Meyer, KlausDr. Klaus E. Meyer is Professor of International Business at Ivey Business School, Canada. Previously, he was Professor of Strategy and International Business at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He also held an honorary position of Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Professor Meyer teaches in the areas of Strategic Management, International Business, Global Strategy, and Business in Emerging Markets. He previously taught at the University of Bath, University of Reading, Copenhagen Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as well as Cheng-chi University in Taipei. He graduated with a Ph.D. from London Business School, with a dissertation on Determinants of Direct Foreign Investment in the Transition Economies in Central and Eastern Europe". Professor Meyer's current research focuses on strategies of multinational enterprises in emerging economies. He is particularly interested in how firms adapt their business strategies to the specific conditions prevailing in each emerging economy. He has thus investigated foreign investor's choice of entry mode and foreign acquisitions in transition economies. Another stream of research focuses on the global strategies that may bring multinational enterprises into emerging economies in the first place. Recent research investigates multinational enterprises originating from emerging economies such as China, focusing on how the home country context shapes the strategies of international growth. In 2013 Professor Meyer was elected to serve a three-year term as Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) and was the organisation's Vice President with responsibility for their 2014 annual conference in Vancouver Canada. Moreover, he serves as Deputy-Editor-in-Chief, Management and Organisation Review, the Journal of the International Association of Chinese Management Research and as Consulting Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies."

PART ONE FOUNDATIONS
1 Globalizing Business
2 Formal Institutions: Political, Economic and Legal Systems
3 Informal Institutions: Culture, Religion and Languages
4 Firms Resources: Competitiveness and Growth
PART TWO BUSINESS ACROSS BORDERS
5 Trading Internationally
6 Investing Abroad Directly
7 Exchange Rates
PART THREE GLOBALIZATION
8 European Integration
9 Global Integration and multilateral organizations
10 Socially Responsible Business
PART FOUR THE FIRM ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
11 Starting International Business
12 Foreign Entry Strategies
13 Competitive Dynamics
14 Global Strategies and Acquisitions
PART FIVE OPERATIONS IN THE GLOBAL MNE
15 Operations in the Global MNE
16 People in the MNE
17 Customers and Suppliers of the MNE
PART SIX INTEGRATIVE CASES
Integrative Cases

The second edition of International Business offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to international business that starts from Europe but ultimately encompasses the globe.

This edition has been fully updated to reflect the rapidly changing world of business, including more coverage of emerging economies and trading blocks.

The text's comprehensive coverage is arranged around one central question - what determines the success and failure of firms around the globe? Scholarly research is used throughout to help answer this question and to facilitate learning of the key concepts.