September 22, 1887 - 31 men (merchants, lumbermen, bankers, manufacturers), under chairmanship of alderman R. Clark, formed Board of Trade in Vancouver, BC to: 1) rebuild city after June 13, 1886 fire destroyed all but one of Vancouver’s buildings, 2) create an "organization to protect the interests of merchants, traders and manufacturers, to advance the trade of the area and to promote the advancement and general prosperity of Vancouver"; November 24, 1887 - charter issued (organization now official); named The Vancouver Board of Trade; 1888 - David Oppenheimer, Bavarian immigrant, Mayor of Vancouver, became President; 1891 - lobbied of Ottawa politicians finally resulted in laying of submarine cable from Vancouver, to Hawaii, to Sydney (succeeded in 1902); 1896 - played major role in transportation, development of port as Western Canada's premiere terminus - lobbied for steamship service to northern points to promote trade, open the country (5-day steamer service from Seattle to Alaska via Vancouver started in 1901); railway through Crows Nest Pass to open Kootenay district (mineral wealth); 1914 - special Act of Parliament created Vancouver Harbour Board; persuaded federal government to dredge First Narrows for shipping; 1926 - made grant to establish Faculty of Commerce at University of British Columbia; assisted in formation of Canadian Chamber of Commerce; 1952 - 10 bureaus, 10 standing committees worked on campaigns, exhibitions, luncheons, educational products, endorsements, representations to all levels of government on behalf of business community; 1960s - focus on 1) conventions, tourism as major North American industries, 2) more efficient regional transportation system (urged provincial establishment of metro transit authority); 1983 - became member of World Trade Centers Association; provided communications links to more than 300 trade centres around globe, electronic mail service, information search and retrieval from more than 300 databases; 2001 - dedicated to community affairs and revitalization of community spirit, corporate tax reduction, urban crime reduction, stewardship series, mentoring programs.

January 22-25, 1895 - Group of Cincinnati businessmen, largely composed of members of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Manufacturers Association, convened in Oddfellows Hall in Cincinnati, OH (583 association and manufacturing executives from all corners of the U.S. attended); founded National Association of Manufacturers; Thomas Dolan of Philadelphia chosen as non-partisan association's first president; January 1896 - first annual convention held in Chicago; name "National Association of Manufacturers of the United States of America" and constitution adopted; objectives: 1) retention and supply of home markets with U.S. products and extension of foreign trade; 2) development of reciprocal trade relations between the U.S. and foreign governments; 3) rehabilitation of the U.S. Merchant Marine; 4) construction of a canal in Central America; 5) improvement and extension of U.S. waterways.

May 1914 - National Foreign Trade Council formed at first National Foreign Trade Convention, in Washington, DC; concentrated on running the annual convention, serving as intermediary in commercial negotiations between U.S. interests and their trading partners in Caribbean, Latin America; 1936 - incorporated in New York State; hired permanent staff, enlarged scope of activities.

March 25, 1957 - France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg signed two treaties in Rome: 1) European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for the common and peaceful development of Europe's nuclear resources; 2) European Economic Community (EEC), also known as the Common Market - trade barriers between member nations were gradually eliminated, and common policies regarding transportation, agriculture, and economic relations with nonmember countries were implemented; eventually, labor and capital were permitted to move freely within the boundaries of the community; major step in Europe's movement toward economic and political union; 1951 - France and West Germany formed the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), integrating their coal and steel industries; 1967 - ECSC, EAEC, EEC were fully merged as the European Community (EC); 1960 - Britain and other European nations established the weaker European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as an alternative; 1973 - Britain, Denmark and Ireland became EC members; 1981 - Greece joined; 1986 - Portugal and Spain joined; 1990 - former East Germany as part of reunified Germany joined; 1993 - European Union (EU) established following ratification of the Maastricht Treaty - called for a strengthened European parliament, creation of a central European bank and common currency, common defense policy, member states' participation in a larger common market, called the European Economic Area; 1995 - Austria, Finland, and Sweden became members.

January 16, 1965 - Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Canada-United States Automotive Agreement (Auto Pact); eliminated trade tariffs between the two countries, created single North American manufacturing market; Americans got a continental-wide free trade zone in auto parts, Canadians won production guarantees and content requirement (all auto product imports south of their border would come from Canada); elevated industrial policy to the international level; more efficient market lowered prices, increased production created thousands of jobs and wages for Canadians;  automobile and parts production surpassed pulp and paper, became Canada's most important industry; trade deficit turned to trade surplus (billions of dollars annually to Canada); left Canadian automobile industry in hands of American corporations; 1987 - comprehensive U.S.-Canada free trade agreement supplanted Auto Pact (invalidated by WTO invalidated as obstacle to free trade.

November 19, 1993 - The U.S. Senate voted in favor of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

December 8, 1993 - President Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement; trade pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico eliminated virtually all tariffs and trade restrictions between the three nations; January 1, 1994 - pact took effect, created the world's largest free-trade zone.

December 1, 1994 - U.S. Congress passed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty.

November 30, 1999 - The opening of a 135-nation trade gathering in Seattle was disrupted by at least 40,000 demonstrators, some of whom clashed with police.

May 7, 2008 - Dollar against euro (low = $1.60).

Daniel Altman (2007). Connected: 24 Hours in the Global Economy. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 304 p.). Columnist (International Herald Tribune). Globalization--Economic aspects; International economic relations; International finance. June 15, 2005 - people, deals, issues that helped shape international economy on a randomly chosen day; hour-by-hour journey through more than a dozen cities in world trading system.

Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (1989). Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 274 p.). International business enterprises--Management.

Richard J. Barnet, John Cavanagh (1994). Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations and the New World Order. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 480 p.). International business enterprises--Case studies; Economic history--1945-.

John H. Barton. Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg (2006). The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Politics, Law, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 242 p.). George E. Osborne Professor of Law Emeritus (Stanford University Law School); Professor of Political Science (Stanford University); Senior Fellow at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies and Emeritus Professor in the Food Research Institute (Stanford University); Professor of Law (UCLA School of Law). General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization); World Trade Organization; Free trade; Foreign trade regulation; Regionalism; Trade blocs; Free trade--Political aspects. Comprehensive political-economic history of development of world's multilateral trade institutions, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Joe Bennett (2008). Where Underpants Come From: From Checkout to Cotton Field - Travels Through the New China. (London, UK: Simon & Schuster UK, 272 p.). Syndicated Travel Writer and Columnist. Underwear; International trade; Free trade; International economic relations. Underpants - from store shelf to Chinese cotton fields; all there is to know about making, selling, exporting, buying pair of underpants bought at local discount store in New Zealand for $8.59; who could be making any money; how many processes, middlemen involved? odyssey to China to trace pants to their source; balanced, intricate web of contacts, exchanges makes global trade possible.

Suzanne Berger (2005). How We Compete: What Companies Around the World Are Doing to Make it in Today's Global Economy. (New York, NY: Currency, 352 p.). Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science (MIT), Director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiative. Strategy formulation; Globalization; Management; Manufacturing resource planning. Which practices succeed/fail in today’s global economy, and why.  

William J. Bernstein (2008). A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World. (New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 384 p.). Financial Theorist, Historian. Globalization--Economic aspects; Globalization--Social aspects. Global commerce from prehistoric origins to today's controversies; trade and globalization as evolutionary process as old as war, religion (historical constant) that will continue to foster growth of intellectual capital, shrink world, propel trajectory of human species.

Jagdish Bhagwati (2004). In Defense of Globalization. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 308 p.). Professor (Columbia University). Globalization--Economic aspects; Globalization--Social aspects; Anti-globalization movement. 

Stanley Bing (2006). Rome, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation. (New York, NY: Norton, 197 p.). Gil Schwartz (CBS-TV Public relations Executive). Corporate state--Rome--Humor; Parables--Humor; Rome--History--Humor. Roman empire as multinational corporation - a family business prospers, an executive class rises, reverse takeovers destroy.

James Bovard (1991). The Fair Trade Fraud. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 330 p.). Fellow at Competitive Enterprise Institute. United States -- Commercial policy; Protectionism -- United States.

William Brittain-Catlin (2005). Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 288 p.). Former BBC reporter, Investigator (Kroll Associates). Tax havens--Cayman Islands; International finance--Political aspects--Cayman Islands; Commercial crimes--Cayman Islands; Transnational crime--Cayman Islands; Cayman Islands--Economic conditions; Offshore capitalism

Stephen G. Brooks (2005). Producing Security: Multinational Corporations, Globalization, and the Changing Calculus of Conflict. (Princeton, NJ. : Princeton University Press, c2005.: Princeton University Press, 316 p.). Assistant Professor of Government (Dartmouth College). Security, International; International economic relations; Globalization; International business enterprises. Globalization of production - influence on war and peace.

Andrew G. Brown (2003). Reluctant Partners: A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation, 1850-2000. (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 254 p.). Former Director of the General Analysis and Policies Division for the United Nations. International trade; International economic relations. Possibilities for cooperation among states. 

Stephen G. Bunker and Paul S. Ciccantell (2005). Globalization and the Race for Resources. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 263 p.). Former Professor of Sociology (University of Wisconsin--Madison); Associate Professor of Sociology (Western Michigan University). Natural resources--History; Mineral industries--History; Globalization--History; Capitalism--History; International economic relations--History. Profound connection between global dominance, control of natural resources; how five nations  achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, markets to enhance their access to raw materials.

--- (2007). East Asia and the Global Economy: Japan’s Ascent, with Implications for China’s Future. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Former Professor of Sociology (University of Wisconsin--Madison); Associate Professor of Sociology (Western Michigan University). Industries--Japan--History--20th century; Raw materials--Japan; International economic relations--History; Globalization; Capitalism; Natural resources; Japan--Economic policy--1945- ; Japan--Foreign economic relations. What drove Japan's economic expansion (key factors), how Japan globalized work economy to support it, effects on reorganization of significant sectors of global economy;  why spectacular growth halted in 1990s; theory of "new historical materialism"; China's recent path of economic growth, dominance.

Nayan Chanda (2007). Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 416 p.). Director of Publications, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. Social evolution; Commerce--History; Intercultural communication--History; Culture diffusion--History; Globalization--History. Globalization of human interaction; process of ever-growing interconnectedness, interdependence that began thousands of years ago.

Eds. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Bruce Mazlish (2004). Leviathans: Multinational Corporations and the New Global History. (New York, NY: Cambridge. International business enterprises; Globalization--Economic aspects.

Ha-Joon Chang (2007). Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 288 p.). Reader in the Political Economy of Development (University of Cambridge). Free trade; Capitalism. Contrarian history of free-market thesis; economic superpowers (U.S., Britain, Korea) attained prosperity by shameless protectionism, government intervention in industry, copying others’ technologies, ram policies that suit ourselves down throat of developing world.

Carl H.A. Dassbach (1989). Global Enterprises and the World Economy: Ford, General Motors, and IBM, the Emergence of the Transnational Enterprise. (New York, NY: Garland, 558 p.). Forf Motor Company -- History; General Motors Corporation -- History; International Business Machines Corporation -- History; International business enterprises -- History -- 20th century.

Steve Dryden (1995). Trade Warriors: USTR and the American Crusade for Free Trade. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 452 p.). United States. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative--History; Free trade--United States--History--20th century; Tariff--United States--History--20th century; United States--Commercial policy--History--20th century. 

Francesco Duina (2006). The Social Construction of Free Trade: The European Union, NAFTA, and MERCOSUR. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 224 p.). Assistant Professor of Sociology (Bates College) and Visiting Professor at the International Center for Business and Politics (Copenhagen Business School). European Union; Canada. Treaties, etc. 1992 Oct. 7; MERCOSUR (Organization); Free trade; Free trade--Social aspects; Regionalism; Trade blocs. Economic sociology and comparative regional integration. New interpretation of the proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) at the end of the twentieth century.

John H. Dunning (1993). The Globalization of Business: The Challenge of the 1990s. (New York, NY: Routledge, 467 p.). International business enterprises; Investments, Foreign.

--- (1997). Alliance Capitalism and Global Business. (New York, NY: Routledge, 383 p.). Strategic alliances (Business); International business enterprises--Management; Investments, Foreign. 

Ed. John  H. Dunning (2000). Regions, Globalization, and the Knowledge-Based Economy. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 506 p.). International business enterprises--Case studies; Regional economics--Case studies; Globalization.

Alfred E. Eckes, Jr. (1995). Opening America's Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 402 p.). Former Trade Official in Reagan and Bush Administrations. Exports--United States--History; Free trade--United States--History; United States--Commercial policy; United States--Commercial policy--Sources. 

Alfred E. Eckes, Jr., Thomas W. Zeiler (2003). Globalization and the American Century. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 343 p.). Globalization--History--20th century; United States--Foreign relations--20th century. 

Ed. Peter Engardio (2006). Chindia: How China and India Are Revolutionizing Global Business. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 224 p.). Senior Writer at BusinessWeek; Former Asia Correspondent for six years. Globalization--Economic aspects--China; Globalization--Economic aspects--India; China--Economic conditions; China--Economic policy; India--Economic conditions; India--Economic policy. Frontline reports from BusinessWeek's award-winning Asia staff with point-by-point commentary by experts. 

Elizabeth Fones-Wolf (1994). Selling Free Enterprise: The Business Assault on Labor and Liberalism, 1945-60. (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 307 p.). Free enterprise--United States--Public opinion; Public opinion--United States; Political culture--United States; Corporate image--United States; Labor unions--United States; Industrial relations--United States.

Tony Freyer (1992). Regulating Big Business: Antitrust in Great Britain and America, 1880-1990. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 399 p.). Trade regulation--Great Britain--History; Trade regulation--United States--History; Trusts, Industrial--Great Britain--History; Trusts, Industrial--United States--History; Antitrust law--Great Britain--History; Antitrust law--United States--History.

Martin S. Fridson (2006). Unwarranted Intrusions: The Case Against Government Intervention in the Marketplace. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 309 p.). Trade regulation--United States; Restraint of trade--United States; Intervention (Federal government)--United States; Economics--Political aspects--United States; Industrial policy--United States; United States--Politics and government--2001-Economic reality of some of popular, financially draining subsidies; debunks programs that claim to provide jobs, encourage savings, provide affordable housing, preserve family farms.

Thomas L. Friedman (2000). The Lexus and the Olive Tree. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 469 p. [rev. ed.]). International economic relations; Free trade; Capitalism--Social aspects; Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Technological innovations--Social aspects; Intercultural communication; Globalization; United States--Foreign economic relations.

--- (2005). The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. (New York: NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 496 p.). Three-time Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Foreign Affairs Columnist (The New York Times). Diffusion of innovations.; Information society.; Globalization--Economic aspects; Globalization--Social aspects. 

Eds. Hubert Gabrisch and Jens Ho¨lscher (2006). The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition: The European Experience. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 256 p.). Free enterprise--Europe, Eastern; Post-communism--Europe, Eastern; Europe, Eastern--Economic policy--1989-. Transformation of former socialist countries of Europe to market economy as political concept (with start and end), analyzed from perspective of end (EU membership), not of inherited burdens from socialist system; results of transformation, ability to improve social standards, income, growth.

Peter Gallagher (2005). The First Ten Years of the WTO: 1995-2005. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 244 p.). University of Adelaide. World Trade Organization. Principal activities of the WTO as the successor to GATT, steps taken to establish a global trading system.

Andrea Goldstein; foreword by Louis T. Wells (2007). Multinational Companies from Emerging Economies: Composition, Conceptualization and Direction in the Global Economy. (New York, NY: Palgrave, 208 p.). Senior Economist at the OECD Development Centre,. International business enterprises--Developing countries. Basis for success of of multinational corporations from emerging economies: 1) need to compete internationally, 2) drive to invest abroad at early stage of their history.

Mauro F. Guillén (2005). The Rise of Spanish Multinationals: European Business in the Global Economy. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 288 p.). Dr Felix Zandman Endowed Professorship in International Management at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania). International business enterprises--Spain; Spain--Foreign economic relations. Why Spain has become one of the world's ten largest foreign direct investors. 

Sheryllynne Haggerty (2006). The British-Atlantic Trading Community,1760-1810: Men, Women, and the Distribution of Goods. (Boston, MA: Brill, 304 p.). Lecturer in Early Modern British History (University of Nottingham). Merchants--Great Britain--History; Women merchants--Great Britain--History; Great Britain--Commerce--History. Case studies of Liverpool and Philadelphia to investigate the nature of the British-Atlantic trading community between 1760 and 1810.

Michael Hart, with Bill Dymond and Colin Robertson; foreword by Donald Macdonald (1994). Decision at Midnight: Inside the Canada-US Free Trade Negotiations. (Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 456 p.). Canada. Treaties, etc. United States, 1988 Jan. 2; Free trade--Canada; Free trade--United States; Libre-e´change--Canada; Libre-e´change--E´tats-Unis; Canada--Commerce--United States; United States--Commerce--Canada; Canada--Accords commerciaux; E´tats-Unis--Accords commerciaux.

Douglas A. Irwin (1996). Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 265 p.). Professor of Economics (Dartmouth). Free Trade. Author covers the thinking on free trade from ancient times to the present. Presents major intellectual arguments against free trade while arguing they are fatally flawed.

--- (2005). Free Trade Under Fire. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 304 p. [2nd ed.]). Free trade--United States; Globalization; United States--Commercial policy.

Harold James (2001). The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 260 p.). International economic relations; International trade; International finance Depressions--1929; Financial crises; National state; Globalization--Economic aspects.

Ed. Geoffrey Jones (1986). British Multinationals: Origins, Management, and Performance. (Brookfield, VT: Gower, 212 p.). International business enterprises--History; Corporations, British--History. 

--- (1994). The Making of Global Enterprise. (Portland, OR: F. Cass, 209 p.). International business enterprises--History; International business enterprises--Case studies. Two main themes: 1) How has global business developed over the last century? 2) What has been its impact on host economies?

Geoffrey Jones (2000). Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 404 p.). Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School). Trading companies--Great Britain--History; International business enterprises--Great Britain--History; Investments, British--History; International trade--History.

--- (2005). Multinationals and Global Capitalism: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 340 p.). Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School). International business enterprises--History--19th century; International business enterprises--History--20th century; Capitalism--History--19th century; Capitalism--History--20th century; Globalization--Economic aspects--History--19th century; Globalization--Economic aspects--History--20th century.

Edward S. Kaplan and Thomas W. Ryley (1994). Prelude to Trade Wars: American Tariff Policy, 1890-1922. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 144 p.). Professor with the Social Science Department at New York City Technical College (City University of New York); Professor Emeritus from New York City Technical College (City University of New York). Tariff--United States--History.

Edward S. Kaplan (1996). American Trade Policy: 1923-1995. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 176 p.). Canada. Treaties, etc. 1992 Oct. 7; Free trade--United States--History--20th century; United States--Commercial policy--History--20th century.

John Kay (2004). Culture and Prosperity: The Truth about Markets: Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor. (New york, NY: HarperBusiness, 420 p.). Free enterprise; Capitalism; Economic policy; Economic development; Culture.

Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries with Elizabeth Florent-Treacy (1999). The New Global Leaders: Richard Branson, Percy Barnevik, and David Simon. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 188 p.). Richard Branson; Barnevik, Percy; David Simon; Virgin Group; British Petroleum Company; ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.; International business enterprises--Management--Case studies; Organizational change--Case studies.

Archanun Kohpaiboon (2006). Multinational Enterprises and Industrial Transformation: Evidence from Thailand. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 285 p.). Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics (Thammasat University, Thailand). International business enterprises--Thailand; Industrialization--Thailand. Gains from MNE involvement are conditioned by policy environment of host country.

David C. Korten (2001). When Corporations Rule the World. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 384 p. [2nd ed.]). Corporations--Political aspects; Industries--Environmental aspects; Industrialization--Social aspects; Big business; Power (Social sciences); Business and politics; International business enterprises; International economic relations; Sustainable development.

Melvyn B. Krauss (1978). The New Protectionism: The Welfare State and International Trade. (New York, Ny: New York University Press, 119 p.). Senior Fellow (Hoover Institution). Protectionism; Welfare state; Commerce. Published for International Center for Economic Policy Studies. Author examines how inflexibility of welfare-state economies breed new dangers to free trade.

--- (1997). How Nations Grow Rich: The Case for Free Trade. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 140 p.). Senior Fellow (Hoover Institution). Protectionism; Welfare state; International trade. 

James Kynge  (2006). China Shakes the World: A Titan’s Breakneck Rise and Troubled Future and the Challenge for America. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 288 p.). Former Beijing Bureau Chief of the Financial Times. China--Economic conditions--2000- ; China--Foreign economic relations. China's hunger for jobs, raw materials, energy, and food and its export of goods, workers, and investments drastically reshape world trade and politics.

Deepak Lal (2004). In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 270 p.). James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies (UCLA) and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy (University College of London). Imperialism; Imperialism--History; International relations; Globalization; International economic relations; United States--Foreign relations--2001---Forecasting. Empires and globalization,  the place of the US in the current world order.

Charles Paul Lewis (2005). How the East Was Won: The Impact of Multinational Companies on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 222 p.). Managing Editor in Economist Intelligence Unit. International business enterprises--Europe, Eastern; Post-communism--Europe, Eastern; International business enterprises--Former Soviet republics; Post-communism--Former Soviet republics; Europe, Eastern--Economic conditions--1989-; Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-; Former Soviet republics--Economic conditions; Former Soviet republics--Politics and government. 

Richard C. Longworth (2007). Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 320 p.). Former Foreign Correspondent and Senior Writer (Chicago Tribune). Globalization; Manufacturing; midwest. Reality in heartland - manufacturing collapse has crippled Midwest, biofuels revolution may save it, school districts struggle with new immigrants, Iowa meatpacking town can’t survive without them; portrait of Midwesterners as sluggish, unskilled, risk-averse mediocrities, obsolete industrial-age dreams of job security, allergic to change, indifferent to education, unfit for global age.

Barry C. Lynn (2005). End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 312 p.). Fellow at the New American Foundation, Former Executive Editor of Global Business magazine. International business enterprises; Contracting out; Globalization--Economic aspects; Globalization--Social aspects; International economic relations; International business enterprises--United States; Contracting out--United States; Globalization--Economic aspects--United States; Globalization--Social aspects--United States; United States--Foreign economic relations. 

John R. MacArthur (2000). The Selling of "Free Trade": Nafta, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy (New York, NY: Hill & Wang, 388 p.). President and Publisher of Harper's Magazine. Canada. Treaties, etc. 1992 Oct. 7; Free trade--United States; International economic relations; United States--Commercial policy. 

Ira C. Magaziner and Mark Patinkin (1989). The Silent War: Inside the Global Business Battles Shaping America's Future. (New York, NY: Random House, 415 p.). Competition, International--Case studies; Corporations--United States--Case studies.

Peter T. Marsh (1999). Bargaining on Europe: Britain and the First Common Market, 1860-1892. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 246 p.). Free trade--Europe--History--19th century; Free trade--Great Britain--History--19th century; Protectionism--Europe--History--19th century; Protectionism--Europe--History--19th century; Great Britain--Commercial policy--History--19th century; Great Britain--Commercial treaties--History--19th century.

Thomas K. McCraw (1984). Prophets of Regulation: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, Alfred E. Kahn (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 387 p.).

Brian McDonald (1998). The World Trading System: The Uruguay Round and Beyond. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 319 p.). Deputy Head of European Commission Office in Hong Kong. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization); World Trade Organization; Uruguay Round (1987-1994); Tariff; Industrial policy; International trade. 

John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (2000). A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 386 p.). Former New York Bureau Chief and Business Editor (The Econmiist); West Coast Bureau Chief, Washington Correspondent (The Economist). Globalization; International economic relations. Defense of globalization.

Karl Moore & David Lewis (2000). Foundations of Corporate Empire: A Complete History of the Rise and Rise of the Multinational Enterprise. (New York, NY: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 319 p.). International business enterprises History.

Moises Naím (2005). Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 352 p.). Editor of Foreign Policy (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Former Minister of Industry and Trade in Venezuela, Former Executive Director of the World Bank. Transnational crime; Drug traffic; Illegal arms transfers; Intellectual property infringement; Illegal aliens; Money laundering; Globalization--Economic aspects. How traffickers are changing the globalized world.

John V. C. Nye (2007). War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 192 p.). Frederic Bastiat Chair in Political Economy (George Mason University). Tariff on wine--Great Britain--History; Great Britain--Commercial policy--History; Great Britain--Foreign economic relations--France; France--Foreign economic relations--Great Britain. Britain was not free-trade nation during, after industrial revolution; used tariffs, notably on French wine, as mercantilist tool to politically weaken France, to respond to pressure from local brewers and others.

Kenichi Ohmae (1999). The Borderless World: Power and Strategy in the Interlinked Economy (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 248 p. [rev. ed.]). International economic integration; International business enterprises; International trade; International economic relations; Economic development; Economic history--1990-

Kevin H. O’Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson (1999). Globalization and History: The Evolution of a Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Economy. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 343 p.). Professor of Economics (Trinity College, Dublin); Laird Bell Professor of Economics (Harvard University). Free trade--North Atlantic Region--History; Capital movements--North Atlantic Region--History; North Atlantic Region--Economic integration--History; North Atlantic Region--Emigration and immigration--History. Trade, migration and international capital flows in the Atlantic economy in the century prior to 1914.

Seymour Patterson (2006). The Development of Free Trade in the 1990s and the New Rhetoric of Protectionism. (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 245 p.). Professor of Economics (Truman State University). Free trade--United States; Protectionism--United States; United States--Commercial policy; United States--Foreign economic relations. Disparity among economists and politicians of free trade as a paradigm for economic efficiency, in contrast to the practice of trade restrictions around the world.

Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topik (1999). The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400-the Present. (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 256 p.). Commerce--History; Commerce--Social aspects--History; Culture--History; Industrialization--Social aspects--History; International economic relations--History; Economic history.

Clyde Prestowitz (2005). Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Rower to the East. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 416 p.). President of the Economic Strategy Institute. Globalization--Economic aspects; Globalization--Social aspects. 

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha (2006). The Rise of India: Its Transformation from Poverty to Prosperity. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 176 p.). Deputy Editor (Business World). India -- Economic policy -- 1991-; India -- Economic conditions -- 1947-; India -- Commerce; India -- Social conditions -- 21st century; India -- Politics and government -- 21st century. Development of India since economic reforms of 1991,  through prism of demographics, outsourcing, globalization, finance, aspirations, reforms for the poor; effects of these reforms on lives of people, their organizations.

Shereen Ratnagar (2004). Trading Encounters: From the Euphrates to the Indus in the Bronze Age. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 408 p. [2nd ed.]). Indus civilization; South Asia--Commerce--History; Middle East--Commerce--History. 

John J. Reardon (1992). America and the Multinational Corporation: The History of a Troubled Partnership. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 185 p.). International business enterprises -- United States -- History.

Gordon Ritchie (1997). Wrestling with the Elephant: The Inside Story of the Canada-US Trade Wars. (Toronto, ON: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 290 p.). Canada's Chief NAFTA Negotiator. Canada. Treaties, etc. United States, 1988 Jan. 2; Free trade--Canada; Free trade--United States; Canada--Commerce--United States; United States--Commerce--Canada.

Pietra Rivoli (2005). The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 254 p.). Associate Professor at   McDonough School of Business (Georgetown University). T-shirt industry; International trade; Free trade; International economic relations.

Dan Rodrik (2007). One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 278 p.). Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University). International economic relations. Success usually requires following policies tailored to local economic, political realities rather than obeying dictates of international globalization establishment; poor countries get rich by overcoming their own highly specific constraints.

Alex Rubner (1990). The Might of the Multinationals: The Rise and Fall of the Corporate Legend. (New York, NY: Praeger, 292 p.). International business enterprises.

Stephen Todd Rudman (2006). The Multinational Corporation in China: Controlling Interests. (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 264 p.). International business enterprises--China--Management; International business enterprises--China--Management--Case studies; International business enterprises--United States--Management; International business enterprises--United States--Management--Case studies. How multinational corporations control and coordinate their worldwide affiliates, inside story on contemporary China. 

Eds. Margrit Schulte Beerbuhl, Jorg Vogele (2004). Spinning the Commercial Web: International Trade, Merchants, and Commercial Cities, c. 1640-1939. (New York, NY: Peter Lang, 395 p.). International trade--History--Congresses; Trading companies--History--Congresses; Merchants--History--Congresses; Commerce--History--Congresses.

Butler D. Shaffer (1997). In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918-1938. (Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 284 p.). Industrial policy--United States--History--20th century; Competition--United States--History--20th century; Competition--United States--Case studies; Trade regulation--United States--History--20th century; Business and politics--United States--History--20th century; Businesspeople--United States--Attitudes; United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

Roy C. Smith (2002). Adam Smith and the Origins of American Enterprise: How America's Industrial Success Was Forged by the Timely Ideas of a Brilliant Scots Economist. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 224 p.). Smith, Adam, 1723-1790; Free enterprise--United States--History; United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

Brian Snowdon (2007). Globalisation, Development and Transition: Conversations with Eminent Economists. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 537 p.). International economic relations; Globalization; Economic history--20th century.  

Gabor Steingart (2008). The War for Wealth: The True Story of Globalization, or Why the Flat World is Broken. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 304 p.). Senior Correspondent for Der Spiegel in Washington DC. Globalization--Economic aspects; International economic relations; Free trade; Capitalism; Infrastructure (Economics); Globalization. How globalization has affected state of world's economy; Western prosperity, wealth, political power, democratic ideals are disappearing faster than ever; three potential scenarios the world faces.

Joseph E. Stiglitz (2002). Globalization and Its Discontents. (New York, NY: Norton, 282 p.). Joint Professorships at Economics Department, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the Business School (Columbia University). International Monetary Fund--Developing countries; International economic integration; Foreign trade regulation; International finance; Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries; United States--Commercial policy. Author explains 1) the functions and powers of the main institutions that govern globalization (International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization) and 2) ramifications, both good and bad, of their policies.

--- (2006). Making Globalization Work. (New York, NY: Norton, 320 p.). Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. Globalization--Economic aspects. New thinking about questions that shape globalization debate: global financial system, environment, 3) framework for free and fair global trade, more.

Joseph Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton (2006). Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 304 p.). World Trade Organization; Developing countries--Commerce; International trade; Commercial policy; Economic development. How globalization can help Third World countries to develop and prosper. 

Kellee S. Tsai (2007). Capitalism Without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 268 p.). Professor of Political Science (Johns Hopkins University). Free enterprise--China; Entrepreneurship--Political aspects--China; Businessmen--China--Political activity; Informal sector (Economics)--China; China--Economic policy--2000- ; China--Economic policy--1976-2000. Relationship between economic liberalism (privatization), political freedom (democratization); China's entrepreneurs are unlikely by themselves to push for democratic change. 

Louis Turner (1970). Invisible Empires; Multinational Companies and the Modern World. (New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 228 p.). International business enterprises.

Raymond Vernon (1972). The Economic and Political Consequences of Multinational Enterprise: An Anthology. (Boston, MA: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 236 p.). Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University). International business enterprises--Addresses, essays, lectures. 

--- (1977). Storm over Multinationals: The Real Issues. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 260 p.). Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University). International Enterprises.

--- (1989). Beyond Globalism: Remaking American Foreign Economic Policy. (New York, NY: Free Press, 246 p.). Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University). U.S. Foreign Economic Relations, Commercial Policy.

Richard H.K. Vietor (1994). Contrived Competition: Regulation and Deregulation in America (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 439 p.). Trade regulation--United States--Case studies; Deregulation--United States--Case studies.

Robert Went (2002). The Enigma of Globalization: A Journey to a New Stage of Capitalism. (New York, NY: Routledge, 149 p.). International economic relations; Free trade; Capitalism; Infrastructure (Economics); Globalization.

Frederick F. Wherry (2008). Global Markets and Local Crafts: Thailand and Costa Rica Compared. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 208 p.). Assistant Professor of Sociology (University of Michigan). Handicraft industries--Thailand; Handicraft industries--Costa Rica; Export marketing--Management; International business enterprises--Marketing. Comparison of  handicraft industries of Thailand and Costa Rica shows how local cultural industries break into global markets, how global markets affect how artisans understand, adapt, utilize cultural traditions.

Mira Wilkins (1974). The Maturing of Multinational Enterprise: American Business Abroad from 1914 to 1970. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 590 p.). Corporations, American; International business enterprises.

--- (1981). The Emergence of Multinational Enterprise: American Business Abroad from the Colonial Era to 1914. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 310 p. [orig. pub. 1970]). Corporations, American; International business enterprises.

ed. Mira Wilkins (1991). The Growth of Multinationals. (Brookfield, VT: E. Elgar, 608 p.). International business enterprises.

Richard C. Williams; with preface by George Cheney (2007). The Cooperative Movement: Globalization from Below. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 230 p.). Cooperation -- History; Cooperation -- Case studies. History of cooperative movement from origins in 18th century; theory of cooperation, contrasted with "Standard Economic Model", based on competition.

Martin Wolf (2004). Why Globalization Works. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 416 p.). Associate Editor (London Financial Times). Globalization--Economic aspects; International economic relations. 

Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw (2002). The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 488 p. [rev. ed.]). Economic policy; Capitalism History 20th century; Markets; Privatization; Deregulation; Economic history 1945-; Competition, International. 

M. Y. Yoshino (1976). Japan's Multinational Enterprises. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 191 p.). Corporations, Japanese; International business enterprises.

Thomas W. Zeiler (1999). Free Trade, Free World: The Advent of GATT. (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 267 p.). General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)--History; International trade--History; Cold War.

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The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy http://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/index.html                                  Created in 1982, The Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) is an interdisciplinary research project that focuses on "…international economic competition and the development and application of advanced technologies". Moving between the worlds of the private sector to interactions with fellow scholars and policymakers, BRIE has created a number of thought-provoking documents for the web-browsing public and placed them on this site. Visitors who require a bit more background material may want to first visit the "About BRIE" area which includes information on their objectives and research mission. After taking a look at the materials there, interested parties should proceed to the "Publications" area, which contains a very nice working papers area. Here visitors can download such intriguing titles as "Transforming Politics in a Digital Era" and "Boom Boxes: Shipping Containers and Terrorists".

Jerome A. Chazen Institute for International Business http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/chazen/                                            Founded in 1991, represents the crossroads of internationalism at Columbia Business School. The Chazen Institute offers events, initiatives and resources to help students, faculty members and the greater business community better meet the challenges of the global landscape.

GATT Digital Library: 1947-1994                          http://gatt.stanford.edu                                                                        "This site provides access to documents and information of and about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), an organization that promoted international commerce and the reduction of trade barriers among member states from 1947-1994." Searchable, or browse by issuing body and date. Includes bibliographies, research guides, and links to sites about GATT and the World Trade Organization (WTO, the successor to GATT). From Stanford University Libraries.

Global 3.0 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/global30/     Often the word "globalization" is thrown around rather carelessly, and many people just associate it with the expansion of such familiar icons as Starbucks and McDonalds into the far-flung corners of the world. Fortunately, there are programs such as this one from American Radioworks, which is sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio, with significant assistance from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This program explores the broad concept of globalization in three parts, beginning with a look at the transformation of the famed "Rust Belt" region in the United States. The hosts for the program are reporters Chris Farrell and John Biewen, and visitors can listen to the program in its entirety and follow along with the transcript provided on the site. The site is rounded out by a selection of helpful resources and online links.

globalEDGE                                                 http://globaledge.msu.edu/                                                               Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE™ is source for global business knowledge. The site offers: Global Resources - more than 5,000 online resources; Country Insights - a wealth of information on all countries; News & Views - latest issues in international business; Academy - extensive research and teaching resources; Diagnostic Tools - decision-support tools for managers.

World Bank: Globalization http://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/globalization/.                   The word globalization is thrown around with reckless abandon by numerous parties these days, and as a result, the very notion of such a force is somewhat elusive. While this website from the World Bank may not end all of the fierce academic and pragmatic debates that rage on about globalization, it does offers some perspective from this organization on this wide-ranging phenomenon. The site itself contains audio and video selections, issue briefs, a data and statistics section, and an area dedicated to current research on the subject underway by the World Bank. The issue briefs are definitely worth a look as they address such questions as What is Globalization? and Does More International Trade Openness Increase World Poverty? The selection of videos is also quite nice, particularly a recent talk by Michael Moore (the former director-general of the World Trade Organization) entitled Globalization & Development: Its Implications & Institutions.