Title:
Handbook of research on international strategic management
Author:
Verbeke, Alain.
ISBN:
9781847201935
Publication Information:
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2012.
Physical Description:
x, 495 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
Elgar original reference
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT -- 1.Twenty key hypotheses that make internalization theory the general theory of international strategic management / Alain Verbeke -- 2.The end of the opportunism versus trust debate: bounded reliability as a new envelope concept in research on MNE governance / Nathan Greidanus -- 3.The new eclectic paradigm and international business strategy / Sarianna M. Lundan -- 4.The multinational enterprise as a global factory / Peter Buckley -- 5.Dynamics of foreign operation modes and their combinations: insights for international strategic management / Lawrence S. Welch -- 6.Triple testing the quality of multinationality-performance research / Paul Brugman -- pt. II STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT -- 7.New ideas about organizational design for modern MNEs / Joachim Wolf -- 8.Initiative in multinational subsidiaries / Shameen Prashantham --
Contents note continued: 9.Collaboration across borders: benefits to firms in an emerging economy / Alex Eapen -- 10.Joint venture configurations in big emerging markets / Hemant Merchant -- 11.Building competitive advantage in international acquisitions: grey box conditions, culture, status and meritocracy / H. Emre Yildiz -- 12.What can international finance add to international strategy? / Arthur Stonehill -- pt. III THE IMPLICATIONS OF DISTANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY -- 13.A new perspective on the regional and global strategies of multinational services firms / Alain Verbeke -- 14.Foundations of regional versus global strategies of MNEs / Christian Geisler Asmussen -- 15.New insights on the role of location advantages in international innovation / Grazia D. Santangelo -- 16.The tenuous link between cultural distance and international strategy: navigating the assumptions of cross-cultural research / Alain Verbeke --
Contents note continued: 17.Institutional distance and international strategy / Ajai S. Gaur -- 18.Real options theory and international investment strategy: past, present and future / Alan M. Rugman -- pt. IV NEW TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT -- 19.Management research on emerging markets: existing trends and future opportunities / Lori Allen-Ford -- 20.Institutions and international entrepreneurship / Tiffany Galvin -- 21.Offshoring and MNC strategy / Ben L. Kedia -- 22.Bottom-of-the-pyramid strategies and networks / Carlos Rufin -- 23.Reconceptualizing the MNE-development relationship: the role of complementary resources / Jennifer Oetzel -- 24.Multinational enterprises and climate change strategies / Jonatan Pinkse.
Abstract:
This book provides an impressive state-of-the-art overview of the international strategic management field as an area of scholarly inquiry. The great strength of work is the thoughtfulness of the messages conveyed by the expert team of authors. The implications for future international strategy research and for international management practice are profound and will influence the next generation of scholars in international strategy as well as senior level managers. Corporate executives will continue to operate in a world that is far from flat and will use this volume as a reliable compass, in the form of powerful conceptual frameworks, to navigate uncharted territory in the global economy.