Small World, Big Market
Global Business- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2014
Summary
Small World, Big Market: Global Business provides an overview of the development of international business with special emphasis on oil production, an essential part of economic development. The book focuses on major trade patterns, including the Silk Road that connected China with Europe beginning at the turn of the millennium; the Chinese Tribute Trade that connected China to Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Mideast beginning in the thirteenth century; the spice trade between Southeast Asia and India by the early fifteenth century; and European-dominated world trade.
This volume examines gold and silver trade from the Americas to Europe in the sixteenth century, and also covers the development of the Americas, together with existing African slave trade throughout Eurasia, giving rise to the expansion of African slave. Budd Hebert also discusses common principles and personal character tools for bringing together diverse cultures to facilitate international business. Small World, Big Market culminates by highlighting selected trends that impact international business.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2014
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-8722-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-8723-4
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 171
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Overview No access
- Chapter One: Seeing the World; A Global Perspective No access Pages 1 - 20
- Chapter Two: Building a World Economy No access Pages 21 - 34
- Chapter Three: Understanding Oil No access Pages 35 - 54
- Chapter Four: Understanding Oil No access Pages 55 - 88
- Chapter Five: Applying Systems Thinking to the World Economy No access Pages 89 - 104
- Chapter Six: Disruptions No access Pages 105 - 108
- Chapter Seven: Sustainability No access Pages 109 - 120
- Chapter Eight: Stewardship No access Pages 121 - 128
- Chapter Nine: Principles No access Pages 129 - 142
- Chapter Ten: Visions of the Future No access Pages 143 - 150
- Bibliography No access Pages 151 - 166
- Index No access Pages 167 - 170
- About the Author No access Pages 171 - 171





