Title:
Contemporary challenges to international business
Author:
Academy of International Business. UK Chapter. Conference.
ISBN:
9780230218451
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Publication Information:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Physical Description:
xix, 304 p. ; 22 cm.
Series:
Academy of International Business.
Academy of International Business (Series) (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
1. Perspectives on Contemporary Challenges to International Business / Kevin Ibeh and Sheena Davies -- Pt. I. Cross-Border Management and Institutional Challenges -- 2. The Challenge of Managing Employee Tenure in China / Angelika Zimmermann, Xiaohui Liu and Trevor Buck -- 3. Organizational Identification and Commitment Following a Cross-Border Acquisition / Melanie Elina Raukko -- 4. Cross-Border Transfer of Employment Relations Approaches: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalization / Heinz-Josef Tuselmann, Frank McDonald, Matthew Allen, Sougand Golesorkhi and Despoina Filiou -- 5. Tensions Arising from Process of Transferring HRM Practices across Borders: The Case of Taiwanese MNCs in the UK / Yi-Ying Change, Kamel Mellahi and Adrian John Wilkinson -- Pt. II. SMEs' Resource-Related Challenges -- 6. Micromultinationals: Transcending Resource Challenges in International Business / Kevin Ibeh, Oliver Borchert and Colin Wheeler -- 7. Survival and Failure of Born Globals: The Case of Software Firms / Mika Gabrielsson and Peter Gabrielsson -- 8. The Challenge of Accelerated International Growth: A Focus on Winners and Losers in the Finnish Software Sector / Niina Nummela, Sami Saarenketo, Jussi Hatonen and Mika Ruokonen -- 9. International New Ventures and the Development of Partnerships: A Social Capital Approach / Arild Aspelund, Roger Sorheim and Magne Sivert Berg -- 10. Clustering and the Internationalization of SMEs in the Media Industry / Gary Cook and Naresh R. Pandit -- Pt. III. Emerging Market Challenges -- 11. Learning in International Joint Ventures in Central and Eastern European Countries: System of Innovation Approach / Irina Jormanainen -- 12. Returning Entrepreneurs vs Indigenous Entrepreneurs: An Investigation of High Technology SMEs in Emerging Markets / Ou Dai and Xiaohui Liu -- 13. The Emergence of Low-Cost Airlines in Africa: A Preliminary Analysis of Internal and External Drivers / Joseph Amankwah-Amoah and Yaw A. Debrah -- 14. Re-examining Women's International Management Experiences: A Middle Eastern Perspective / Beverly Dawn Metcalfe, Kate Hutchings and Brian Cooper -- Pt. IV. Emergent Challenges -- 15. Trends in International Terrorism against Business Targets / Andrew Lee -- 16. The Automotive Industry and Environmental Regulations: Challenges to Corporate Political Activities of Multinational Enterprises in the European Union / Sigrun M. Wagner -- 17. Intra-Community Fraud among UK and German Expatriate Entrepreneurs in Spain: A Trust and Social Networks-Based Explanation / Andreas Hoecht.
Abstract:
"Reflecting its complex and diverse contexts of enactment, international business is synonymous with big challenges. Cultural and institutional complexities remain as potent as they have always been, but have been joined by newer concerns such as climate change, international terrorism and international fraud." "This book examines these challenges from the perspectives of the different players and actors in the international business arena, including foreign investing multinational corporations, international small and medium sized enterprises and their multifaceted liabilities, emerging market/developing country firms and women managers from the Middle East. All contributions in this volume highlight one or more aspects of the contemporary challenges facing international business and, more importantly, embody invaluable insights on appropriate managerial responses to such complexities."--BOOK JACKET.
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