Richard Schaffer Libri

International Business Law and Its Environment, 5th edition employs a comparative approach that balances private and public law and facilitates effective managerial decision-making. The authors integrate the legal challenges of doing business in an international setting with the economic and political issues that commonly arise.

The text uses a thematic approach to managing the risks of trade in goods and services, the protection and licensing of intellectualproperty, and foreign direct investment. The authors examine both private and public law issues from both an international and comparativeperspective. This edition focuses on the transactional aspects of international business as well as on the legal, cultural, political andeconomic environment affecting managerial decision making on a global scale.