For undergraduate and graduate courses in International Business, this ninth edition text thoroughly discusses the differences faced in international environments, the overall strategies companies can take, and the functional alternatives for operating abroad. It features maps, strong opening and closing cases, and current examples.
Now your students have the opportunity to learn about international accounting from a real-world perspective. This updated edition presents the subject within the context of managing multinational enterprises (MNE), focusing on business strategies of MNE's and appropriate accounting applications. Each accounting issue is analyzed from three perspectives--theoretical issues, major national treatments and international harmonization efforts. Features new to this edition include expanded coverage of managerial topics; international cases; the latest world events; a new chapter on the future of accounting; and coverage of key financial topics.
Our viewpoint, exemplified throughout the text, is that of real-world managers. Our objective is to provide more breadth and depth of coverage than any of the other international business texts do, while at the same time taking care not to overwhelm students.
Offering a fourteen-chapter format, this brief book provides readers with a ?quick read? integration of the most pertinent issues in international business. A micro and macro focus appeals to readers' separate roles as managers and as citizens. Chapter-opening vignettes illustrate the importance of chapter material. For anyone with international business responsibility.