| Overview of International Business Part A Introduction to International Business | |
| Globalization and Its Contents, Peter Marber, World Policy Journal , Winter 2004/2005 What is globalization and how has it changed over the past 50 years? What have been the benefits to people of the developed and the developing world during that time? What are some of the things that could be of benefit in the future? | |
| Trading Places, Peter F. Drucker, The National Interest , Spring 2005 Peter Drucker, one of the most important management thinkers in the past 50 years, had something to say about the global economy in this article, one of the last of his articles published before his death. | |
| The Leading Economic Organizations at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Fred Maidment, Business Journal (Central New York) , Fall/Spring 2005 What were the leading economic organizations at the beginning of the 21st century? The largest trade blocs, country GDPs, governments, and corporations are shown here. | |
| The Global Compact: Origins, Operations, Progress, Challenges, Georg Kell, The Journal of Corporate Citizenship , Autumn 2003 The UN is involved in sponsoring a global compact to promote globalization and economic progress. This compact involves all the factors on the international stage including companies, governments, and academia. | |
| Business and Global Governance, Ann Florini, Brookings Review , Spring 2003 Multinational corporations are under pressure to reform their activities from a variety of competing organizations on a variety of fronts. | |
| Looking Ahead To Our Place In The Next Economy, Matthew Budman, Across the Board , January/February 2004 What is the next big thing going to be in the next economy as it comes out of the recession? How will organizations respond to new conditions to be successful? What will their role be in the global economy? Part B International Trade Theory | |
| Shaking Up Trade Theory, Aaron Berstein, BusinessWeek , December 6, 2004 Economists have always argued that trade benefits the United States. But now, some are not so sure. It seems that the GDP could go up while workers are losing their jobs. | |
| A Theory of International New Ventures: A Decade of Research, Shaker A. Zahra, Journal of International Business Studies , 2005 The development of the theory and role of entrepreneurial firms in world trade is explored in this article. | |
| Decoupled, The Economist , February 25, 2006 For several centuries the success of national economies has been tied to the success of corporations and their ability to make a profit. However, with the advent of multinationals, that is no longer the case. | |
| Integrating Multinational Firms Into International Economics, James R. Markusen, NBER Reporter , Winter 2001/2002 The evolution of multinational firms has not been very well integrated into international economy theory. James Markusen has developed a theory to help explain the actions of multinationals in the global economy. | |
| The Rich Borrow and the Poor Repay, Ross P. Buckley, World Policy Journal , Winter 2002/2003 The three major international debt problems of the past thirty years are examined here: What caused them, who benefited from them, and who eventually paid for them. | |
| International Institutions and Organizations Part A International Institutions | |
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