International Trade

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on globalization of organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. This eBook focuses on globalization of organizations. It introduces the concept, shows how it has influenced the ways organizations do business, and discusses the effects it has on people and communities. Real companies are used as examples to help understand the impact of globalization, and the text is written for easy reader comprehension at any level. If you are interested in learning about globalization of ...

"Hidden Champions" - das sind die Weltmarktführer, die kaum jemand kennt. Die meisten von ihnen sitzen nicht etwa im Silicon Valley, sondern in Deutschland, in Österreich und in der Schweiz. Management-Vordenker Hermann Simon prägte den Begriff für die Top-Mittelständler in Nischenmärkten bereits vor 30 Jahren, doch vieles hat sich seither verändert. Nach dem Export-Boom in den Jahren 1990-2010 sehen die Unternehmen sich heute vor großen neuen Herausforderungen.

Ryan Hass charts a path forward in America's relationship and rivalry with China rooted in the relative advantages America already possesses. Hass argues that while competition will remain the defining trait of the relationship, both countries will continue to be impacted - for good or ill - by their capacity to coordinate on common challenges that neither can solve on its own, such as pandemic disease, global economic recession, climate change, and nuclear nonproliferation.

Unlock the secrets to thriving in the dynamic world of international energy trade with "Navigating International Markets". This essential eBook offers an in-depth exploration of the global oil and gas industry, providing valuable insights for anyone looking to understand and succeed in this complex sector. Begin your journey with a comprehensive introduction to the global oil and gas market. Delve into the historical context and discover the pivotal role oil and gas play in the global economy today. As you traverse key international markets, gain a robust understanding of market structures,...

Step inside the world of agricultural commodity trading with the fully updated and expanded second edition of Commodity Conversations – An Introduction to Trading Agricultural Commodities. Voted one of the best books ever written on commodity trading, this acclaimed guide returns with even more practical insight, clarity, and real-world expertise. Whether you’re a student, market professional, or simply curious about how food and raw materials move from farm to table, Commodity Conversations demystifies the global trade in grains, oilseeds, sugar, and more. Jonathan Kingsman draws on ...

Swing trading can be a fun and very lucrative way to make a living off the stock market. If you follow the principles outlined in this audiobook, you are on your way to becoming a successful swing trader and I hope that you have found the presentation in this audiobook to be helpful, practical, and useful. Think of swing trading as a business, and that will help ensure your success.

However, this book is not about how to grow a $500 account into a $500,000 account. It is precisely these exaggerated return expectations that bring most beginners to failure. Instead, the author shows, in a realistic way, how you can become a full-time trader in spite of limited start-up capital. This applies both for traders who want to remain private, as well as for those who want to eventually trade customer funds.

It's the ultimate road trip. Legendary investor Jim Rogers and his fiancee travel to 116 countries in a custom-built, four-wheel-drive, bright yellow Mercedes. Over three years, they make their way through war zones, are guarded by military convoys, observe a 50-million-person pilgrimage, eat disgusting food, put the car on barges for transport between countries, and have their lives threatened at every turn.

In The Money Revolution: How to Finance the Next American Century, economist and best-selling author Richard Duncan lays out a farsighted strategy to maximize the United States' unmatched financial and technological potential. In compelling fashion, the author shows that the United States can and should invest in the industries and technologies of the future on an unprecedented scale in order to ignite a new technological revolution that would cement the country's geopolitical preeminence, greatly enhance human well-being, and create unimaginable wealth.

As Morgan Stanley's chief Asia specialist, getting Asia right is Stephen Roach's personal obsession, and this in-depth compilation represents more than 70 of Roach's key research efforts not just on Asia, but also on how the region fits into the broad context of increasingly globalized financial markets. The book argues that the "Asia factor" is not a static concept, but rather one that is constantly changing and evolving.

If you’ve ever travelled abroad, then you’ve already conducted a basic forex transaction by trading some of your home currency with the currency of the country you’re visiting. In a nutshell, this is what forex traders basically do - they make money by first exchanging their home currency with those of another countries, and then making. There are hundreds of specific methods for trading in Forex and in markets. There are as many effective, tested and successfully tested methods. How would you take advantage of it? This book covers forex trading and more.

An exciting, hugely revealing account of China’s burgeoning presence in Africa - a developing empire already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West and Central Africa, Howard French is uniquely positioned to tell the story of China in Africa. Through meticulous on-the-ground reporting, French crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth.

With irreverent wit, an engagingly personal style, and a battery of real-life examples, Ha-Joon Chang blasts holes in the "World Is Flat" orthodoxy of Thomas Friedman and other neo-liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade can lift struggling nations out of poverty.

Chesed is the fourth installment of The Harbinger of Change Series and it picks right up where "Without Wrath" left off. After befriending video game creator and producer Robert Leme, Matt Hurst's vision of the American Pride franchise is brought to life and enacted, delivering real hope for an American public desperately in need of some positive change...of course, no change comes without resistance and Matt's group soon meets that opposition in the form of a deadly and formidable, yet unseen enemy.While the American Pride enterprise has its hands full dealing with that threat, another ...

With over $500 million a year in sales, the Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. But beginning in the 1980s, the Bassett company suffered from an influx of cheap Chinese furniture as the first waves of Asian competition hit, and ultimately was forced to send its production offshore to Asia. Only one man fought back. That man is John Bassett III, a descendant of the Bassetts who is now chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co, which employs more than 700 Virginians and has sales of over $90 million.

A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years.

Johnny graduated high school at the top of his class and earned a full scholarship to college. So much in love, he married his high school sweetheart, Janie, after his freshman year. After graduation, they moved to Atlanta and started their new life. As greed overtook him, their marriage began to deteriorate. Johnny’s new job as an international courier took him to all corners of the globe. He was told to not ask questions about what he transported. He knew things were shady, but not until confronted by the FBI, was he finally forced to face reality.

Kerek City can be cruel and every abandoned child in Lowertown learns quickly to avoid a dance with Trouble. Like the others, Red does what he must to survive. Until one day when life goes horribly wrong. A boy is found by the side of the road. He is about 17 years old, with skin the color of cinnamon, and the too-thin look of one who lives on the streets. He has been beaten badly. Do you stop? Or not? When Red awakens at the side of the road to Aldi, he knows he has one chance to convince those who have rescued him to take him along. At the mercy of two West Islanders after they save his ...

When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter - veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard owner - travels deep into a vast, often hidden, 500-billion-dollar industry that’s transforming our economy and environment.

In The China Dream, acclaimed business journalist Joe Studwell takes to task the predictions that China will become an economic juggernaut on the world stage in the 21st century - and instead foresees an economic crisis. He argues that since the days of Marco Polo, Western nations have seen the vast population of the Middle Kingdom as a fantastic opportunity for expanding trade, investing time and resources again and again in the hope to develop it, only to see, century after century, its economy crash.