July 2013
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
15h 18m
English
In this chapter, you will learn about:
The theories that explain international trade and investment
The reasons why nations trade
The ways nations can enhance their competitive advantage
Why and how firms internationalize
The ways internationalizing firms can gain and sustain competitive advantage
In this chapter, we explain why nations and firms trade and invest internationally.1 We explain why such participation allows nations to acquire and sustain comparative advantage and why it enables firms to acquire and sustain competitive advantage in the global marketplace. We address such questions as:
What is the underlying economic rationale for international ...