International business : perspectives from developed and emerging markets International Business: Perspectives from Developed and Emerging Markets provides students with a balanced perspective on business in a global environment exploring implications for multinational companies in developed and emerging markets. This is the first text of its kind to emphasize strategic decision making as the cornerstone of its approach while focusing on emerging markets. Traditional topics like foreign exchange markets and global competition are contrasted with emerging operations like Chinese market intervention and Islamic finance to provide students with an understanding of successful business strategy. Readers learn to develop and implement these strategies across cultures and across economic legal and religious institutions in order to cope with competitive players in the global landscape. Application based chapters open with reading goals and conclude with case studies and discussion questions to encourage a practical understanding of strategy