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Lecture 1
an overview of
international
business
What Is International
Business?
1-2
How Does International Business
Differ from Domestic?
• Currency conversion
• Legal systems
• Culture
• Availability of resources
1-3
Why Study International
Business?
• Large organizations
• Foreign-owned subsidiaries
• Small businesses
• Competitors
• Business techniques and tools
• Cultural literacy
1-4
International
Business Activities
1-5
Exporting and Importing
1-6
Visible and Invisible Trade
• Trade in Goods
– Merchandise exports and imports
– Visible trade
• Trade in Services
– Service exports and imports
– Invisible trade
1-7
International Investments
1-8
Other Forms of
International Business Activity
Management
contracts
Licensing Franchising
1-9
Variations of Organizations
Multinational Corporation
Multinational Organization
1-10
Multinational Corporations
(MNCs)
1-11
Table 1.1 The Largest MNCs
• ExxonMobil • Chevron
• Wal-Mart • DaimlerChrysler
• Royal Dutch Shell • Toyota Motor
• BP • Ford Motor
• General Motors • ConocoPhillips
1-12
Some of the largest MNOs
1-13
Motives for Globalization
1-14
Environmental Change and
Globalization
Changes in
Technological
Political
Changes
Environments
1-15
Globalization and
Emerging Markets
• Argentina • Mexico
• Brazil • Poland
• China • South Africa
• India • South Korea
• Indonesia • Turkey
1-16
Life of an International
Business Person
1-17
My days with Walmart
1-18
..with Toyota
1-19
…..with Chevron
1-20
….with UN
1-21
….with Harvard and Yale
1-22
It’s not always fun- Nepal earth
Quake
1-23
Next Class
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