Unit 1E-tailing Industry
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text ARetail vs. E-tail in America
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BThe World’s Ailing Postal Services
Unit 2Online Business
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AHappy Singles Day
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BPointers to the Future
Unit 3Data Abuse
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AWhy Tech Companies Abuse Our Data: Because We Let Them
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BThe Use of Genetic Screenings
Unit 4Going Global
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AA Troubling Trajectory
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BCompanies Don’t Go Global, People Do
Unit 5Sharing Economy
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AUber and Airbnb Are Not the Future of Capitalism
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BJet Fooled
Unit 6Crowdfunding in China
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text ACrowdfunding in China: Potentials and Challenges
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BHow To Find Angel Investors?
Unit 7The Global Energy System
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AThe Global Energy System Is Changing, and Customers Must Take Center Stage
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BThe Fourth Industrial Revolution: What It Means, How to Respond
Unit 8Overconsumption
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text ABuying Coffee Every Day Isn’t Why You’re in Debt
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BDo Americans Spend Too Much on Luxuries?
Unit 9Sustainable Development
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AInventory and Control
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BFood Security and Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture
Unit 10Food and Fat-fighters
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AFood Firms and Fat-fighters
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BMonsanto-Syngenta Would Be a Controversial Hybrid
Unit 11Employees and Companies
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text ACorporate Inequality Is the Defining Fact of Business Today
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BComing to an Office Near You
Unit 12Financial Bust and Credit Crunch
Part IPreview Activities
Part IIIntensive Reading
Text AThe Credit Crunch—Saving the System
Part IIISupplementary Reading
Text BInto the Land of the Unknown