International Business (Academy of International Business Series)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 12
Foreword......Page 14
List of Contributors......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
The Field of International Business......Page 18
Emerging Economies and Economic Growth......Page 22
Financial Systems, Capital and Governance......Page 25
Ideology, Knowledge and Civilizations......Page 26
Economic Geography, Regionalisation and Local Issues......Page 29
Conclusions......Page 30
PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS......Page 36
2 Multinational Enterprises and Public Policy......Page 38
Efficiency Aspects of MNEs and Public Policy......Page 39
The Simple Analytics of MNEs and Public Policy......Page 41
A New Synthesis of the Literature......Page 47
Conclusions and Future Research......Page 55
Introduction......Page 61
Double Triad: Asia's Emerging Markets......Page 63
Factor I: Financial Capital Allocation......Page 65
Factor II: Knowledge Allocation......Page 69
Conclusions......Page 73
4 Internal Capital Markets in Multinational Firms: the Effects of Subsidiary Strategic Independence......Page 79
Research Questions and Methodology......Page 80
Data and Estimation......Page 84
Results......Page 90
Concluding Remarks......Page 91
5 The Resource-based Perspective and Small Firm Internationalisation: an Exploratory Approach......Page 96
The Resource-based View of the Firm......Page 100
Some Implications of the Resource-based View for the Internationalisation of the Small Firm......Page 101
Method......Page 104
Case Example – Nautilus Ltd......Page 105
Other Case Experiences......Page 110
Discussion and Conclusions......Page 112
6 Knowledge and the Multinational Enterprise......Page 119
The 'Knowledge Leveraging' View of the MNE......Page 120
Knowledge and the Theory of the MNE......Page 126
Knowledge Management Processes within the MNE......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 141
7 New Technologies and International Business in the 21st Century: Technological Convergence, Networks and Global Competition......Page 147
Scientific and Technological Revolutions in the Early 21st Century......Page 148
The Internationalisation of R&D and the Role of Strategic Alliances in Core Technologies......Page 159
'Technoglobalism' versus 'Technonationalism'......Page 161
Conclusion......Page 167
PART TWO: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, AND SOUTH EAST ASIA......Page 174
Introduction......Page 176
The Development of the EC: Institutional Considerations......Page 177
Research on the Determinants of Inward FDI into the EC......Page 178
The Model......Page 182
Statistical Findings......Page 183
Conclusions......Page 189
Introduction......Page 193
The Meaning of Corporate Restructuring......Page 194
Corporate Restructuring in Europe......Page 196
Methodology......Page 200
Results......Page 201
The Changing Shape of European Corporate Development......Page 212
Conclusion......Page 214
Background......Page 217
Overview of Relevant Research......Page 218
The Research Problem......Page 220
Statistical Evaluation......Page 224
Conclusions......Page 232
Introduction......Page 238
Background to the Study......Page 239
Research Propositions......Page 240
Results......Page 243
Discussion......Page 251
Patterns of FDI......Page 255
Motivations......Page 257
FDI in Eastern Europe......Page 258
Research Objectives......Page 259
Research Results......Page 261
Conclusions......Page 264
Future Uses of FDI......Page 267
Review of Methodology and Future Research......Page 268
Introduction......Page 271
Background......Page 272
Research Framework......Page 278
Data Collection......Page 280
Methodology and Hypothesis......Page 282
Results......Page 283
Discussion......Page 286
Conclusion......Page 290
Previous Work......Page 292
Hypotheses......Page 294
Methodology and Model......Page 295
Independent Variables and Hypotheses......Page 297
Results and Discussion......Page 300
Conclusions......Page 304
Analytical Framework......Page 307
Development of the Chinese Automotive Industry......Page 310
Foreign and European Companies in the Chinese Automotive Industry......Page 318
European MNEs and the Restructuring of the Chinese Automotive Industry......Page 324
Conclusion......Page 327
Index......Page 330