International Business: The Challenge of Global Competition, 10th Edition, by Ball, McCulloch, Frantz, Geringer, and Minor continues to be the most objective and thorough treatment of International Business available for students. Enriched with maps, photos, and the most up-to-date world data, this text boasts the collective expertise of five authors with firsthand international business experience, specializing in international management, finance, law, global strategy, and marketing - a claim no other text can make. Only Ball, McCulloch, Frantz, Geringer, and Minor can offer a complete view of International Business as diverse as the backgrounds of business students.



Table of Contents:

Section One: The Nature of International Business

Ch. 1 The Rapid Change of International Business

Ch. 2 International Trade and Foreign Investment

Ch. 3 Theories of International Trade and Investment

Section Two: Cooperation Among Nations

Ch. 4 International Institutions from an International Business Perspective

Ch. 5 Understanding the International Monetary System

Section Three: International Environmental Forces

Ch. 6 Sociocultural Forces

Ch. 7 Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability

Ch. 8 Economic and Socioeconomic Forces

Ch. 9 Political Forces

Ch. 10 Legal Forces

Ch. 11 Financial Forces

Ch. 12 Labor Forces

Section Four: The Organizational Environment

Ch. 13 International Competitive Strategy

Ch. 14 Organizational Design and Control

Ch. 15 Assessing and Analyzing Markets

Ch. 16 Entry Modes

Ch. 17 Export and Import Practices

Ch. 18 Marketing Internationally

Ch. 19 Global Operations and Supply Chain Management

Ch. 20 Human Resource Management

Ch. 21 Financial Management and Accounting

CESIM Global Challenge Simulation