Firm-Level Internationalization, Regionalism and Globalization: Strategy, Performance and Institutional Change

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
The Relation between Alliance Entrepreneurship, Alliance Capability and Foreign Market Performance — An Empirical Investigation....Pages 11-26
Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Asia: Implications of the International Production Network....Pages 27-47
From Federations to Global Factories: Assessing the Contribution of the Subsidiary Middle Manager in Today’s MNE....Pages 48-63
Regional Multinational Enterprises and the International Financial Crisis....Pages 64-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
The Persistence of Outward Foreign Direct Investment from German Manufacturing Industries....Pages 81-95
Multinational Performance and Intellectual Property Rights: Evidence from 46 Countries....Pages 96-112
The Influence of Exports on Outward Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of India....Pages 113-125
Internationalization, Financial Incentives and Firm Growth: Evidence from Italy....Pages 126-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Contingency Factors in International Entrepreneurial Orientation — Performance Relations of Firms with Different Levels of Internationalization....Pages 143-162
Forging the Link between Business Model and Value Chain Constructs in the Context of an Internationalizing Entrepreneurial Firm — A Case Study....Pages 163-176
Entrepreneurial Marketing Strategies During the Growth of International New Ventures....Pages 177-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Interpersonal Relationships in Transnational, Virtual Teams....Pages 201-215
Intercultural Ethical Leadership Competence: Contrasting Ireland and Germany....Pages 216-232
The Role of Timing, Duration and Intensity of Training Programmes for Expatriate Adjustment: An Empirical Analysis....Pages 233-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Subsidiaries as Learning Engines: Understanding Middle Managers’ Search for Knowledge as Micro-foundation....Pages 249-262
Converging Themes: Networks, International Performance and the Telecoms Sector....Pages 263-291
The Link between Born Global Growth, Network Evolution and Firm Performance: A Theoretical Framework....Pages 292-312
Front Matter....Pages 313-313
Conceptual, Operational and Methodological Considerations in Studying the Trust-Performance Relation: A Critical Review of Empirical Research in International Strategic Alliances....Pages 315-344
Asset Specificity, Asset Opacity and Ownership Structures in Domestic and Cross-Border Joint Ventures....Pages 345-361
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Economic Organization and Social Solidarity: Keiretsu as a Local/Global Concept....Pages 365-378
Institutional Determinants of Good Corporate Governance: The Case of Nigeria....Pages 379-396
Socially Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Multinational Corporations: Are MNCs ‘Social Entrepreneurs’?....Pages 397-411
‘Imported’ Management Practices: The Disclosure of Individual Executive Compensation and Firm Performance....Pages 412-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-454