This book emphasizes a central factor in foreign business competition: understanding the obstacles and risks that impede new enterprises abroad. In an era of globalism, Navigating New Markets Abroad offers a judicious approach to corporate strategic planning and international marketing that derives from political science, sociology, psychology, and economics and is applied to the author's own experience with the reality of impact at the bottom line. In this updated second edition, macroeconomic variables and business conditions are examined along with political influences in order to evaluate the potential problems in doing business in Third World and economically disadvantaged countries. The book shows how despite the many factors that can make or break a business--ranging frim terrorism and social revolution to crises involving change in leadership in the host country and the red tape that our government can produce--one can be positioned to maximize the options and determine the outcome of one's venture. Praise for previous edition: A practical and comprehensive review of the many factors businesses must consider when they approach a foreign market for trade or investment. Raddock covers the opportunities as well as the obstacles (and land mines). The book includes specific--and excellent--sample studies of the business environments of five nations, valuable in themselves, plus a description of the role of political risk insurance. It ends with a discussion of how a business should structure its coverage of these factors to produce its own business intelligence organization. The book is an important tool for any business contemplating operations abroad. --William Colby, former Director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency A first rate discussion of the conditions business people need to consider when purchasing business opportunities outside their own country. The book does not use the business or political science jargon one usually finds in such efforts. It shows that Mr. Raddock and his contrib

If you are expanding your business into international markets, you know the value of planning. Taking your business global carries many risks-and many rewards. To reap the benefits of such a move, you need strategies and tactics that make international business successful. Built for Global will help you do just that. Written by two business people with decades of experience in management and business development, this book is designed for entrepreneurs and established business owners who want to learn the hidden secrets of entering new international markets. This book presents scenario-based approaches to communicating value with purpose, taking calculated risks in small steps, tapping in-country networks, and building trust. You will learn how to avoid common obstacles and capitalize on opportunities in new markets with proven approaches that have helped many companies thrive both within and outside the US. Using real business stories along with experience of their own, Robert Pearlstein and Janet Gregory flesh out important ideas for entering new markets that are not found in other guides to business expansion. Whether you're starting fresh or running into difficulty Built for Global will help you successfully take your global.

Master a complete roadmap for emerging market business success and profitability! Emerging markets are generating unprecedented opportunities, but they are far more complex and risky than they may seem. Profiting in these markets entails retooling business models, products, and strategies to exploit these differences, instead of falling victim to them. Too many American, European and Japanese companies continue to operate with a “developed world” mentality that seeks to merely adapt existing products and strategies, while underestimating the unique challenges of managing a business in radically different contexts. Operating in Emerging Markets draws from real-life examples and today’s most valuable research to offer a step-by-step blueprint for improving profitability in emerging markets. Pioneering researchers Dr. Luciano Ciravegna and Dr. Robert Fitzgerald walk you through understanding the true risks and challenges; identifying and investing the right resources; developing the right strategies, products, and processes; and learning from both the successes and failures that have come before you. An indispensable resource for all decision-makers in companies that are (or plan to) operating in emerging markets; and for all graduate business students who may do so in the future. "Publications devoted to rapidly transforming economies are on the rise, but the contribution is often marginal. This new book, Operating in Emerging Markets , authored by Luciano Ciravegna, Robert Fitzgerald, and Sumit Kundu, is an exception. It provides valuable insights into what makes these economies grow and prosper. Most importantly, it responds to the need for practical approaches to tapping emerging markets. Thus it should assist current and future managers in navigating these high-potential but high-risk countries." --S. Tamer Cavusgil, Callaway Professorial Chair and Executive Director, CIBER, J. Mack Robinson College of Business. Georgia State University

A reference tool for lawyers facing international legal problems outside their own areas of expertise.

One of the few books on the subject, Country Risk Assessment combines the theoretical and practical tools for managing international country risk exposure. - Offers a comprehensive discussion of the specific mechanisms that apply to country risk assessment. - Discusses various techniques associated with global investment strategy. - Presents and analyses the various sources of country risk. - Provides an in depth coverage of information sources and country risk service providers. - Gives techniques for forecasting country financial crises. - Includes practical examples and case studies. - Provides a comprehensive review of all existing methods including the techniques on the cutting-edge Market Based Approaches such as KMV, CreditMetrics, CountryMetrics and CreditRisk+.

How multinational companies can use digital technology to compete in a world where business is driven by the forces of both globalization and deglobalization. Digital technology has put globalization on steroids; multinational companies now account for one-third of world GDP and one-fourth of world employment. And yet complicating this story of unchecked global capitalism are two contradictory forces. Even as advances in digital technology enable borderless markets, a new nationalism has emerged, reviving protectionism and railing against digital colonialism. In The Digital Multinational, management experts Satish Nambisan and Yadong Luo examine how companies can adopt a dual strategy to cope with this new normal: harnessing the power of digital technology while adapting to the geopolitical realities of particular markets. Key to success, Nambisan and Luo explain, is the notion of tight and loose coupling to characterize the relationship of the digital multinational to its global partners and subsidiaries. Identifying the tightness-looseness requirements of global business connectivity leads to successful business strategy. Drawing on real-world examples that include Burberry’s entrance into the Chinese market, Unilever’s AI-powered global talent marketplace, and the Vocal for Local movement in India, they develop a typology of global business contexts; discuss digital strategies for entering new markets, establishing digital platforms, managing globally dispersed activities, and pursuing innovation; and explain how these strategies can be part of a business leader’s toolkit. The Digital Multinational is an essential guide to competing in a business world driven by both globalization and deglobalization.

Macro-level dynamics and modelling are well represented in the mainstream political risk literature. However, not many writings on the subject get their hands dirty in terms of revealing the hard, nuanced and practical work behind knowing what the issues might be for a specific foreign operation in a sensitive or volatile context, and how to plan for them. Political Risk Intelligence for Business Operations in Complex Environments provides international managers, and by extension their organisations, with a foundational understanding of political risk analysis and planning for on-the-ground operations in challenging times and places. This means having a fluid grasp of what political risk means and why it matters in the organisation’s context, and how relevant intelligence can be gathered and analysed to inform decisions and planning towards an operation’s socio-political resilience. The book explains: How and why political risk manifests and the forms it can take Company attitudes and operational attributes as a political risk variable Understanding the operational implications of socio-political dynamics and trends Stakeholder identification and analysis for informed engagement planning Scenario analysis to prepare for long-term contingencies and discontinuities Holistic, intelligence-driven political risk management planning Tactical intelligence exercises to maintain awareness and inform adaptation Intelligence management, collection and quality control Ethical considerations in political risk management Rather than being bound by conventional notions of risk, the book emphasises the dynamic relationship between a foreign operation and its host environment and milieu as a source of both challenges and opportunities to manage them. Concepts, frameworks and practices are rounded out with real-world examples and relevant lessons from the author’s experience as a political risk consultant.