The changing geography of international business [Elektronisk resurs] / Edited by Gary Cook, Jennifer Johns.

• Introduction-- Gary Cook and Jennifer Johns Keynote address: Flatness-- Ram Mudambi PART I: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 1. Outward Foreign Direct Investment and the Adaptive Efficiency of the German Institutional System-- Heinz-Josef Tuselmann, Frank McDonald, Martin T. Bohl, Svitlana Voronkova and Paul Windrum 2. The Impact of Institutions on Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe-- Matthew M.C. Allen and Maria L. Aldred 3. Why do MNEs Engage in MNE-Government Relations? Empirical Evidence from the European Union and the Automotive Industry-- Sigrun M. Wagner PART II: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ACROSS DIFFERENT SPATIAL SCALES 4. Country Linkages and Firm Internationalisation: Indian MNEs within Economic-Political Alliances of Nations-- Peter J. Buckley, Peter Enderwick, Nicolas Forsans and Surender Munjal 5. A Critical Review of Hidden Champions and Emerging Research Findings on Their International Strategies and Orientations-- Alessa Witt and Chris Carr 6. The Role of Language on Affiliates' Competence-Creation: Evidence from the MNE Linkage across 45 Countries-- Yong Yang and Caleb CY Kwong 7. Reconceptualising Cross-border Knowledge Acquisition: An Empirical Investigation into Antecedents-- Mia Hsiao-Wen Ho PART III: PLACING MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES 8. Service Sector Clustering and Multinational Enterprise: Evidence from UK Film and Television-- Gary Cook and Naresh R. Pandit 9. Redundancies in External Relationships of Multinational Corporations - A Firm-Level Conceptual Model: Phillip C. Nell, Ulf Andersson and Bjorn Ambos 10. Examining Strategy Diversity and Interdependence in The MNC's Subsidiaries and Their Functional Activities-- Paz Estrella Tolentino, Odile E.M. Janne and Pi-Chi Chen 11. Exploring Foreign Direct Investment and Technology and Knowledge Transfer Issues in Africa-- Ellis Osabutey 12. New Venture Internationalisation and the Cluster Life Cycle: Insights from Ireland's Indigenous Software Industry-- Mike Crone.

• Presents papers which grapple with some of the most important developments and challenges in International Business, both for the firms who must fashion strategy within a rapidly changing world economic order and researchers who seek to explain the nature of these shifts and how firms respond. -- The world is witnessing profound change. The economic and geopolitical dominance of the West is being increasingly challenged by the rapid emergence of several developing countries, most conspicuously Brazil, Russia, India and China. The West is also struggling with a financial crisis and the near impotence of traditional policy tools to rekindle growth. How should firms respond? How must International Business scholars change their thinking to both reflect and explain these epochal changes? What advice can they give hard-pressed governments? This volume contains papers which grapple with this challenging agenda. They consider three key themes: How can better understanding of institutions and culture help give analytical grip? How do and should firms adjust their strategies to cope with processes which operate at a range of spatial scales from the very local to the global? How best do firms place themselves both in physical location and within often complex global networks? 

Ämnesord

Economic geography.  (LCSH)

International business enterprises.  (LCSH)

Business and Management.  (ukslc)

International business.  (thema)

Klassifikation

BUS (ämneskategori)

KJK (ämneskategori)

658.049 (DDC)

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