Introduction to Global Business

Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF GLOBAL BUSINESS1. The Rise of Globalization.2. The Evolution of International Business.3. Regional Economic Integration.4. The International Flow of Funds and Exchange Rates.Part II: GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.5. The Cultural Environment of Global Business.6. The Legal, Economic and Political Environment of Global Business.7. Corruption and Ethics in Global Business.Part III: GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION.8. Entry Strategies in Global Business.9. Control of Global Business.10. The Organization of Global Business.Part IV: MANAGING GLOBAL BUSINESS.11. Global Human Resource Management.12. Global Marketing.13. Global Operations and Supply-Chain Management.14. Global Financial Management.15. Global Accounting and Taxation.

Gaspar, JulianDr. Julian Gaspar is Clinical Professor Emeritus of Finance with Texas A&M University's Mays Business School. He is currently an adjunct professor of international business with the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he teaches international business and international financial management. Dr. Gaspar is former director of Texas A&M University's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), where he guided the international expansion of the business school's academic programs, faculty research and outreach programs for thirty years. As the director of one of America's 15 CIBER business schools, Dr. Gaspar infused globalization into the school's business courses through international business course designs, study abroad and exchange programs, and authoring international business (IB) texts. Dr. Gaspar developed and led study abroad programs to China, Europe and India. An international economist by training, he has three decades of expertise in country risk evaluation, project economic and financial analysis, and financial and industrial restructuring of emerging economies. His corporate experience includes work with Bank of America in Tokyo and San Francisco, where he conducted country risk assessment and researched and analyzed debt problems of developing countries. During his tenure as an international economist with the World Bank Group, Dr. Gaspar analyzed investment projects in Asia and designing financial and industrial restructuring programs for Poland and Cyprus. Dr. Gaspar received his Ph.D. in international and monetary economics from Georgetown University, his M.B.A. from Indiana University and his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Madras, India.