Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Introduction and overview: Globalization -- Case: Introduction -- The Globalization of health care -- Country differences: National differences in political economy -- Political economy and economic development -- Differences in culture -- Ethics in international business -- Cases: Introduction -- Siemens bribery scandal -- Walmart's foreign expansion -- Nike: the sweatshop debate -- Etch-A-Sketch ethics -- The Global trade and investment environment: International trade theory -- The Political economy of international trade -- Foreign direct investment -- Regional economic integration -- Cases: Introduction -- Logitech -- The Ecuadorean Rose industry -- The European Energy market -- Global food prices -- The Global monetary system: The Foreign exchange market -- The International monetary system -- The Global capital market -- Cases: Introduction -- Hyundai and Kia -- Anatomy of a currency crisis -- Russian ruble crisis and its aftermath -- The Strategy and structure of international business: The Strategy of international business -- The Organization of international business -- Entry strategy and strategic alliances -- Cases: Introduction -- Coca-Cola -- Diebold -- JCB in India -- IKEA -- Business operations: Exporting, importing and countertrade -- Global production, outsourcing and logistics -- Global marketing and R&D -- Global human resource management -- Accounting and finance in the international business -- Cases: Introduction -- Building the Boeing -- Adopting International Accounting Standards -- Li & Fung --

System requirements: PC: Pentium® Based Processor, Microsovt® Windows® 98/2000/XP.