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• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction: Current Issues in International Business Research
• The Field of International Business
• Emerging Economies and Economic Growth
• Financial Systems, Capital and Governance
• Ideology, Knowledge and Civilizations
• Economic Geography, Regionalisation and Local Issues
• Conclusions
• PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
• 2 Multinational Enterprises and Public Policy
• Efficiency Aspects of MNEs and Public Policy
• The Simple Analytics of MNEs and Public Policy
• A New Synthesis of the Literature
• Conclusions and Future Research
• 3 Asian Economic Success and Crisis: Knowledge and Financial Capital
• Introduction
• Double Triad: Asia’s Emerging Markets
• Factor I: Financial Capital Allocation
• Factor II: Knowledge Allocation
• Conclusions
• 4 Internal Capital Markets in Multinational Firms: the Effects of Subsidiary Strategic Independence
• Research Questions and Methodology
• Data and Estimation
• Results
• Concluding Remarks
• 5 The Resource-based Perspective and Small Firm Internationalisation: an Exploratory Approach
• The Resource-based View of the Firm
• Some Implications of the Resource-based View for the Internationalisation of the Small Firm
• Method
• Case Example – Nautilus Ltd
• Other Case Experiences
• Discussion and Conclusions
• 6 Knowledge and the Multinational Enterprise
• The ‘Knowledge Diffusion’ Model of the MNE
• The ‘Knowledge Leveraging’ View of the MNE
• Knowledge and the Theory of the MNE
• Knowledge Management Processes within the MNE
• Conclusion
• 7 New Technologies and International Business in the 21st Century: Technological Convergence, Networ
• Scientific and Technological Revolutions in the Early 21st Century
• The Internationalisation of R&D and the Role of Strategic Alliances in Core Technologies
• ‘Technoglobalism’ versus ‘Technonationalism’
• Conclusion
• PART TWO: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE,
• 8 The Determinants of New Foreign Direct Investment Capital Flows into Europe: the US and Japan Comp
• Introduction
• Background
• The Development of the EC: Institutional Considerations
• Research on the Determinants of Inward FDI into the EC
• The Model
• Statistical Findings
• Conclusions
• 9 European Integration and the Restructuring of Multinational Enterprise Operations
• Introduction
• The Meaning of Corporate Restructuring
• Corporate Restructuring in Europe
• Methodology
• Results
• The Changing Shape of European Corporate Development
• Conclusion
• 10 Strategy Development in German Manufacturing Subsidiaries in the UK and Ireland
• Introduction
• Background
• Overview of Relevant Research
• The Research Problem
• Statistical Evaluation
• Conclusions
• 11 Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Transition and the Impact on Marketing Practice in Slovenia
• Introduction
• Background to the Study
• Research Propositions
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• 12 The Patterns and Management of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, H
• Introduction
• Patterns of FDI
• Motivations
• FDI in Eastern Europe
• Research Objectives
• Research Results
• Conclusions
• Future Uses of FDI
• Review of Methodology and Future Research
• 13 Local Sourcing Practices of Foreign-owned Multinational Subsidiaries Operating in Poland
• Introduction
• Background
• Research Framework
• Data Collection
• Methodology and Hypothesis
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• 14 Japanese Ownership Strategies in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines: Japanese and US Foreign
• Introduction
• Previous Work
• Hypotheses
• Methodology and Model
• Independent Variables and Hypotheses
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusions
• 15 The Restructuring of the Chinese Automotive Industry:the Role of Foreign Direct Investment and th
• Introduction
• Analytical Framework
• Development of the Chinese Automotive Industry
• Foreign and European Companies in the Chinese Automotive Industry
• European MNEs and the Restructuring of the Chinese Automotive Industry
• Conclusion
• Index