Book Description
The text uses a thematic approach to managing the risks of trade in goods and services, the protection and licensing of intellectual property, and foreign direct investment. The authors examine both private and public law issues from both an international and comparative perspective. This edition focuses on the transactional aspects of international business as well as on the legal, cultural, political and economic environment affecting managerial decision making on a global scale.

About the Author
Richard Schaffer is Professor of Business Law, Department of Finance, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University. His primary teaching responsibilities have been in the area of business law, and the law of international trade and investment. Professor Schaffer received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi and his LL.M. from New York University. A former practicing attorney, he has served as visiting consultant to the United Nations Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (CSDHA/CRIMP), New York, San Jose, and Vienna, on projects related to multinational corporations, corrupt practices, and socioeconomic development and as an expert member and rapporteur of international working groups on international economic criminality. Schaffer has acted as Director for Education of the 1,000-industry-member North Carolina World Trade Association. He also has served as consultant to business schools on the internationalization of the curriculum. He consults regularly with industry on topics related to the international home-textile industry.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This text is designed for use in courses in International Business Law, International Business Transactions, or the Law of International Trade and Investment. The authors have attempted to provide a fairly comprehensive treatment of the three primary forms of international business: the laws of international trade, the licensing of intellectual property, and foreign investment. Our approach is to present these three market-entry methods beginning with trade, which involves the least penetration into the foreign market, and concluding with foreign investment, which immerses the firm completely into the social, cultural, and legal systems of its host country.

SYNOPSIS

In this text for courses in international business law, international business transactions, and the law of international trade and investment, Schaffer (business, Appalachian State University) emphasizes both private and public law, and treats general principles of the law of nations and the work of various intergovernmental organizations such as the WTO and the UN. Foreign laws and case decisions are presented for comparison purposes, to illustrate differences in legal and economic systems, and to offer examples of doing business in other countries. This sixth edition covers major legal and political developments that followed 9/11, and analyzes the latest developments in trade negotiations, the European Community, intellectual property, and global environmental protection. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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