Includes index.

Contents: The Nature of international business: The Rapid change of global business -- Trading and investing in international business -- The Dynamics of international organizations -- Understanding the international monetary system -- The Foreign environmental forces : Financial forces: Influencing international international business -- Economic and socioeconomic forces -- Sociocultural forces -- Political forces -- Legal forces -- Labor forces -- Competitive and distributive forces -- Assessing and analyzing -- Marketing internationally export and import practies -- Human resources management -- Financial management -- Global operations management: The Third industrial revolution -- Strategic planning organization desgin and control of the firm -- Glossary