JANICE MONTI-BELKAOUI is Department Chair, Sociology and Communication, at Dominican University. With a doctorate in sociology and research interests in international development, mass media, and related fields, she holds several awards for excellence in teaching. Among her previous Quorum books (coauthored with Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui) are: Fairness in Accounting (1996), Human Resource Valuation (1995), and Accounting in the Dual Economy (1991).AHMED RIAHI-BELKAOUI is CBA Distinguished Professor of Accounting in the College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago. Author of more than 30 Quorum books and coauthor of several more, he is also a prolific author of articles published in the major scholarly and professional journals of his field, and has served on numerous editorial boards that oversee them.

• Preface The Overall Environment for International Business and Political Risk The Economic Environment Political Risk: Definition and Forecasting The Determinants of Political Risk: A Model Managing Political Risk Index

JANICE MONTI-BELKAOUI is Department Chair, Sociology and Communication, at Dominican University. With a doctorate in sociology and research interests in international development, mass media, and related fields, she holds several awards for excellence in teaching. Among her previous Quorum books (coauthored with Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui) are: Fairness in Accounting (1996), Human Resource Valuation (1995), and Accounting in the Dual Economy (1991).AHMED RIAHI-BELKAOUI is CBA Distinguished Professor of Accounting in the College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago. Author of more than 30 Quorum books and coauthor of several more, he is also a prolific author of articles published in the major scholarly and professional journals of his field, and has served on numerous editorial boards that oversee them.

• Preface The Overall Environment for International Business and Political Risk The Economic Environment Political Risk: Definition and Forecasting The Determinants of Political Risk: A Model Managing Political Risk Index