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International Business
Environmentassociate professor Radu
Mușetescu, PhD
radu.musetescu@gmail.com
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loman /**8• 3the core economics that you will need as a business
student + business related topics not typically covered inan introductory economics textbook 4
• 3thinking like an economist 4
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3a toolkit of concepts that can be used in a whole host ofdierent contexts4
• 3In this book we will be looking at the economicenvironment in which rms operate and at how economicscan help in the process of business decision taking4
& a 9od" of #no!ledge from economics that decision ma#ersin 9usiness ma" use
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Does a 9usinessman need to learneconomic theor"$
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;an someone 9e a successfull9usinessman !ithout pa"ing attention toeconomic theor"$
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uccesful entrepreneurship
& the a9ilit" of entrepreneurs to 9est serve certainconsumption desires
& entrepreneurs al!a"s allocate resources in the present inorder to get a future prot & the" ta#e over the 3economics
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Denitions of3international 9usiness
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& 3all the forces that in%uence any aspect ofthe activity of an organi&ation4 KIan Broo#s,/**-L
F including too man" dimensions !ill 9eimpossi9le & ho!ever, it is an iimage of the
comple%it" of an" 9usiness environment
F the need for more focus
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Aimited num9er of dimensionsof the stud" of 39usiness
environment4• PE & political, economic, social and
technologic
• PEAE EEPAE & political,
economic, sociocultural, technologic,legal and ethical also the naturalenvironment
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Initiall", the concept of environment !asused in the legal dimensions 3legalenvironment4 & the core 9od" of la!s!ith an impact on doing 9usiness.
Aater, the a!arenes that the formal nominal la!s are not enough forencompassing aspects !ith a 9ig impact
on 9usiness6 national culture, 9usinesspractices, customs, organiHationalculture, etc.
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ome clarications639usiness environment4
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e ! ave e%p oret!o fundamental
approaches6• 9usiness perspective F theor" of the rm and the
theor" of the international rm & ho! rms perceivethe 9usiness environment
• government perspective F the theor" of pu9licregulation F there is a competition not onl" 9et!eenrms 9ut also 9et!een governments in attracting
economic activit" such as Toreign Direct InvestmentsF governments attempt to 3create4 a 9usinessenvironment !hich is friendl" to!ards rms andcompanies in order to reach some pu9lic o9ectives
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here is a common parallel comparison9et!een
the 39usiness environment4 and the 3natural
environmentecos"stem4• comple% relationships 9et!een an entit" and its3environment 46 suppl" chain in 9usiness versus foodchain in nature
• the paradigm of 3competition4 & the 9est t to its
environment !ill survive• the theor" of 3evolution4 & the challenge of 3change4and 3adaptation4 & onl" those !ho adapt !ill 9e a9leto survive
• no single entit" can 3un9alance4 the s"stem undernormal circumstances 3the la! of large num9ers4
•the 3alien4 & either dissappears or 9ecomes hugel"successful 3invasive species4
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ra99its & an invasive specie in5ustralia
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5n" metaphor has its limits6
• social actors rms, nongovernmentalorganiHations, so on have the a9ilit" tota#e the initiative to change the
environment F social actors are not onl"3reactive4 9ut also 3constructive4 &activities such as 3-ublic .elations4,3lobby 4 and 3advocacy 4
• human 9eings al!a"s surprise themselvesand the others 9" the a9ilit" to 3ar9itrate4the rules
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