CLICK TO GO TO THE ARCHIVE HOME PAGE CLICK TO VIEW ALL 2014 & 2015 POSTS CLICK ANY TITLE BELOW TO BE AUTOMATICALLY REDIRECTED TO THE ORIGINAL POST 2015 POSTS DECEMBER 2015 Happy Holidays 2015 & Best Wishes for 2016 The Simple Math: How a Mere Quarter-Percent Interest Rate Hike Can Produce Big Swings on Bond Prices and Foreign Exchange Rates IMF Elevates Yuan to Elite Currency Status: So what? NOVEMBER 2015 Thanksgiving Day and Globalization Is China a “currency manipulator”? Donald Trump says so OCTOBER 2015 International Tax Avoidance: Clarifying Multinational Company Tax Issues SEPTEMBER 2015 Chinese Cyber-Espionage on US Companies: The Asymmetry in the Analogy of the “Pot Calling the Kettle Black” The Refugee Crisis – Does Europe Benefit or Lose? The Angle Not Covered by the Media Capital Outflows from China and the Hidden Story in China’s FDI Statistics AUGUST 2015 Hedging Transactions Involving Foreign Exchange Risk – A Primer: Falling in Love with a Puerto Vallarta Condo Case Study A – The American Buyers’ Perspective – Printable Version: Hedging Transactions_Part A_FJContractor_2015 Case Study B – The Mexican Sellers’ Perspective – Printable Version: Hedging Transactions_Part B_FJContractor_2015 Case Study C – Epilogue – Printable Version: Hedging Transactions_Part C_FJContractor_2015 Updates: What the Iran Nuclear Deal Means for American Business JULY 2015 Why a Single Currency Works in the US, but Not Very Well in Europe: Three Minimal Conditions for the Eurozone to Function What the Iran Nuclear Deal Means for American Business JANUARY 2015 Is China set to become the world’s largest economy in 2015? 2014 POSTS DECEMBER 2014 Happy Holidays 2014 & Best Wishes for 2015 OCTOBER 2014 Global Management in a Still-Fragmented World – Globalization: What the Heck Is It? (FJ Contractor; Revised May, 2013) Some Reflections on Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday JUNE 2014 What Drives Narendra Modi? – Swami Vivekananda and Hsuan Tsang – Comment: What drives Narendra Modi? Hindu reformist Swami Vivekananda’s ideals and Chinese traveller Hsuan Tsang have helped to shape the new Prime Minister’s worldview [Parsiana—International Zoroastrian Community Magazine. June 21, 2014] MAY 2014 The Indian Election: A Rare Historic Opportunity for Coherent Investment Policies in India Whither the Chinese yuan? Is the RMB still undervalued? APRIL 2014 “Punching above their weight” Recognized by IJOEM The US—One of the World’s Most Competitive Manufacturing Locations? What the Indian Election Means for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India Learning from the History of Globalization – The Story of Globalization: From the Neolithic Era to the Tea-Opium Countertrade of the 19th Century [AIB Insights, 12 (2): 3–7] – How A Soothing Drink Changed Fortunes And Incited Protests [YaleGlobal Online, March 9, 2011] Multinationals Based in Emerging Markets: The Sources of Their Competitive Advantage – “Punching above their weight”: The sources of competitive advantage for emerging market multinationals [International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 8 No. 4, 2013—Named “2014 Outstanding Paper 2014” by IJOEM/Emerald Group Publishing]