Derivatives or World Business

Derivatives: An Introduction

Author: Robert A Strong

Bob Strong's practical, applied approach, and his ability to explain the intuition underlying the math, makes this text the first truly accessible, yet comprehensive, derivatives book.

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World Business: Globalization, Strategy and Analysis

Author: John S Hill

This text includes many traditional International Business topics such as Internationalization and Global Strategy. While most texts take a functional approach (i.e. Marketing, HR, Production), this text integrates the functions with global/multi-market sourcing, manufacturing, supply chain distribution, along with integrative mechanisms, such as, global HRM, IT systems, and new product development. Localization issues are viewed as essential parts of strategy, which are more important in some industries and situations than others. The underlying rationale, explained in chapter one, and reinforced throughout the text, is that globalization; technology transfers and modernization take time to diffuse across world markets and within individual countries.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	The world business challenge	2
Ch. 2	Globalization and worldwide infrastructure development	38
Ch. 3	Globalization, technology transfers, economic development, and cultural change	80
Ch. 4	Geopolitical analyses of regional markets	130
Ch. 5	Analysis of national markets	171
Ch. 6	Analyzing global industries and competitors	206
Ch. 7	International strategic planning and market screening	234
Ch. 8	Internationalization and globalization processes	302
Ch. 9	Market entry and serving strategies	338
Ch. 10	Global and multi-market strategies	372
Ch. 11	Global and multi-market supply chain management	412
Ch. 12	Managing cultural differences	450
Ch. 13	Localization strategies : managing stakeholders and supply chains	486
	Index	585