Davies The International Business Environment

A Handbook for Managers and Executives
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4987-3116-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 183 Seiten

Managers and executives who work in international trade and foreign direct investment are acutely aware of the importance of the governmental, intergovernmental, and systemic factors that regulate, facilitate, and/or complicate the conduct of international business (IB). But most managers and executives have limited or no expertise in these factors, which are referred to collectively as the IB environment.

Also, because the IB environment is a socio-political-economic construct that is governed by non-business disciplines (which include international relations, international law, sociology, and cultural anthropology), it can be difficult for managers and executives to access usable information on the elements of the IB environment.

The International Business Environment: A Handbook for Managers and Executives addresses both of these conditions by providing managers and executives with concise and incisive information on each of the elements of the IB environment. The elements covered in the book include tariff and non-tariff barriers, anti-dumping duties, subsidies and countervailing duties, entry and post-entry barriers to foreign direct investment, political risk, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and other global instruments, the World Trade Organization and other global mechanisms, regional trade blocs (which include free trade areas and customs unions), bilateral trade and investment agreements, the conflict of laws, dispute settlement mechanisms, and systemic and cultural differences. The book also explains related terms, concepts, principles, and practices.

The book relies primarily on original source materials; makes extensive use of examples; and can be used as a text in corporate seminars, executive development programs, and MBA programs.

Zielgruppe

CEOs and senior executives, business managers and middle managers; operational managers, program managers and business analysts; any manager or executive who is engaged in the conduct of international business.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davies, Warnock

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I Introduction
The Elements

Section II Regulatory Elements
Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers
Other Barriers to Trade
Investment Barriers
Post-Entry Barriers

Section III Facilitating Elements
An Introduction to Intergovernmental Instruments and Mechanisms
The GATT, the WTO, and Other Global Instruments and Mechanisms
Regional and Bilateral Instruments and Mechanisms
The Harmonization of Laws and the Settlement of Disputes

Section IV Complicating Elements
Systemic and Cultural Differences
Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Warnock Davies is an international business strategy and operations consultant. He has worked on the formulation and implementation of corporate, business-unit, and project-specific IB strategies with mid-sized companies and major multinational corporations from a wide range of industries in 40 countries – and has provided client companies with advice and assistance on the structure and management of foreign direct investment operations, the management of relations with host-country governments, and the resolution of critical situations. He now also provides client companies with executive development seminars on the elements of the IB environment and on the elements of IB strategies.

He holds a PhD and other graduate degrees in international business, international relations, and international law from the Fletcher School at Tufts and Harvard Universities; has held professor or visiting-professor appointments at Mercer University, the University of Colorado, Nanyang Technological University, Lahore University of Management Sciences, and Shaoxing University; has taught in MBA and executive programs at these and other universities; and has served as dean of the School of Management at Golden Gate University. His executive appointments have included vice president at Business International Corporation and president and CEO of a publicly listed company.