The Rules of Globalization

This is a book about the politics of the global economy — about how firms prosper by understanding those politics, or fail by misunderstanding them. Understanding the politics of globalization may once have been a luxury; it is now, for most high-level managers, simply a necessity. The book contains cases which can be used by instructors and students to build a framework of analysis that enables them to understand the challenges of international trade and investment and master the opportunities they represent. This framework is based on a systematic evaluation of the informal and formal rules that define markets for goods, services, and capital. These insightful cases allow for evaluation of: the political and economic origins of our current era of globalization and how the rules that constrain and enable firms are changing; the impact of governments' policies and which tools are available for predicting, avoiding, or even employing the long arm of the government; and the influence of informal and formal institutions on opportunities for success in international finance and trade.

Sample Chapter(s)
Introduction (134 KB)

• The Emerging Challenge of Globalization:
  • American Outsourcing
  • Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (A): True to Brand?
  • Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (B): Made in Germany
• The Domestic Politics of Globalization:
  • Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (A)
  • Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (B)
  • Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (C)
  • Wal-Mart in Europe
  • deCODE Genetics: Hunting for Genes to Develop Drugs
  • Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment
  • The Dubai Ports World Debacle and its Aftermath
• The International Financial Architecture:
  • Private Capital and Public Policy: Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings
  • Standard and Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process
  • Bohemian Crowns: Československá Obchodní Banka (A)
  • Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenská Obchodní Banka (B)
  • Politics and Prudential Supervision: ABN Amro's Bid for Antonveneta (A)
  • Politics and Prudential Supervision: ABN Amro's Bid for Antonveneta (B)
  • European Financial Integration
  • Chrysanthemum and Dragon: JAFCO Asia in China
• The Politics and Rules of International Trade:
  • The Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (A)
  • The Delta Blues: U.S.-Vietnam Catfish Trade Dispute (B)
  • The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry
  • Life, Death, and Property Rights: The Pharmaceutical Industrial Faces AIDS in Africa
  • Competition Policy in the European Union and the Power of Microsoft