Welcome to Dr. Siegel's International Business Web Site
GBU 201-001 • CRN 20319 • T,R 1230 to 1345 • Combs 213
Copyright ©2005 C.Siegel
MKT309 • MKT401 • GBU201
Welcome to Dr. Siegel's International Business Web
Site
GBU
201-001
• CRN
20319
• T,R 1230 to 1345
• Combs 213
Copyright
©2005 C.Siegel
MKT309
• MKT401
• GBU201
Chapter
3 Politics and Law in Business
Opening
case - Yahoo!
- How many international
sites?
Alternative approach - MTV globalizing content
Political
systems
Structures, processes, activities
... Politics closely aligned with culture
... Political participation (voter turnout) or
not!
... Political ideologies
(continuum)
Anarchism (Antiauthoritarian) - Pluralism - Totalitarianism
(Stalin,
Hitler, Mao, Kim
Jong-il)
NoKo
... Theocratic Totalitarianism
... Secular Totalitarianism - Communist, tribal,
right-wing
Political
risk
Conflict and violence:
... Liberia in July 2003; Pakistan and India; Iraq
and Russia
Terrorism and kidnapping:
... Southern Hemisphere danger zones for executive
kidnapping include Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia
Property seizure - confiscation, expropriation, nationalization (opposite of
privatization)
Policy changes
Local content
Transparency and corruption - Revisit Transparency
International - Corruption
Perceptions Index
Managing political risk - strategies: Avoidance, adaptation, local equity/debt, localization, development assistance, partnerships, insurance
Legal
systems
Common
law
•
Code law
•
Theocratic law
•
Totalitarian law - Tribal, Communist
Legal
issues
Standardization - Some international laws exist
Intellectual property - Continuing problem
Industrial property - Patents, trademarks
Copyrights
Product safety and liability
Taxes
Business
and international relations
The UN and other international organizations
