The forms and challenges of global business -- Finding your way in a foreign legal and cultural landscape -- Commercial codes : the development and application of international contract rules and standards -- Drafting the international sales contract : standard commercial terms and other key contract provisions -- Documentary sales and letters of credit : techniques to facilitate exports -- Other selected legal aspects of international sales transactions -- Balancing risk and return : overseas production with permitted use of intellectual property rights -- International franchising arrangements -- The decision to invest abroad : definitions, incentives, and methods of foreign direct investment -- FDI restrictions and risks : host country regulation, international regulation, and the universe of risks facing investors -- Protection of FDI interests : facing host government regulation and insuring against risk -- Cross-cutting transactional matters : dispute resolution, wire transfers, and countertrade