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title | : | Strategic Planning and Multinational Trading Blocs |
author | : | Delener, Nejdet. |
publisher | : | Greenwood Publishing Group |
isbn10 | asin | : | 1567202748 |
print isbn13 | : | 9781567202748 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585383996 |
language | : | English |
subject | Trade blocs, International trade, Strategic planning. |
publication date | : | 1999 |
lcc | : | HF1418.7.D45 1999eb |
ddc | : | 382/.9 |
subject | : | Trade blocs, International trade, Strategic planning. |
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Strategic Planning and Multinational Trading Blocs
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Strategic Planning and Multinational Trading Blocs
Nejdet Delener
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Delener, Nejdet.
Strategic planning and multinational trading blocs / Nejdet
Delener.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1567202748 (alk. paper)
1. Trade blocs. 2. International trade. 3. Strategic planning.
I. Title.
HF1418.7.D45 1999
382.9dc21 9918645
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright 1999 by Nejdet Delener
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 9918645
ISBN: 1567202748
First published in 1999
Quorum Books, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
www.quorumbooks.com
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.481984).
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This books is dedicated to
Nese, Berent, and Berker
and
in memory of my parents
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Treaties are like roses and virgins:
They last as long as they last.
Charles de Gaulle
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Contents
Exhibits | xiii |
Preface | xv |
| Multinational Trading Blocs | |
Multilateral Free Trade | |
Trading Blocs | |
Multinational Trading Blocs: Motivations | |
Multinational Trading Blocs: Principles | |
Global Activity in Multinational Trading Blocs | |
| The European Union | |
Introduction | |
Implications for U.S. Industries | |
Strategic Marketing Implications | |
The Impact of the Euro on International Trade | |
Implications of the Single Currency | |
Conclusions and Strategies | |
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| The North American Free Trade Agreement | |
Introduction | |
NAFTA: Perspectives and Implications for Member Countries | |
Implications for U.S. Industries | |
Implications for Nonmember Countries | |
Conclusions and Strategies | |
| Multinational Trading Blocs in South America | |
Economic Integration in South America | |
MERCOSUR | |
The Emerging Sectors | |
Market Access and Barriers | |
Uruguay and Paraguay | |
MERCOSUR, LAIA, and the Andean Group: New Developments | |
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) | |
| Multinational Trading Blocs in the Asian Pacific Rim | |
Introduction | |
ASEAN Countries: An Overview | |
The Emerging Sectors in ASEAN | |
Market Access and Barriers | |
The Asian Financial Crisis | |
Strategic Implications | |
Future Prospects | |
| Multinational Trading Blocs in Africa | |
African Trading Blocs | |
U.S.African Trade Relations | |
South Africa: An Emerging Market | |
Conclusion | |
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| Multinational Trading Blocs in the Middle East | |
Introduction | |
Trade Agreements in the Middle East | |
The Importance of the Middle East | |
The Prospects for a Multinational Trading Bloc | |
Conclusion | |
| Dumping/Anti-Dumping and Free Trade | |
Introduction | |
Conceptualization | |
Reasons Why Firms Dump Their Products | |
GATT Rules on Anti-Dumping | |
Multinational Trading Blocs and Anti-Dumping | |
The Anti-Dumping Controversy | |
Selected Cases | |
Implications for International Business Managers | |
Implications for Consumers | |
Conclusions and Strategies | |
| Global Strategic Planning: Guidelines for Cultural Analysis | |
Introduction | |
Major Concerns of Global Strategic Planning | |
| A Global Standard for Quality System: Strategic Planning | |
Introduction | |
A Global Standard for Quality System: Theoretical Foundation | |
The New Approach to the EU Standards Regime | |
The ISO 9000 Quality Standards | |
Assessment of the ISO 9000 Series | |
Strategic Implications of ISO 9000 | |
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