Creating Value Through International Strategy (International Business)

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 9
List of Tables......Page 10
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Notes on the Contributors......Page 15
1 Introduction: International Strategy and Location Specificity......Page 24
Part I Creating Value through International Expansion......Page 42
2 Introduction to Part I......Page 44
3 The Process of International Expansion in Knowledge-Intensive Settings: Research Questions, Theory and Summary of Findings......Page 49
4 Multilatinas: Emerging Multinationals from Latin America......Page 66
5 Corporate Governance and Globalization: Toward an Actor- Centred Institutional Analysis......Page 78
Part II Sources of Value in Global Strategy......Page 92
6 Introduction to Part II......Page 94
7 Firm-Specific and Non-Firm-Specific Sources of Advantage in International Competition......Page 101
8 Chilean Foreign Direct Investment across Latin America: Alliances and Competitive Advantage......Page 118
9 International Geography and History in Host Market Competitiveness of Foreign Multinational Enterprises: A Research Agenda......Page 132
Part III Organizing MNCs for Value Creation......Page 146
10 Introduction to Part III......Page 148
11 Dual Paths to Multinational Subsidiary Performance: Networking to Learning and Autonomy to Innovation......Page 153
12 Decentralization of R&D and Know-How Flows through MNEs: Some Stylized Facts and Insights from Theory......Page 168
13 Multinational Investment and Organizational Risk: A Real Options Approach......Page 188
Part IV Global Alliances and Networks......Page 202
14 Introduction to Part IV......Page 204
15 Globalizing Professional Services: Are Networked Organizations an Answer?......Page 208
16 The Impact of Personal and Organizational Ties on Strategic Alliance Characteristics and Performance: A Study of Alliances in the USA, Israel and Taiwan......Page 224
Part V Internationalization, Complexity and Organizational Transformation......Page 238
17 Introduction to Part V......Page 240
18 The Roles of the Corporate Level in the Internationalization Process of the Firm......Page 245
19 ‘Wireless Apostles’ and ‘Global Emperors’: Strategies for Domination in a Global Arena......Page 261
Index......Page 278