World Economy and International Business

Theories, Trends, and Challenges
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-20327-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 830 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1420 g

Reihe: Contributions to Economics

This textbook offers a comprehensive picture of the world economy, the global business environment, and international business. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which introduces readers to the essentials of the world economy, including its typology, key concepts and theories, the dynamics of the world economy, 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. In turn, 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.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bulatov, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. World and Global Economy.- Chapter 1. World and Global Economy, Global Business Environment and International Business: Nature, Formation, and Structure.- Chapter 2. Concepts and Theories of Global Economy.- Chapter 3. World Economy: Growth, Proportions, Efficiency, and Forecasting.- Chapter 4. World Economy Major Trends: New Normal, the Forth Industrial Revolution, Globalization, Sustainable Development.- Chapter 5. World Economy Major Trends: Evolution of National Economic Systems.- Chapter 6. World Economy Major Trends: International Economic Integration.- Chapter 7. Resources of World Economy: Human Capital.- Chapter 8. Resources of World Economy: Real Capital.- Chapter 9. Resources of World Economy: Financial Capital.- Chapter 10. Resources of World Economy: Natural Resources.- Chapter 11. Global Challenges: Environment.- Chapter 12. Global Challenges: Backwardness and Modernization.

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander S. Bulatov is a professor at the Faculty of International Relations, MGIMO University in Moscow, Russia. His research focuses on general and international economics, world and global economics, and Eurasian and Russian economics. Over the past four decades, he has published numerous books on these and related topics. He teaches courses on international and Russian economics at MGIMO University and has been a visiting scholar in the UK and the USA, a trade mission officer in Tanzania, and an energy project field officer in Syria.