Overview of international business: Trading places / P.F. Drucker; Looking ahead to our place in the next economy / M. Budman -- International institutions and organizations: International institutions, World's banker / D. Frum; Financial markets and exchanges, Too much money / R. Miller ... [et al.]; Monetary system and balance of payments, What the new currency means to the European economy / B. Barnard; Global corporations, Great Wal-Mart of China / C. Chandler -- Environmental factors and international business: Legal and political environment, Progress against corruption / D. Johnson; Cultural and social environment, Prosperity without peace / N.D. Schwartz; Ethics and international business, Fakes! / F. Balfour -- International business operations: International strategic management, Making it in China / G.P. Zachary; Import/export and entering foreign markets, Bushmeat on the menu / S. Milius; Foreign direct investment, China hedge / J.J. Cramer; Financial management and accounting, Brave new world of IFRS / E.K. Jermakowic and S. Gornik-Tomaszewski; Operations, supply chaining, and research and development, Your next TV / B. Einhorn ... [et al.]; International marketing, Here comes Chinese cars / B. Bremner and K. Kerwin; International human resource management, Every little reform counts / J. Rossant and J. Ewing -- International business and the future: Globalization and you / S. Price. The book is designed to present some of the current thinking on international business to the reader and to help the reader to understand the forces at play in the international business environment. -Pref.