Brief Contents
         Chapter 1 The International Economy: A Manager's Perspective
         PART ONE: THE ENTERPRISE FROM WITHIN
         Chapter 2 Going Multinational: Finn Motives and Characteristics
         Chapter 3 Managing the Multinational: Goals and Strategies
         Chapter 4 Managing the Multinational: Organizations and Networks
         Chapter 5 National Units in Multinational Networks
         PART TWO: THE ENTERPRISE AND THE NATION
         Chapter 6 Comparing National Economies
         Chapter 7 Exploring National Policies
         PART THREE: THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
         Chapter 8 The National Economy in an International Setting
         Chapter 9 International Money Markets
         Chapter 10 The International Rules of the Game: Money
         Chapter 11 The International Rules of the Game: Goods and Services
         PART FOUR: CASES
         Contents
         PREFACE xi
         1 The International Economy: A Manager's Perspective
         A Synoptic History of Intemational Business
         National and Regional Pattems
         Industry Pattems
         Putting Globalization in Perspective
         Roadmap
         Suggested Reading
         PART ONE: THE ENTERPRISE FROM WlTHIN
         2 Going Multinational: Firm Motives and Characteristics 1
         Exploiting Firm-Specific Capabilities
         Lowering the Cost Structure
         Protecting Retums to the Network
         Reducing Risk to the Network
         Suggested Reading
         3 Managing the Multinational: Goals and Strategies
         The Strategic Challenges
         The Bartlett-Ghoshal "Transnational"
         Suggested Reading
         4 Managing the Multinational: Organizations and Networks
         First Principles
         Evolutionary Pattems of Organization
         New Strains and Demands
         New Paradigms for Intemal Networks
         Other Links in the Network
         A Choice of Links
         Suggested Reading
         5 National Units in Multinational Networks
         National Boundaries and Multinational Operations
         Issues in Taxation
         Measuring Performance
         Suggested Reading
         PART TWO: THE ENTERPRISE AND THE NATION
         6 Comparing National Economies
         A Variety of Approaches
         Comparative Advantage
         Govemments and Competitiveness
         Customs Unions and Other Preferential Blocs
         Shifting Capabilities
         Suggested Reading
         7 Exploring National Policies
         The Economic Goals
         The Manufacturing Industries
         The Service Industries
         Beyond Economics
         Suggested Reading
         PART THREE: THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
         8 The National Economy in an International Setting
         Matching Payments to Output
         The Banking System's Key Role
         The Exchange Rate as Policy Tool
         The Interest Rate as Policy Tool
         Keeping Track of the Pressures
         Suggested Reading
         9 International Money Markets
         A Changed Environment
         Key Currencies
         The Market for Hedges
         Suggested Reading
         10 The International Rules of the Game: Money
         The Background
         The Intemational Monetary Fund
         The European Union
         CONTENTS
         The North American Free Trade Agreement
         Treaties of Investment
         Agreement on Export Credits
         Capital Adequacy Agreements
         Suggested Reading
         11 The International Rules ofthe Game: Goods and Services
         Trade in Merchandise
         Trade in Services
         Suggested Reading
         PART FOUR: CASES
         Balance-of-Payments Exercises
         Lotus Development Corporation: Entering International Markets
         Gerber Products Company: Investing in the New Poland
         Xerox and Fuji Xerox
         Shell Brasil S.A.: Performance Evaluation in the Oil Products Division 3
         The Global Computer Industry
         Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell
         Douglas--1991 (A)
         Volkswagen de Mexico's North American Strategy (A)
         The Foreign Exchange Market: Background Note and Problem Set
         CIBA-GEIGY AG: Impact oflnflation and Currency FIuctuations
         Pfizer: Protecting Intellectual Property in a Global Marketplace
         INDEX
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