Summary
Contents
Issues in Global Business is a single-volume reference that offers relevant perspectives and explains impacts of current events such as COVID-19, Brexit, and immigration across industries and regions. Topics covered include the on-demand economy, global manufacturing, Bitcoin, data security, and more. Coupled with a comprehensive overview of the business landscape around the world by Dr. Mamoun Benmamoun, an assistant professor at the Boeing Institute of International Business at Saint Louis University, this book provides students with the essential information they need to assess business practices through an international lens.
Commodities Supercycles: Will China drive the next boom?
Commodities Supercycles: Will China drive the next boom?
From SAGE Business Researcher, February 12, 2018
Executive Summary
Just a few years after the last great global commodities supercycle ended, economists and investors are watching relatively obscure metals such as vanadium, cobalt and lithium as possible harbingers of another commodities boom. The metals are key components of batteries used in electric vehicles, which are growing in popularity. The last supercycle—an extended period of steadily rising commodities prices—was driven primarily by China’s explosive economic growth and its appetite for raw materials and agricultural products to fuel that growth. As the Chinese economy decelerated starting in 2013, a wide range of commodities prices tumbled, and exporting ...
