Nations and firms in the global economy : an introduction to international economics and business

This accessible introduction to the world economy and to the theory and practice of globalization argues that key topics in international economics cannot be understood without knowledge of international business, and vice versa. It reviews and combines insights from both literatures and applies the...

• Other Authors: Brakman, Steven, Garretsen, Harry, Marrewijk, Charlews van, Witteloostuijn, Arjen van
• Format: Book
• Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2009
• Subjects: ECONOMIA INTERNACIONAL; GLOBALIZACION; COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL; RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES; CRISIS FINANCIERA; INTERNACIONALIZACION; COMERCIO MUNDIAL

Table of Contents:

• Pt.1. 1. Introduction: the global economy
• 2. International accounting practices
• Pt. 2. Firms, trade and location: 3. trade and comparative advantage
• 4. trade and competitive advantage
• 5. firms, location and agglomeration
• Pt. 3. Capital, currency and crisis: 6. International capital mobility
• 7. Gains from capital market integration
• 8. Investors, exchange rates and currency crises
• 9. Financial crises, firms and the open economy
• Pt.4. Policy, dynamics and organization: 10. trade and capital restrictions
• 11. globalization and economic growth
• 12. nations and organizations
• Pt. 5. Conclusions: 13. globalization is it really happening?
• 14. Towards an international economics and business?.