TY - BOOK AU - Ball, Donald A. AU - McCulloch,Wendell H.Jr AU - Frantz,Paul L. AU - Geringer,J.Michael AU - Minor,Michael S. TI - International business: the challenge of global competition SN - 0072356766 [hardbound] PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. KW - International business enterprises KW - Management KW - International economic relations N1 - Rev. ed. of: International business / Donald A. Ball, Wendell H. McCulloch. 7th ed. c1999; One col. map on folded leaf inserted; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents: [Section 1] The nature of international business -- Chapter 1 The rapid change -- Chapter 2 Trading and investing in international business -- Chapter 3 Economic theories of international business -- [Section 2] The international environment -- Chapter 4 The dynamics of international organizations -- Chapter 5 Understanding the international monetary system -- [Section 3] The foreign environmental forces -- Chapter 6 Financial forces: Influencing international business -- Chapter 7 Economic and socioeconomic forces -- Chapter 8 Physical and environmental forces -- Chapter 9 Sociocultural forces -- Chapter 10 Political forces -- Chapter 11 Legal forces -- Chapter 12 Labor forces -- Chapter 13 Competitive forces -- [Section 4] The organizational environment -- Chapter 14 International strategy, organizational design, and control -- Chapter 15 Assessing and analyzing markets -- Chapter 16 Marketing internationally -- Chapter 17 Export and import practices -- Chapter 18 Human resource management -- Chapter 19 Financial management -- Chapter 20 Global operations management: The third industrial revolution ER -