Now in a newly updated and expanded second edition, "International Business" is the collaborative work of academicians and international business experts Oded Shenkar (Professor of International Business, Fisher collebe of Business, Ohio State University) and Yadong Luo (Professor of International Business and Strategy, University of Miami). Providing the reader with a comprehensive and comprehensible introduction to the role of culture, politics, and legal issues in international business, this superbly organized and presented 598-page compendium illustrated and explains how such factors influence the institutions, structures, and processes that comprise, regulate, and enable all business functions. Offering an integrated, 'reader friendly', practical, and 'real-world' approach to the analysis and conduct of doing business in a global market, "International Business" is an ideal classroom textbook for college courses and a welcome, core addition to Business School and academic library reference collections, as well as informed and informative supplemental reading for corporate executives, economists, governmental agency heads, and anyone else engaged in or having oversight responsibilities for international trade.