Présentation de l'éditeur International Business: The Challenge of Global Competition, 11th Edition, by Ball, McCulloch, Geringer, Minor and McNett continues to be the most objective and thorough treatment of International Business available for students. Enriched with maps, photos, and the most up-to-date world data, this text boasts the collective expertise of five authors with firsthand international business experience, specializing in international management, finance, law, global strategy, and marketing –a claim no other text can make. In addition, each new copy of International Business, 11e includes access to CESIM –an interactive IB simulation developed for industry professionals. Ball, et al is the only textbook on the market which features access to CESIM. Only Ball, McCulloch, Geringer, Minor and McNett can offer a complete view of International Business as diverse as the backgrounds of business students. Biographie de l'auteur Consultant to multinational corporations, was a professor of marketing and international business for several years after leaving industry. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio State and a doctorate in business administration from the University of Florida. Ball has published articles in the Journal of International Business Studies and other publications. Before obtaining his doctorate, he spent 15 years in various marketing and production management positions in Mexico, South America, and Europe. Professor of international business, finance, and law and is the former director of international business programs at California State University, Long Beach. He earned a bachelors degree in economics at George Washington University and a JD from Yale University. He has published articles in The Wall Street Journal, the Journal of International Business Studies, and the Collegiate Forum. The results of McCullochs research have appeared in publications by the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and the Heritage Foundation. Before beginning his academic career, McCulloch spent 19 years as an executive for American and European multinationals that offered banking, insurance, and investment products in many countries. He was associate general counsel of International General Electric, headquartered in New York; member of the board of directors and general counsel of International General Electric, S.A., headquartered in Geneva; and cofounder and president of Trust of Properties, an investment fund, headquartered in London and Zurich. Professor of strategy and international management at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. He earned a BS in business at Indiana University and MBA and PhD degrees at the University of Washington. He has authored or edited 14 books and monographs, over 110 published papers, and over 35 case studies; he serves on the editorial boards of several leading international academic journals; he served as the Saastamoinen Foundation Chair at the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland; he was the founding chair of the Strategic Alliances Committee of the Licensing Executives Society; he served as the chair of both the International Business and the Strategy and Policy divisions of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada; and he is past chairperson of the Academy of Managements International Management division. His research has appeared in the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Management, Columbia Journal of World Business, Management International Review, Journal of Management Studies, Human Resource Management Journal, Long Range Planning, Organisation Studies, and Journal of Applied Psychology, among others. He has received 11 best paper awards for his research, including the Decade Award for most influential article from the Journal of International Business Studies. His teaching performance has earned numerous awards in the United States, Canada, Asia, Africa, Aust