john wiley & sons, inc c 19981 political and legal environment chapter five
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc c 1998 1
POLITICAL AND LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Chapter Five
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Political and Legal EnvironmentChapter Five
• 1. Political Environment - Individual Govt
• 2. Political Environment - Social pressures and Political Risk
• 3. International Agreements• 4. International Law and Local Legal
Environment• 5. Issues Transcending National
Boundaries
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1. Political Environment - Individual Government
• Home Country vs Host Country• Structure of Government
– Ideology – Political Parties
• Government Policies and Regulations– National Security– Developing New Industries– Protecting Declining Industries
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1. Political Environment -Individual Government (cont)
• Incentives and Government Programs• Government Procurement• Trade Laws
– exhibit 5-1 Tariff and NonTariff Barriers
• Investment Regulations– Ownership Controls– Financial Controls
• Macroeconomic Policies
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2. Political Environment -Social Pressures and Political Risk
• Social pressures and Special Interests• Managing the Political Environment
– exhibit 5-2 Government Policy Areas and Instruments
• areas - monetary, fiscal, trade, foreign instrument, incomes, sectoral law
• instruments - legal, administrative, direct market operations
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2. Political Environment - Social Pressure and Political Risk (cont)
• Managing the Political Environment (cont)– exhibit 5-3 Country Risk Assessment
Criteria• Political and Economic Environment• Domestic Economic Conditions• External Economic Relations
– exhibit 5-4 Examples of Country Risk Ratings
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3. International Agreements
• G-7 (Group of Seven)• COCOM - Coordinating Committee for
Multilateral Controls
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4. International Law and Local Legal Environments
• International Law• Local Legal Systems and Laws
– Business Practices and the Legal System• exhibit 5-5 Legal Issues Facing the Company
– Types of Legal Systems– Examples of Different Laws
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4. International Law and Local Legal Environments (cont)
• Cultural Values and Legal Systems– exhibit 5-6 Number of Lawyers per 10000
Residents
• Jurisdiction– Planning Ahead– Arbitration and Enforcement
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5. Issues Transcending National Boundaries
• ISO 9000• Intellectual Property Protection
– Patent– Copyright– Trademark– Trade Secret
• Paris Convention• Berne Convention
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5. Issues Transcending National Boundaries (cont)
– exhibit 5-7 Ratings for the Level of Intellectual Property Protection in Various Countries
• Antitrust Laws of The United States• US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of
1977
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