.§ Canada’s merchandise exports go to 39 out of 50 states.§ Mexico has almost doubled its exports to the States.| Free Trade Area
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Chapter 01 Globalization True / False Questions 1. (p. 4) The notion that national economies are relatively self-contained entities is on the rise. FALSE 2. (p. 4) For the last 50 years‚ the volume of goods‚ services and investment crossing national borders has consistently expanded faster than world output. TRUE 3. (p. 4) Today‚ the world economy is fast moving toward a world in which barriers to cross-border trade and investment are declining. TRUE 4. (p. 6) The shift toward a more integrated
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foreign market entry mode. Describe scenarios when licensing might be the preferable one of the two entry modes. 9. International franchising is often regarded as a low-risk foreign market entry strategy. Does this view fully reflect the attraction of international franchising as a market entry mode? 10. Under what circumstances would a BOT system make sense as an international marketing
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PAK-AFGHAN TIES IN THE LIGHT OF PAK-US STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMERA IQBAL( Introduction Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship has been a victim of conflicting interests. The two have never been at ease with each other and deep suspicions are observed in the bilateral policies pursued by their governments. Pakistan always wished for a friendly government in Afghanistan so that the western border could be considered secure — a wish that never materialised. The relationship got worse during
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International Buissiness Case-1 1 -What was the critical catalyst that led Kodak to start taking the Japanese market seriously? Kodak: The Changing Strategies By 2000‚ Kodak‚ the company that pioneered the imaging industry byline ting easy-to-use cameras and photographic film‚ was in deep crisis. With the advent of digital cameras in the mid1990s‚ Kodak found its sales declining as consumers preferred the new cameras‚ which did not use films. The growing popularity of digital cameras led
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