International Business: The New Realities, 5th Edition

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• Ease of doing business index, 191–192, 192e

• Ease of Doing Business rankings, 228

• East Asian miracle, 81

• Eastern European countries, foreign direct investment in, 401–402

• E-commerce, national regulation of, 167

• Economic blocs, 197, 199–203, 200e–201e

  • globalization and, 42

• Economic development

  • in Africa, 52–53

  • emerging markets and, 233–234

  • exchange rates and, 250–251

  • globalization and, 36

  • religion and, 74

• Economic exposure, currency risk, 281

• Economic freedom, 157–158

• Economic integration, globalization and, 36, 42

• Economic systems, political systems and, 158–159, 158e

• Economic union, 198

• Economies of scale, 405–406

• The Economist, 226, 284

• Education

  • culture and, 68–69, 69e

  • of women workers, 502–503

• Efficiency-seeking

  • foreign direct investment ...