International Business: The Challenge of Global Competition, 10th Edition, by Ball, McCulloch, Frantz, Geringer, and Minor continues to be the most objective and thorough treatment of International Business available for students. Enriched with maps, photos, and the most up-to-date world data, this text boasts the collective expertise of five authors with firsthand international business experience, specializing in international management, finance, law, global strategy, and marketing - a claim no other text can make. Only Ball, McCulloch, Frantz, Geringer, and Minor can offer a complete view of International Business as diverse as the backgrounds of business students. Table of Contents Part I: The Nature of International Business 1. The Rapid Change of International Business 2. International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment 3. Theories of International Trade and Investment Part II: Cooperation Among Nations 4. Dynamics of International Institutions 5. Understanding the International Monetary System Part III: International Environmental Forces 6. Cultural Forces 7. Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability 8. Economic and Socioeconomic Forces 9. Political Forces 10. Legal Forces 11. Financial Forces 12. Labor Forces Part IV: The Organizational Environment 13. International Competitive Strategy 14. Assessing and Analyzing Markets 15. Entry Modes 16. Export and Import Practices 17. Marketing Internationally 18. Organizational Design and Control 19. Human Resource Management 20. Financial Management 21. Global Operations and Supply Chain Management About the Author Mike is the professor of Strategy and International Business, and Global Strategy and LawProfessor of Marketing and INternational Business Features       * Discussion of the globalization debate in Chapter 1 increases students????? awareness of the pros and cons of the globalization of world markets.     * Emphasis on sustainability in Chapter 7, Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, raises students????? awareness of the impact of global business on the natural environment.     * Chapter 21 on supply chain management provides a strategic framework for thinking about operations management.     * Chapter 15 on entry modes provides an expanded treatment of the critical topic of how businesses make decisions about the best way to enter foreign markets - a topic formerly covered in part of Ch. 2 of the Ninth Edition.     * Chapter 18 on organizational design and control provides a more focused treatment of these topics, which were formerly combined with the strategy chapter in the Ninth Edition.     * Expanded treatment on corporate espionage in the strategy chapter reflects management?????s realization that increased competition created need for more systematic knowledge of competitors????? activities.     * Expanded coverage of human resource development in Chapter 19, Human Resource Management.     * GlobalEDGE Research Tasks, created by Tunga Kiyak and Tomas Hult of the CIBER Center at Michigan State University. These exercises found at the end of each chapter challenge students to solve problems similar to those faced by practicing international business managers and acquaint them with the tools and data real managers use and are ideal for web-based courses. For example, in working on a product launch, students may be asked to compile a list of the top 10 countries in terms of their attractiveness for potential return of FDI. Students can access Internet resources needed to solve the problems at www.globaledge.msu.edu .     * A new video collection features exclusive business case studies as well as PBS and NBC News footage that tie in to cases in the text- that you won?????t find with any other IB text. Featured titles include "Starbucks and Free Trade Coffee," "Outsourcing to Mexico," "The Peace Corp," "Cirque Du Soliel," the IMF, and the BP Amoco Global Brand Transformation to name a few. Videos correspond to video cases (with discussion questions) at the end of the textbook beginning on page 632. the BP Amoco Global Brand Transformation to name a few. Videos correspond to end-of-part video cases (with discussion questions) in the book.     * The world map is now printed on the end sheets of the textbook, offering students an important geographical perspective.