Message
The worlds of business and government are rapidly internationalizing. Competition is increasingly global, and firms have become international in their sales, production, investment, financing and sourcing.
Some organizations are more obviously global than others, but it is difficult to find a manufacturing or service industry that is insulated from the challenges of the global economy. Today, many more managers are involved in international business than in the recent past. People in operations, marketing, human resources, accounting, finance, and other functions interact with foreign plants, sales offices, customers, vendors, and service providers. The higher a manager goes in the organization, the more “international” will become part of the job. And with rapidly changing markets and industry structures, and increased cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the internationalization of a company can occur very suddenly.