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International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 6/e

Charles W. L. Hill, University of Washington

Feature Summary

Material has been inserted wherever appropriate to reflect recent academic work or important current events. For example, all statistics have been updated to incorporate the most recently available data. New examples, cases, and boxes have been added and older examples updated to reflect new developments. New material has been inserted wherever appropriate to reflect recent academic work or important current events. For example, Chapter 5 has been updated to discuss progress on the current round of talks sponsored by the WTO aimed at reducing barriers to trade, particularly in agriculture (the Doha Round). Chapter 6 now discusses the slump in foreign direct investment flows that took place in 2001-2004. The section on the European Union in Chapter 8 has been revised to reflect the fact that ten more member states were admitted on May 1 st , 2004 . At several places in the book, there is extended discussion of the outsourcing of service activities, from software testing and diagnosis of MRI scans to telephone call centers and billing functions, to developing nations such as India and the implications of this development for international business are explored.
The Focus on Managerial Implications sections at the end of each of the theory and foundation chapters in Parts One, Two and Three explain how theory translates to practice.
Country Focus boxes provide background on the political, economic, social or cultural aspects of countries grappling with an international business issue, raising students' awareness of how national and geographic differences affect the conduct of international business.
Management Focus boxes provide lively illustrations of the relevance of chapter material for the practice of international business.

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