Advanced Economies and Emerging Markets, livre ebook

There is intense competition among emerging markets to capture their share of the global economy. This book addresses questions that are germane to accomplishing this goal. Most important to this end is the study and practice of international business and foreign trade.

Undertaking such a study raises many questions which this book will answer:

• Why are emerging markets and the firms doing business in them internationalizing so aggressively?
• Why in the past decade has the pace of internationalization accelerated so rapidly?
• What competitive advantages do these emerging economies enjoy in comparison to advanced economies, such as the G20, and what are the origins of those advantages?
• Through what strategies are emerging market blocks, such as the BRICs and the CIVETS, building their global presence and expanding their market reach?
• How are emerging markets rivaling advanced economies and how are they affecting the already established rivalries among those economies?

This book answers these and other questions. In doing so, it will address the larger issue of what it all means for mainstream international business theory and its actual practice.

Preface ..................................................................................................xi

Acknowledgments .................................................................................. xv

Chapter 1 The Influence of the G-7 Advanced Economies

and G-20 Group ...............................................................1

Chapter 2 The Counter-Influence of Emerging Markets across

the Globe ........................................................................21

Chapter 3 Advanced versus Emerging Markets:

Global Economic Prospects .............................................47

Chapter 4 Coping with Emerging and Advanced Market Risks ........75

Chapter 5 Global Economies at War ..............................................105

Chapter 6 The Rebalance of Global Trade ......................................123

Chapter 7 The IMF Is Being Hit by BRICS ...................................133

Chapter 8 CIVETS: A New Strong and Fast Emerging Market ......165

Chapter 9 The Strength of ASEAN Economies ..............................191

Chapter 10 Can MENA’s Rise Be Powered by BRICS? .....................219

Chapter 11 Entering an Emerging Market ......................................259

Chapter 12 The Importance of Market Research and

Business Intelligence .....................................................279

Chapter 13 Coping with Political and Economic Risks ....................291

Chapter 14 FCPA: Dealing with Corruption and Crime ..................309

Chapter 15 Coping with the Global and Emerging Market Crisis ....335

About the Authors ...............................................................................359

Advance Quotes for Advanced Economies and Emerging Markets ...........363

Notes .................................................................................................367

References ...........................................................................................379

Index .................................................................................................397