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Table of Contents

About the Authors.................................................................................................................

Chapter 1: Introduction.......................................................................................................

What Is International Business?

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What Is International Trade Theory?

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Chapter 3: Culture and Business......................................................................................

What Is Culture, Anyhow? Values, Customs, and Language

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Chapter 4: World Economies...........................................................................................

Classifying World Economies

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International Economic Cooperation among Nations

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Chapter 6: International Monetary System.................................................................

What Is the International Monetary System?

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What Do We Mean by Currency and Foreign Exchange?

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Global Strategic Choices

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What is Importing and Exporting?

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Chapter 10: Strategy and International Business......................................................

Business and Corporate Strategy

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Entrepreneurship

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An Introduction to Research and Development (R&D)

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Supply-Chain Management.............................................................................................

Fundamentals of Global Marketing

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Competitive Advantage....................................................................................................

International Accounting Standards

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About the Authors

Mason A. Carpenter

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Acknowledgements

This book would not have been possible without our combined eagerness to be

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Dedications

Mason I dedicate my work on our book to my wife, Lisa, and my kinetically active boys,

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Preface

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Chapter 1

Introduction

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