Business organisations: the external environment -- Business organisations: the internal environmnet - -The global context of business -- International business in action: the car industry -- The political environment -- The macroeconomic environment -- The demographic, social and cultural context of business -- The resource contexts: people, technology and natural resources -- The legal environment -- The ethical and ecological environment -- International business in action: migration -- Legal structures -- Size structures of firms -- Industrial structure -- Government and business -- International business in action: a lot of bottle -- The market system -- Market structure -- International markets and trade -- Governments and markets -- International business in action: the global financial crisis -- Strategy and the changing environment.