International Business » (5th Edition)

Alan Rugman is Professor and L. Leslie Waters Chair in International Business at Indiana University, and Professor of International Business at Reading University.

Simon Collinson is Professor of International Business & Innovation and head of the Marketing and Strategic Management group at University of Warwick.

As you’ll know from today’s news, the world of international business moves quickly. And as a student of the subject, you’ll need a textbook which keeps pace with the ongoing developments in both theory and practice.

This fifth edition of International Business delivers a comprehensive introduction to the subject from authors at the forefront of research and fresh thinking.

Taking a regional approach, this text challenges some of the underlying assumptions behind globalization and focuses on both the dominant economies – the EU, the US and Japan – and the emerging markets in world trade, such as Brazil, India and China.

Critical to your successful study of international business, the book provides:

• a brand new chapter on China
• 5 dedicated chapters on key regions of the world
• 100 case studies drawn from a wide range of sources

• key frameworks to provide clarity and continuity of understanding
• a strategic view of international business, integrating analysis of the competitive environment and the internal resources of the firm

So, as a student of today and international manager of tomorrow, open up to learn from the experiences of the established and the emerging forces of world business – from Samsung, Bang & Olufsen and Citigroup to Nanjing Auto, Haier and Tata.

Alan Rugman is Professor of International Business, Henley School of Business at the University of Reading and Professor in International Business at Indiana University.

Simon Collinson is Professor of International Business & Innovation and head of the Marketing and Strategic Management group at Warwick Business School.

PART ONE: THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

1Regional and Global Strategy

2The Multinational Enterprise

3The Triad and International Business

PART TWO: THE ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

4International Politics

5International Culture

6International Trade

7International Financial Markets and Institutions

PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES

8Multinational Strategy

9 Organizing Strategy

10 Production Strategy

11 Marketing Strategy

12 Human Resource Management Strategy

13 Political Risk and Negotiation Strategy

14 International Financial Management

PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES IN ACTION

15 Corporate Strategy and National Competitiveness

16 European Union

17 Japan

18 North America

19 Emerging Economies

20 China

21 Corporate Ethics and the Natural Environment