Articles on International Business

• Introduction to International Business

  With the globalization of the world economy, there has been a concomitant rise in the number of companies that operate...

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• Emerging Markets and International Business

  International Businesses and the Opening up of Emerging Economies The previous articles in this module have discussed the contours of...

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• International Business: The Resource Wars

  Finite Resources and Infinite Consumption We live in a world of finite resources many of which are consumed at an...

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• Why Companies Engage in International Business

  To Expand Sales The first and foremost reason is that western multinationals would like to expand their sales and acquire...

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• Criticisms of Globalization: Threats to National Sovereignty

  It is not only about Profits Of the many criticisms of globalization, the prominent critique relates to the fact that...

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• Criticisms of Globalization: Growing Income Inequality

  More Losers than Winners The previous articles in this module covered the topic of globalization in depth. Some of the...

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• International Businesses and Resistance to their Activities

  Global Capital, Local Resistance The previous articles in this module discussed how international businesses expand into overseas markets both for...

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• Next Wave of International Business Investing: Emerging Market Cities

  Emerging Market Cities and their Growth Potential Studies have shown that the number of cities in emerging markets is growing....

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• Emerging Markets: Winning the $30 Trillion Prize

  In the last couple of years, with the advent of the ongoing global economic crisis, many investors have been looking...

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• How Emerging Markets Transformed Themselves Over the Last Few Decades

  From Backwaters to Powerhouses At the start of the 1970s a widely held belief in the United States and in...

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• From Oxcart to Wal-Mart: Dealing with Duality in Emerging Markets

  From Oxcart to Wal-Mart As more and more international retailers make a beeline for emerging markets like India, China, Nigeria,...

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• Strategy in Emerging Markets

  Enter Low and Middle End Segments of the Market It has been found that many multinationals find their sweet spot...

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• Risks Faced by International Businesses in Developing Countries

  Political Instability The recent case involving GMR Group in Maldives wherein the new government cancelled the license of the company...

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• Foreign Investment and its Impact on Developing Countries

  What is FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) ? FDI or Foreign Direct Investment is the practice of international businesses investing in...

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• Benefits of Foreign Investment to Target Countries

  Foreign Investment is more stable than fund inflows In recent years, “hot money” or speculative capital has flown into many...

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• Is Foreign Investment Beneficial to the Developing Countries ?

  Types of Foreign Investment and its Implications for Developing Countries With the opening of the economies of the world, there...

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• Do Reforms drive International Businesses or International Businesses drive Reforms ?

  Reforms driving International Businesses or Vice Versa? It is debatable whether the reforms in emerging and developing markets drive the...

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• Development of Services that Support International Business

  Ecosystem of Services Any business in order to function and grow needs an ecosystem of suppliers, vendors, and infrastructure that...

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• Role of Governments in International Businesses

  The Need to Encourage Foreign Investment The previous articles have discussed how international businesses need supporting ecosystems and business friendly...

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• International Businesses and the Need to Harmonize Global Policies with Local Regulations

  Globalization, Localization, and Glocalization It is a known facet of globalization that businesses that operate across the world have to...

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• The Fortune 100 Corporations and the Awesome Power They Have

  The Fortune 100 list of companies comprises of the top 100 corporations in the world in terms of size, revenues,...

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• The Rise of Oligarchies and Monopolies and What this Means for Businesses

  The Rise of Oligarchies and its Effect on Consumers A noticeable phenomenon in the business world ever since the 1970s...

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• Business Strategies for a World in Turmoil

  Chaos, Complexity, and Change The world is in turmoil. Whether it is the Eurozone debt crisis, the ongoing recession in...

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• The Mobile Wave is the Wave of the Future

  The evolution of media and its interaction with business trends has gone through several waves. If it was Web 1.0...

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• Innovation and Government Spending

  Innovation is and has always been at the center of all human endeavors. People those who are able to perform...

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• Innovation in the Digital Age: Some Issues and Observations

  What is Innovation and how did it evolve? Innovation is commonly known and defined as the ability or skill to...

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• Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions and Some Recent Trends in this Field

  Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions Cross border Mergers and Acquisitions or MA are deals between foreign companies and domestic firms...

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• Cultural Aspects of Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions

  How Culture Impacts Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions With the advent of globalization, it has become common for western multinationals...

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• Role of HR Consulting in Mergers and Acquisitions

  Corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other methods of organizational restructuring and transformations, are strategically important in...

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• What is Due Diligence, Why it is Important, and How it Works and, What it Does ?

  What is Due Diligence? Many of us would have heard the term Due Diligence in various contexts and situations where...

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• Urbanization of the World and the Consequences for Managers

  Urbanization and its Problems for Corporates The world is increasingly being urbanized and this has implications for the corporate sector...

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• How International Mediation and Arbitration Work in the Corporate World

  What are Mediation and Arbitration ? Mediation and Arbitration are features of the business landscape that let aggrieved parties resolve...

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• The Falling Fortunes of Global Aviation Industry

  The Global Airline Industry and its Travails It is an open secret that airlines all over the world are bleeding...

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• Modern Day Wage Slavery at Wal-Mart

  With an annual turnover of $400 billion, Wal-Mart is usually the biggest company on the Fortune 500 list. Its presence...

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• The Fall of a Giant: Wal-Mart

  The fall of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart has been a global retailing behemoth. The rise of Wal-Mart is an amazing story, but...

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• Why Cities are the Future and What this Means for Investors and Businesses

  Cities are the Future of the World The future of the world would be in cities and urban and semi-urban...

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• What Businesses, Groups, and Professionals can do when Faced with Stagnation

  What to do when Businesses and Professionals Stagnate Stagnation can happen to anyone. Whether they are businesses, nations, societies, groups,...

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• Understanding the China-North Korea Trade Equation

  North Korea has always been perceived by the world as a rogue nation. Their aggressiveness became even more apparent when...

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• How the Digital Age is Transforming Work, Life, and Business

  The Transformations Wrought About by the Digital Age This is the age of Smart Machines that can perform tasks that...

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• World Trade Organization: Success or Failure

  It has been more than 20 years since the World Trade Organization (WTO) came into existence. However, there is still...

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• Does The Government Create Monopolies?

  The mainstream media believes that capitalism is the dominant economic system prevalent in the world today. This is why any...

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