This Forecast 2003 update of International Business, Third Edition is designed to help students stay up-to-date with the critical changes occurring in the global economy—to understand how the decisions and the choices facing businesspersons and consumers around the world are influenced by events and issues such as political upheavals, spread of new technologies, fluctuations in exchange rates, etc. Also, it shows them that which changes someone thinks are “important” depends to a large extent on who they are and where they're from.