Describe the driving business forces in both the foreign and domestic environment and in what ways do they operate differently?

There are five kinds of drivers, all based on change, that are leading international firms to the globalization of their operations. Following are the five drivers with an example for each kind: (1) political-preferential trading agreements, (2) technological- advances in communications technology, (3) market- global firms become global customers, (4) cost-globalization of product lines and production helps reduce costs by achieving economies of scale, and (5) competitive-firms are defending their home markets from foreign competitors by entering the foreign competitors' markets (Ball−McCulloch−Frantz−Geringer−Minor: International Business, 10th Edition, 2005) There are five kinds of drivers, all based on change, that are leading international firms to the globalization of their operations. Following are the five drivers with an example for each kind: (1) political-preferential trading agreements, (2) technological- advances in communications technology, (3) market- global firms become global customers, (4) cost-globalization of product lines and production helps reduce costs by achieving economies of scale, and (5) competitive-firms are defending their home markets from foreign competitors by entering the foreign competitors' markets (Ball−McCulloch−Frantz−Geringer−Minor: International Business, 10th Edition, 2005)