The Global Community: Techniques and Strategies of Trade

by Daniel E. Harmon

Overview

People of different cultures and countries have long recognized the value of foreign commerce. To a great extent, traders have been the catalysts establishing bonds that have linked nations, bringing people together to share knowledge and interests. At the same time, the desire for commodities and riches in faraway places has tempted traders and their governments to adopt policies of aggression and conquest. This book explores the historical and modern benefits of cross-border business and trade. It describes how trading techniques and strategies have changed overtime, particularly during the last 150 years. The advent of electronic commerce has altered practically every aspect of global trade, from marketing to management and distribution. E-trading brings exciting new opportunities, unfamiliar challenges, and disturbing threats to world commerce in the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422236642
Publisher:	Mason Crest
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Understanding Global Trade and Commerce Series
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

1 Trading Methods Then and Now 5

2 The World of Deal-Makers 19

3 Operating in the Global Economy 33

4 The Internet Alters Everything 43

5 Sticky Issues 51

6 Global Commerce in the 21st Century 63

Organizations to Contact 72

Series Glossary 73

Further Reading 75

Internet Resources 76

Index 78

About the Author/Picture Credits 80