Chapter 1 plc - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

OVERVIEW OF MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES On completion of this study unit, you should be able to ■ understand what is special about international finance ■ understand why MNCs are important players in international economic competition ■ identify the main goal of the MNC and conflicts with that goal ■ describe key theories that justify international business ■ understand the common methods used to conduct international business ■ identify some limitati...

IB-Business-Management-Notes-and-Revision Business & Management Higher Level IB Notes Topic Page Topic 1: Business organization and environment 1.1 Nature of business activity 2 1.2 Type of organizations 4 1.3 Organizational objectives 10 1.4 Stakeholders 14 1.5 External environment 16 1.6 Organizational planning tools 21 1.7 Growth and evolution 25 1.8 Change and the management of change 31 1.9 Globalization 35 Topic 2: Human Resources 2.1...

The subject of this book is corporate social responsibility (CSR), a broad term that refers generally to the ethical role of the corporation in society. Before we define CSR more precisely and before we explore in depth a number of case studies that illustrate aspects of the ethical role of corporations, we first need to understand exactly what corporations are, why they exist, and why they have become so powerful. Today, the global role of corporations rivals that of national or local governmen...