| Description |
xiii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part One : Invisible Risk and its Impact on Investment --1. Operating in overseas markets -- 2. Invisible risks -- Grey Area Dynamics TM -- MIG's ten GADs and their sub sections -- The iceberg -- 3. The problem with strategy --Direction -- Information collection -- Analysis and planning -- Bargaining -- Decision-making -- 4. Understanding culture -- Business integration -- Case study : South Korea -- 5. Bureaucracy, corruption and Foreign Direct Investment -- Bureaucracy and liberality of investment regimes -- Corruption -- Case study : Indonesia (1) -- Case study : Indonesia (2) -- 6. Legal safeguards -- Case study : Poland -- Case study : CIS/Ukraine/Russia -- 7. Criminal activities -- Counterfeiting and fraud --Case study: parallel trading and product diversion -- Case study : Russia -- Case study: European Union -- 8. The good, the bad and the unethical -- Case study : Burma -- Case study : Royal Dutch/Shell -- 9. Other headaches - Extremism Unfair competition -- Case study : Russia -- Case study : industrial espionage -- 10. A little light relief -- Part Two : The World's Troublespots -- 11. Introduction -- 12. Origins of the threat to business -- Religious fanaticism and creeping Islam -- International organized crime syndicates -- 13. Political terrorist groups -- 14. Global scenario update -- 15. Risk ratings -- 16. Middle East - the Saudi domino effect -- Instability in Saudi Arabia --Expanded US operations against Iraq - Re-radicalization in Iran -- Higher intensity Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Instability in Turkey -- 17. Latin America -- Regional recession -- 18. Asia Pacific -- Indo-Pakistani conflict over Kashmir -- US operations extended into Pakistan -- Sino-Indian war as a result of Indo-Pakistani war -- A widened Sino-Indian war -- A new Taiwan crisis -- A Korean crisis -- Islamic revolution in Indonesia -- |
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19. The lesser risks - country by country -- Asia and the Far East -- Europe and the Former Soviet Union -- The Middle East -- Latin America -Africa -- Part Three: Threat and Defence -- 20. Introduction -- Extortion/blackmail -- Kidnapping or hostage-taking -- Political terrorism -- 21. The defence of buildings, personnel and stock -- The threat from direct action groups -- Protection after the blast -- Chemical and biological threats -- Evacuation of buildings on receipt of a warning or after terrorist attack -- Defence of stock - Cybercrime - Leisure -- Women travellers -- Attack and kidnap for ransom -- Personal reactions -- Coping with captivity -- Safeguarding your family -- Response to a kidnap call -- Dealing with bombs -- 22. Proactive and precautionary measures -- Personal security -- International travel -- Documents and currency - Medical -- Airport safety -- Hotel safety -- Street awareness -- Security when mobile -- Portable computer and mobile telephone security -- Security at home -- Child safety -- Part Four: Conclusions -- 23. Conclusions - So Where Do We Stand Now? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Books24x7 (BusinessPro) |
| Subject |
Country risk.
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International business enterprises -- Corrupt practices.
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Investments, Foreign.
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Terrorism -- Prevention.
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| Author |
Bailey, Alan.
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Books24x7, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2003428003 |
| ISBN |
0749438177 |
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