Introductory Unit Learning Awareness
Text What’s Your Lead?
Unit One SinoUS Economic and Trade Relations
Text 1 The Case for Trade with China
Text 2 U.S.’s Yuan Rhetoric Carries Trade Risks
Unit Two Asian Economy and Business
Text 1 A Review of the Asian Crisis: Causes, Consequences andPolicy Responses
Text 2 Japan’s Failed Experiment
Unit Three European Economy and Business
Text 1 Is Germany Fast Becoming Another Japan?
Text 2 The Changing Consumer in Italy
Unit Four African Economy and Business
Text 1 Economic Inflexibility in Africa
Text 2 Analysis
Unit Five The WTO
Text 1 Fifty Years On
Text 2 The Standard Question
Unit Six Globalisation and Knowledge Transfer
Text 1 Global Acquisition and Knowledge Transfer—a CaseStudy of Company D
Text 2 EastAsian Broadcasting Industries: Global, Regional,and National Perspectives
Unit Seven Information Technology and Business
Text 1 Business Models for InternetBased ECommerce:An Anatomy
Text 2 Connections
Test One
Unit Eight International Retailing
Text 1 WalMart Spoken Here
Text 2 WalMart Chimera
Unit Nine Leadership and Strategic Management
Text 1 Siemens Chief: Size Up an Opponent’s Strength
Text 2 Clear Agenda Helped Fiorina Win Support at HP
Unit Ten Financial Market
Text 1 Market Mania
Text 2 Priority Shifting
Unit Eleven Law of International Economics
Text 1 US Parallel Imports: What’s In, What’s Out?
Text 2 Cargo Risks:“Dangerous Goods”
Unit Twelve Quality Management
Text 1 Standards Procedure
Text 2 Transition to ISO 9000:2000
Unit Thirteen Organizational Structure
Text 1 What Organizational Culture Do You Want to Work in?
Text 2 Models of How Organizations Develop
Unit Fourteen Business Negotiation and Business Culture
Text 1 Closing Your Business Negotiations
Text 2 Euro Disney SCA: Perspectives from Two Cultures
Test Two
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