Winning in the global market : a practical guide to international business success /

Main Author: Keillor, Bruce David.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.
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245 1 |a Winning in the global market :  |b a practical guide to international business success /  |c Bruce D. Keillor. 
260 1 |a Santa Barbara, Calif. :  |b Praeger,  |c c2012. 
300 1 |a xii, 193 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-186) and index. 
505 1 |a UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE -- The Strategy of International Business -- Introduction -- What Make International Business Unique? -- The Market Environment -- The Coordination of Strategy Options -- Entering International Markets -- "To Be or Not to Be...": Is Being International an Option? -- Assessing the Market Environment: Identifying Real and Perceived Threats -- The Demographic Environment -- The Economic Environment: Where's the Money? -- The Competitive Environment -- The Technological Environment -- Assessing the Political Environment: Beyond the Marketplace -- What Is the Political Environment? -- The Marketplace as a Nation-State -- Sources of Authority in a Nation-State -- The Political Environment and International Business -- When Firms and Governments Collide -- Assessing Political Vulnerability -- Conducting an Assessment of the Political Environment -- The Social Imperative: Culture and Cultural Differences -- What Is "Culture"? -- The Ingredients of Culture -- Culture and International Business: Internal Organizational Challenges -- Culture and Market Activities: Impact on Strategy -- PLANNING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE -- Market Selection: Choosing Your Destination -- The Market Selection Process -- The Physical Environment and Market Selection -- How Can the Physical Environment Impact International Business? -- The Market Selection Process: Preliminary Issues -- The Market Selection Process: Input Variables -- The Market Selection Process: Choice -- Market Entry: Making Strategic Decisions -- Firm-Related Determinants -- Market-Related Determinants -- Market Entry Strategy Options -- Exporting as an Entry Strategy -- Partnerships as an Entry Strategy -- Foreign Direct Investment as an Entry Strategy -- Creating a Value Chain: Connecting with Your Customer -- The Global Buying Market: Understanding Your Customer -- The Role of Information in the International Value Chain -- What Makes an International Value Chain Unique? -- International Value Chain Strategy -- Relevant Issues in Constructing an International Value Chain -- Keys to Success When Dealing with International Value Chain Members -- GOING INTERNATIONAL -- Making Your Business Viable: Creating an International Product Strategy -- Product Concept Determination -- Product Design Strategy -- Product Management Strategy -- Making Your Product Viable: Creating an International Promotion Strategy -- Promotion Is Communication -- The International Promotional Mix -- Formulating an International Promotional Mix Strategy -- Standardizing Your Message: Choice Criteria -- Standardizing Your Message: Transferability -- Coordination of Product and Promotional Strategy -- Putting It All Together: Creating an International Business Plan -- Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics: Making the Distinction -- Assessing the Environment -- The Sociocultural Imperative -- Making Strategic Decisions to Enter an International Market -- Appendix: A Toolkit for Developing an International Business Plan -- $t Doing an Exporting SWOT Analysis -- Where to Get Help -- What about Foreign Trade Zones?. 
650 1 |a International business enterprises 
650 1 |a International trade. 
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