So, the question for this paper is, How might international or cross-national HRD be defined, as differentiated from general HRD or national HRD? This question was answered through a review of literature. First, all four AHRD journals were reviewed from their inception. This was followed by a review of electronic articles identified electronically through Google. The University of Minnesota on-line journal review process was also searched. Hard copies of journals in the holdings of the University of Minnesota related to HRD, HRM, and International Business were reviewed. Finally, the on-line book catalog of the University of Minnesota was used to identify meaningful books. On-line bookstores (such as Amazon and Barnes & Nobles) were also searched, and then the identified books were ordered through inter-library loan for review. The majority of the literature identified emerged from the review of the AHRD journals