A Framework of International Business

• Facilitators, 42

  • common carriers as, 50

  • consultants as, 51

  • customs brokers as, 50

  • Export Import Bank as, 50–51, 193

  • insurance companies as, 51

  • international trade lawyers as, 51

  • logistics service providers as, 50

  • market research firms as, 51

  • tax accountants as, 51

• Factor conditions, 32

• Factor endowments theory, 30

• Factoring, 192–193

• Factoring house, 192–193

• Factor proportions theory, 30

• Factors of production, 4, 16–17, 27

• Fairness approach, 70

• Family conglomerates, 132

  • partners with, 133–134, 133e

• Favored unit, 270

• FCPA. See Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

• FDI. See Foreign direct investment

• FedEx, 202

• Financial attractiveness, 167

• Financial centers, 111

• Financial reporting, 90, 118

• Financial resources, 172

• Financial risk. See