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This text was adapted by The Saylor Foundation under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. Organization The overarching logic of the book is intuitive—organized around answers to the what, where, why, and how of international business. WHAT? Section one introduces what is international business and who has an interest in it. Students will sift through the globalization debate and
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Borrow - and Benchmark …………….……………...70 Unit 9 - TQM – More than a Dying Fad? ………………………….78 Unit 10 - Reengineering: What happened? ………………….……. 88 Unit 11 - Tearing up the Jack Welch Playbook……………………101 Chapter IV: Some Macroeconomic Issues Unit 12 - Hawk
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This week's graded topics relate to the following Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs): A | Given an organizational requirement to conform business practices to both the law and best ethical practices, apply appropriate ethical theories to shape a business decision. | I | Given specified circumstances of a business decision to expand to international markets, determine what international legal requirements or regulatory controls apply. | Topics for This Week's Discussion * Introduce yourself
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