Victoria Polaheykina

  International Business Relations       What am I going to do after school or university? Maybe I should consider a job in the financial world. There is a surprisingly wide range to choose from. For example, I could work for a big international company, run my own International Business Research Agency or write about economics as a financial journalist. What features are characteristic of world economy? You are about to begin an exciting, important and necessary task — the exploration of international business. It is exciting because it combines the science and the art of business with many other disciplines, such as economics, geography, history, language, jurisprudence, statistics, and demography. International Business is important and necessary because economic isolationism has become impossible. Failure to become a part of the global market assures a nation of declining economic influence and a deteriorating standard of living for its citizens. Successful participation in I

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