World Economy and International Business: Theories, Trends, and Challenges

The textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the world economy, global business environment, and international business, covering typology, key concepts, theories, dynamics, macroeconomic and financial indicators, modern trends and problems, and macro and micro aspects of international business.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 830 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2024
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

The textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the world economy, global business environment, and international business. It is divided into three parts, with the first part introducing readers to the essentials of the world economy, including its typology, key concepts and theories, dynamics, and key actors and institutions. It also addresses macroeconomic and financial indicators for economic growth and forecasting and discusses major modern trends and problems, such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, patterns of globalization, shifts in global economic power, and developmental, social, and environmental challenges. The second part focuses on the global business environments, presenting country and regional studies. The third part addresses macro and micro aspects of international business, featuring contributions on topics such as global economic governance, global capital flows, multinational corporations, global value chains, international trade and its regulation and practice, international knowledge transfer, international labor migration, as well as foreign aid, external debt, and business culture in international business.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031203305
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023