Globalization Thrust : Driving Nations Competitive.

Intro -- GLOBALIZATION THRUST: DRIVING NATIONS COMPETITIVE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- UNDERSTANDING GLOBALIZATION -- THE DEBATE - FOR AND AGAINST GLOBALIZATION -- DETERMINANTS OF GLOBAL TRADE -- GLOBAL TRADE DYNAMICS -- INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION -- OUTGROWTH OF NEW MARKETS -- DEFINING CONCEPTS OF GLOBAL TRADE -- DRIVERS OF GLOBALIZATION -- ORGANIZING GLOBAL MARKETING -- GLOBAL LOCAL MARKETING -- LOOKING BEYOND GLOBAL MARKETING -- REFERENCES -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- Demography and Income Distribution -- Structure of Consumption -- Economic Indicators -- Financial Indicators -- Macroeconomics and Economic Advancement -- Economic System -- Macroeconomic Policies -- Tariff Structures -- Trade, Tariff and Inflation -- MICROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- SCREENING THE MICROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- EXPANSION OF MICROECONOMIC INSIGHTS -- MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A SUSTAINABLE MARKET STRATEGY -- SOME MAJOR CONCLUSIONS ON MICROECONOMIC FACTORS -- BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- REFERENCES -- POLITICAL RENAISSANCE AND GLOBALIZATION -- DETERMINING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT -- POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS -- Expropriation, Domestication and Nationalization -- Exchange Control -- Import Restrictions -- Market Control -- Tax and Human Resources Controls -- POLITICAL SYSTEMS -- POLITICAL AND RESIDUAL RISKS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- LEGAL OUTLOOK ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- TARIFF BARRIERS -- ANTI-DUMPING LAWS -- IMPORT LICENSING -- REFERENCES -- TRADE COMPETITIVENESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- MACROECONOMIC FACTORS -- FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS -- TRADE AND MONETARY REFORMS -- REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMY OF EEC -- Trade and Economic Growth in Latin American Countries -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE AMONG LATIN AMERICAN AND ASIAN COUNTRIES -- Architecture of Business Partnering among Asian-LA Countries.

Prospects in Foreign Trade -- Expansion of Latin America-Asia Trade Links -- TRADE POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- GLOBAL BUSINESS PARTNERING -- Triad Market -- Asia- Caribbean- Pacific Rim Countries -- Post-Communist Countries -- African Marketplace -- GROUPING OF COUNTRIES -- REFERENCES -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN EMERGING MARKETS -- CHINA AN EMERGING MARKET -- INDIA IN GLOBAL TRADE COMPETITION -- LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AS EMERGING MARKETS -- ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT -- INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION -- POLITICAL FACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ALLIANCES -- TRADE AND TARIFF STRUCTURES -- ARCHITECTURE OF BUSINESS PARTNERING AMONG ASIAN-LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES -- Prospects -- Expansion of Latin America-Asia Trade Links -- DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ASIAN-LAC COUNTRIES -- REFERENCES -- MODES OF ENTRY IN A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE -- EXPORTING -- CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT -- LICENSING -- FRANCHISING -- Franchise Administration -- Franchising and Customer Value -- Performance Measures in Franchising -- JOINT VENTURES -- STRATEGIC ALLIANCE -- WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES -- DEVELOPING AN ENTRY PLAN -- CONTROL MANAGEMENT -- EXIT POLICY -- MARKET UNCERTAINTIES AND ENTRY DECISIONS -- REFERENCES -- GLOBAL COMPETITION AND COMPETITORS -- UNDERSTANDING COMPETITION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF COMPETITION -- COMPETITOR LEARNING -- COMPETITOR LEARNING MODELS -- PLAYING IN THE COMPETITION -- COMPETITOR STRATEGIES -- MARKET PLACE STRATEGY -- COMPETITOR ANALYSIS: CAPABILITIES AND COMPETENCY -- ANALYZING A COMPETITOR'S SIGNALS -- RE-ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -- CUSTOMER VALUE AND REENGINEERING PROCESS -- CORPORATE CONCEPTS OF REENGINEERING BUSINESS -- COMPETITIVE FOCUS -- REFERENCES -- GLOBALIZATION AND CORPORATE VENTURING -- INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FIT -- FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT VENTURING -- TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION -- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DESIGNS.

CORPORATE VENTURE CONTROL MANAGEMENT -- Profit Impact on Marketing Strategy -- COMPETITION VS. COOPERATION -- Achievement and Competition -- Economic Competition -- Global Local Marketing -- CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL VENTURES -- GLOBALIZATION: CHALLENGES AHEAD -- DETERMINING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT -- GLOBAL FINANCIAL TRENDS AND BANKING SYSTEM -- Management of Finance by the Multinational Companies -- Focus on International Investments -- GLOBALIZATION EFFECTS -- CHANGING CORPORATE CULTURE -- STRENGTHENING SALES SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE GLOBALIZATION -- BUSINESS PARTNERING PROSPECTS -- REGIONAL TRADE COOPERATION -- NEW DIMENSIONS OF COMPETITIVE GROWTH -- General Trade Negotiations -- Operational Issues in Business Partnering Model -- Standards, Testing, Certification, Accreditation and Technical Regulations -- Quarantine and Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures -- Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) -- NEW VISIONS OF EMERGING MARKETS -- WINDOW ON THE WORLD BUSINESS -- SHIFTS IN GLOBAL BUSINESS -- SHORT CASES ON GLOBALIZATION EFFECT -- CASE 1. RETAIL EXPANSION IN GLOBAL ARENA: STRATEGIES OF WAL-MART TO SUSTAIN COMPETITION -- NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET -- CASE 2. CANON: STRIVING WITH COMPETITION IN GLOBAL IMAGING MARKET -- CASE 3. NESTLÉ : EXPERIENCING GLOBALIZATION BENEFITS -- CASE 4. ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS OF NETHERLANDS - MANAGING THE GLOBAL HOME -- The Industry Ambience -- Time Line of Philips -- Current Phase of Growth -- Financial Achievements and New Global Thinking -- CASE 5.TANZANIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY: WEAVING THROUGH THE TURBULENT ECONOMY -- CASE 6. ING COMMERCIAL AMERICA: GLOBAL EXPANSION MOVES -- Global Operational Expansions -- CASE 7. DAIMLER CHRYSLER: COMPETING WITH GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY -- The Time Ahead -- BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR -- INDEX.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.