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A guide to the global business environment : the economics of international commerce /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kerr, William A. (William Alexander) (Author), Perdikis, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, [2014]
Subjects:
International trade.
International business enterprises.
Table of Contents:
  • Why study the economics of international business?
  • International trade and economic theory
  • The great debate - free trade versus protectionism
  • The search for an orderly system for trade
  • Regional trade associations
  • Institutions of the multilateral trading system
  • Orderly markets
  • How countries restrict trade
  • Control of the use of trade barriers
  • 'Fair' trade
  • National firms and transnational firms
  • Private firms and state trading agencies
  • Production firms and trading houses
  • Financing international transactions
  • Moving products between countries
  • The settlement of international commercial disputes
  • Facing the future
  • Issues for the international trading system.