THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - EL MUNDO DE LOS NEGOCIOS INTERNACIONALES

Qué son Negocios Internacionales? Traducido por el autor, tomado del texto International Business, The new realities. Escrito por S. Tamer Cavusgi, Gary Knight and John Riesenberger (Prentice Hall, 2011).   UN DÍA COMÚN EN LA ECONOMÍA GLOBAL  Julie es una estudiante de negocios, el pasado sábado ella fue de compras a una tienda local. Primero ella ordenó un gran desayuno, desprevenida que la mayoría su comida era importada del extranjero: tocino de España, jugo de Brasil y yogur de una marca francesa. Julie después se acercó a la tienda por departamentos a comprar el regalo para su padre, ella revisó corbatas de marcas Francesas e Italianas y otras hechas en China y Rumania, también consideró afeitadoras eléctricas hechas por Braun (una marca Alemana) y Philips (una marca Holandesa). Ella eventualmente compró una Panasonic, una marca Japonesa. Luego ella se dirigió al mostrador de perfumes, donde se probó varias marcas incluyendo Chanel de Francia, French connec...

One of the best definitions of International business is the one provided by the text "International Business. The New realities" by S. Tamer Cavusgi, Gary Knight and John Riesenberger (Prentice Hall, 2011). It is just about one page but it is an excellent story to introduce the topic to Junior students of International Business, I hope you enjoy it: A TYPICAL DAY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Julie Valentine is a college junior majoring in business. On a recent Saturday, she went shopping at a local mall. First, she ordered a big breakfast, unaware that most of her meal was imported from abroad: bacon from Spain, juice from Brazil, French-branded yogurt. Julie then headed to the department store to buy a gift for her father. She perused neckties with Italian and French brand names, and others made in China and Romania. She also considered electric shavers made by Braun (a German brand) and Philips (a Dutch brand). She eventually bought a Panasonic (a Japanese brand). Next, she...

To talk about international relations, we must go back Centuries ago when different regions had political relations and also commercial ones without all the regulations that we know Nowadays. To know the dynamics of those remote Imperial ages, we can take into account as reference the simulations or games that most of us have played at least once in a life time, some years ago there was a title created by Microsoft that showed the stages of world development and how different cultures interacted and got expertise in terms of production, knowledge, science among others. I remember I played the age of empires saga when I was a college student for several hours a day, it surely helped me to become an international professional or at least to spend some hours on a Sunday evening trying to avoid my duties for the following week. But let’s go back to international relations, as it takes relevance in the 17th century with a fact that has marked world history at that time and Fostered inter...

To talk about China and India we have to think first in their population that locate those two countries as a big part of the world. China and India have characterized for their growing population and because they have been considered two countries that in the XXI century, have taken more and more relevance due to their high economic growth. Parallel with the high Demographic growth the two countries have many things in common, factors like the production and manufacturing for many remarkable brands, offshoring and outsourcing for western companies is a growing tendency in the current century. Both countries still have to struggle with their past, in the case of China, its insertion to the world after the revolution, the distribution of wealth, the social services, pollution vs industrialization, the quality of its products that become a downside when appraising the country and in the case of India, the integration of rural and urban areas, the balance of prosperity vs wellbeing, issu...

There is a growing debate between supporters of developed markets and supporters of emerging ones as alternatives for investment if the global market. The attractive of emerging markets is represented by its population and labor force, one the other hand, the attractive of developed nations comes from its instability in policies and tradition. If we study a little bit more the attractive of emerging markets, we find that they have a huge demography but at the same time, it is not a warranty of cultural matching, how many times do we hear entrepreneurs or politicians say: “we are going to make millions of Chinese consume our products” is this warranty that tastes are going to be similar to the ones that are being offered or sold at that particular moment? in my point of view, this aspect goes through different variables: the kind of product, the company, the objectives and the degree of commitment towards internationalization and other aspects of the external environment such as ...

Para hablar de relaciones internacionales debemos remontarnos siglos atrás cuando las diferentes regiones tenían relaciones políticas y comerciales sin la normatividad que conocemos hoy en día. Para conocer la dinámica que se daba en esas remotas épocas imperiales, podemos tomar como referencia las simulaciones o juegos que la mayoría de nosotros ha probado en algún momento de nuestras vidas, hace unos años existía un título de Microsoft que recreaba plenamente las etapas del desarrollo mundial en eras sobre las cuales solamente habíamos leído en textos de historia o vagamente habíamos visto vagamente en algún filme épico de Hollywood. No obstante, la disciplina de las relaciones internacionales se viene a fundamentar en el siglo XVII con un hecho que marcó la historia mundial en aquella época y hace de las relaciones internacionales, una disciplina que cobra más y más relevancia hasta llegar a nuestros días, es precisamente la guerra de los 30 años, un conflicto de tipo religioso y...

The Word geopolitics derives from the words geo (geography) and politics, in that way, the first definitions of the term show the relationship among nations located by the use of geography and their political links. In the 20th century, the discipline starts taking relevance due to the different wars, the role of the subject begins to increase and relate to different and nonexistent fields. Wars turn into catalysts and an effective system to measure the power and the priorities in terms of geopolitics in the world. Nowadays, it is a discipline that is vital when planning the foreign agenda of states, hand in hand with international relations, some trends are created around the geographical location and its relationship with the outer layers. Today, it is common to talk about planning policies by using strategies each government determine due to its position in the world and its geopolitical concerns, some terms like geostrategy derive from that idea. The relation of geopolitics and ...

La geopolítica se deriva de la palabra geo, la cual hace alusión a la geografía y de forma consecuente a la política, por ende, las primeras definiciones de geopolítica muestran la relación existente entre las distintas naciones, ubicadas por medio de la geografía y de esta manera, la relación política existente entre ellas. En el siglo XX se comienza a estudiar con mayor rigurosidad y debido a las diferentes guerras y confrontaciones existentes en el siglo, el rol de la disciplina tiene un auge en muchos más campos de los que originalmente se había determinado. Las guerras se convierten en un catalizador y un sistema efectivo para medir el peso y las prioridades en materia geopolítica en el mundo. Hoy en día es una disciplina que ocupa un lugar muy importante en los planes de los estados, de la mano con las relaciones internacionales, se crean corrientes de pensamiento y agendas en torno a esa localización geográfica y su consecuente relación política con el exterior. Hoy es común ...

We frequently wonder why many of the things or devices we use, say or see on a daily basis, are the result of a mixture of facts, processes and circumstances in the past. If we could count the number of things that are result of the globalization, we would have to start by the mere fact of waking up in the morning by using an alarm clock or a cellphone in which their manufacturing processes cross different borders or probably their components come from different countries. That picture of the man being woken up by the sounds of nature does not exist anymore or it is replaced by such devices that imitate those sounds. Once you wake up, you walk a few steps and find your bathroom full of plastic bottles you probably don´t need but they are there because while you are brushing your teeth you are watching cable TV, you see your favorite artist hawking a product that is designed for bold men, although you are not bold yet, but who knows, you may need it in the future. You walk some othe...

Con frecuencia nos asombramos porque muchas de las cosas que usamos, decimos o vemos a diario, resultan ser una mezcla de hechos, procesos y circunstancias del pasado, que hoy nos llevan a situarnos en el mundo de determinada manera. Si se hiciera un inventario de las cosas que a diario son fruto de la globalización, tenemos que empezar por nuestro propio despertar en la mañana, muy probablemente se realizó por un dispositivo electrónico o un teléfono celular de determinada marca, cuyo proceso de fabricación pasa de mano en mano y de frontera en frontera, aquella imagen del gallo despertándonos en la mañana se puede reemplazar por un aparato que incluso imita su sonido. Si caminas unos metros te encuentras con que muy seguramente en tu baño hay una buena cantidad de frascos, que tal vez no necesitas, pero que están ahí porque mientras te cepillas los dientes ves un canal internacional en el cual aparece un ícono del deporte de tu país promocionando una pomada anti-calvicie y así no ...