Unit 1 Globalization 1
Text A:China Goes Global 1
Text B:The Global Market:Translating and Localizing 8
Reading Strategy 16
Unit 2 Credit Card 19
Text A:How Does a Credit Card Work? 79
Text B:Two Essays About the History of Credit Card 27
Reading Strategy 34
Unit 3 Personal Branding and Company Branding 37
Text A:The Brand Called you 37
Text B:The Key to Successful Branding in China 46
Reading Strategy 53
Unit 4 Wal-Mart 59
Text A:The Model Manager of Wal-Mart 59
Text B:Wal-Mart Nation 67
Reading Strategy 75
Unit 5 International Trade 79
Text A:Survey of International Trade 79
Text B:Biography of Adam Smith 86
Reading Strategy 94
Unit 6 Silicon Valley Success Stories 97
Text A:Tesla Motor's Second Electric Car Will Be Made in Silicon Valley 97
Text B:The Legend of Silicon Valley 104
Reading Strategy 113
Unit 7 Marketing Innovation 115
Text A:P&G's Innovation Culture 115
Text B:P&G:A Japanese Marketing Success Story 123
Reading Strategy 130
Unit 8 The History of Chinese Banking System 133
Text A:The History of Chinese Banking System 133
Text B:The World Bank 141
Reading Strategy 148
Unit 9 Management 151
Text A:What Is Management? 151
Text B:Peter F. Drucker—Father of Modern Management 157
Reading Strategy 163
Unit 10 Management Theories 165
Text A:Organizing Process in Management 165
Text B:Management:Historical Perspectives 175
Reading Strategy 183
Unit 11 Microcredit 187
Text A:Loans Among Family Members 187
Text B:Loans and Family:Do They Mix? 194
Unit 12 Partnership 201
Text A:Hard Time in Starting a Small Business 201
Text B:Muhammad Yunus and His Grameen Bank 207
Unit 13 Merger and Acquisition in Business 217
Text A:Chinese M&A:Moving Target 217
Text B:Microsoft's Mating Dance 225
Unit 14 The International Business Law 231
Text A:China's New Company Law 231
Text B:Forms of Foreign Investment in China 239
Unit 15 Learn Mandarin 245
Text A:Get Ahead,Learn Mandarin 245
Text B:Verbal Communication in Business 253
Unit 16 Business Communication 259
Text A:Nonverbal Behaviors in Different Business Cultures 259
Text B:Doing Business in the U.S.A. 268