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International Business Transactions In A Nutshell, 9th Edition, Ralph Folsom, Michael Gordon, John Spanogle, Michael Van Alstine

Michael P. Van Alstine

This guide examines the principal subjects involved in international business and commercial transactions. It includes chapters on the negotiation of business transactions; the international sale of goods; the role of documentary sales; the use of letters of credit; technology transfers; the initiation, operation, and termination of, as well as limitations imposed on, foreign investments; property takings, including remedies for and options for insuring against such actions; the European Union competition rules; and dispute settlement (both through litigation in state courts and through arbitration). It also addresses throughout the special challenges for business transactions in developing and nonmarket economies.