Understanding The U.S. Regulatory Environment - Lessons for International Executives Doing Business in the U.S.

The seminar in designed to provide foreign executives with a through grounding in the culture and evolution of the American regulatory system and an understanding of the issues, forces, institutions and laws that impact the U.S. network of business regulation. The format will be lecture and discussion.

Outline

The seminar will provide a basic understanding of the evolution of business regulation and American democracy. Several competing theoretical perspectives, i.e. political economy, social democratic, free markets, etc. will be presented. A consolidated and applicable, dynamic model of the relationship of business and the external environment will be developed and discussed

An examination of the American political system, the role of Government in society and the American public policy process will be presented. The role of the business sector and strategies for managing the public policy process will be discussed.

An examination of the American regulatory spectrum to include the typology of regulations, reasons for regulations and the costs and benefits of regulations will be discussed.

The seminar will address governments’ role in regulating markets and competition and discuss: competition, monopoly, natural monopoly, oligopoly, cartels, price fixing and contestable market theory. Ethical and social responsibilities are also dealt with.

The seminar will address the various systems and responsibilities of U.S. federal, state and local governments in developing and administering business regulatory functions.

The seminar will discuss doing business in the United States and ‘managing’ cross cultural variables.

For more information about the lecturer (registered lobbyist in the U.S.) and fees, please contact Mr. Brian Su at http://www.ArtisanBusinessGroup.com