1 motiviation of international business 1.1 external drivers 1.2 internal divers 1.3 interaction (reference Ellis and Williams 1996, International business strategy)
2 the business environment 2.1 big picture issues 2.1.1 political and ecomomic - major political changes -world business enviroment -trade liberalisation and trade blocs -services -home country enviornment 2.1.2 social (lifestyle) changes 2.1.3 technological change 2.1.4 environment (natural) 2.2 the industry PEST analysis - political forces - economic forces - social changes - technological change 2.3 assessing the industry using four Cs - customers - costs - country - competition