For a first course in international business at the undergraduate or M.B.A. Level. Section 1 discusses the nature of international business and the three environments in which an international businessperson works. Section II examines the important international organizations, the international monetary system and their input in business. Section III discesses the uncontrollable forces that mak…
Examines the relationship of economic to military power as it affects the rise and fall of empires Contents : - The rise of the western world - The Habsburg bid for mastery, 1519-1659 - Finance, geography, and the winning of wars, 1660-1815 - Industrialization and the shifting global balances, 1815-1885 - The coming of a bipolar world and the crisis of the "middle powers" : part one, 18…
A collection of photos that documents how the Mekong's seasonal flood pulse shapes daily life in economic, social, and cultural matters ranging from transport and festivals to fish trap design.