Navigating new markets abroad : charting a course for the international businessperson

Introduction: The business of getting global -- part 1. Assessing domestic conditions in the host country : political, social, and economic: Assessing domestic political conditions : an inventory of variables -- Cultural factors, thecritical threats to foreign investment, and the trade constraints we impose on ourselves -- Taking a country's economic and commercial temperature -- part 2. Country case studies: The broader areas of uncertainty for foreign business in thePeople's Republic of China / by Guocang Huan -- Investing in the Russian oil industry : a case for examining political conditions / by Robert E. Ebel -- Saudi Arabia / by Hermann Frederick Eilts -- South Africa in transition : risks and opportunities / by Francis A. Kornegay, Jr. -- Colombia : drugs, politics, and investment risk / by Rensselaer W. Lee III -- part 3. Calculated risks: Political risk insurance : conservative if costly, a back-up option after identifying serious vulnerabilities / by Felton McL. Johnston III -- Conclusion.