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C/E/480. Key topics and issues of international business and trade

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26100

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2010

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The paper addresses the issues of international business and trade presenting information on the topics of ‘relative unit labour’ costs related to the international production shift, explaining the difference between micro-scale, macro-scale and meso-scale in the analysis of the world economy, identifying advantages and disadvantages of imposing trade barriers, explaining the difference between licensing and franchising as mechanisms for undertaking transnational production, defining the forms of transnational corporations (TNC), reviewing the theory of foreign direct investment (FDI), providing critical analysis of WTO activities, addressing the issues of globalisation from the perspective of ‘hyperglobalists’ and ‘globalisation sceptics’, reviewing Hosfstede’s theory of cultural dimensions and its relevance for global (multinational) workplace, presenting arguments in favour and against free trade, discussing the features of the European ‘Single Market’, examining the role of IMF and World Bank in the international economic environment, considering the issues of the Sterling/Euro foreign exchange, arguing whether Britain should adopt the Euro, looking at the significance of product and process innovation for gaining competitive advantage, analysing the role of the ‘Triad” of America, Europe and East Asia in international business, etc.

KEYWORDS: international business, international trade, unit labour costs, world economy, trade barriers, licensing and franchising, transnational corporations, TNC, foreign direct investment, FDI, WTO, IMF, World Bank, Hosfstede, globalisation, European Single Market, Sterling/Euro foreign exchange, product and process innovation, competitive advantage, Triad,