TY - BOOK AU - Brooks,Ian AU - Weatherston,Jamie AU - Wilkinson,Graham TI - The international business environment SN - 0273682474 (pbk.) AV - HF1379 .B765 2004 U1 - 382.1 PY - 2004/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Financial Times/Prentice Hall KW - International trade KW - International finance KW - International economic relations KW - International business enterprises KW - Globalization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Responding to demand for a more global perspective, the book offers broad and discursive coverage of the external international environment that organisations face. It addresses the key issues and institutions within the economic, political and legal frameworks, as well as the impacts of social and cultural, technological and ecological developments. Maintaining a strong business focus throughout, the book offers valuable pedagogical support, notably in the provision of a bank of long cases at the back of the book which give substantial illustration of the concepts in practice. Regular mini-cases, chapter summaries, references and further reading also aid students' learning ER -