International Business ─ Themes and Issues in the Modern Global Economy

This new edition of International Business examines the impact of globalization on key aspects of the business environment. It offers a comprehensive overview of this phenomenon that is altering corporate strategy fundamentally, critiquing the complexities of globalization and its impact on international business.

International Business offers a holistic examination of the processes that influence the evolution of strategy in the modern global economy. It is divided into three sections:



impact of globalization: how globalization has driven the processes of regional integration and the emergence of transnational governance structures


environmental drivers: how international strategy is shaped and the emergence of internationalized businesses


resource issues: how resources can determine success in the global economy or impede firm evolution.


Featuring a wealth of new case studies, updated pedagogy and a fresh new design, this new textbook will prove essential reading for all those studying international business.

A companion website provides additional material for lecturers and students alike: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415437646.

Debra Johnson is Senior Lecturer at Hull University, UK.

Colin Turner is Senior Lecturer in International Strategic Management at Heriot-Watt University, UK. He has published extensively within the broad field of International Management.

Part 1: Globalization and the International Business Environment 1. Globalization and the Changing Business Environment 2. Regional Integration and Globalization 3. Governance Issues in an Integrating World Economy 4. Development and International Production Part 2: Enterprise Issues in the Global Economy 5. Multinationals: Conduits of Globalization 6. Globalizing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Emergence of Micronationals 7. The Global Trading Environment within Product Markets 8. The Global Trading Environment within Service Markets 9. Global Competition Issues 10. Culture and Ethics Part 3: Challenges for the Global Resource Base 11. Labour Issues in the Global Economy 12. The International Monetary System 13. The Global Economy as an Information Economy 14. Greening International Business: Boon or Bust? 15. Energy: The Case of a Global and Globalizing Industry 16. International Business in a Changing World