FULLY SOLVED BOOK LASY 5 YEARS PAPERS SOLVED PLUS GUESS

International Business Environment

Unit

Contents

Sessions

1

Environmental Context of International Business: Framework for analyzing international business environment – Domestic, foreign and global environments and their impact on international business decisions.

Global Trading Environment: World trade in goods and services – Major trends and developments; World trade and protectionism – Tariff and non-tariff barriers; Counter trade.

2

International Financial Environment: Foreign investments -Pattern, Structure and effects; Movements in foreign exchange and interest rates and then impact on trade and investment flows.

3

International Economic Institutions and Agreements: WTO, IMF, World Bank UNCTAD, Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), GSP, GSTP and other International agreements; International commodity trading and agreements.

4

Multinational Corporations and their involvement in International Business: Issues in foreign investments, technology transfer, pricing and regulations; International collaborative arrangements and strategic alliances.

5

Regional Economic Groupings in Practice: Regionalism vs. multilaterallism, Structure and functioning of EC and NAFTA; Regional economic cooperation. Emerging Developments and Other Issues: Growing concern for ecology; Counter trade; IT and international business.