Preface: using this book xv

Acknowledgements xvii

Abbreviations xix

 1 Introduction to international business 1

 2 Internationalisation process 37

 3 International business: theory and practice 73

 4 The political, legal, economic and technological environment 121

 5 International sociocultural environment 159

 6 International ethical and ecological environment 189

 7 International strategic issues 221

 8 International human resource management 278

 9 International marketing 303

 10 International finance: theory and practice 340

References 370

Index 375