International Business Scholarship (Research in Global Strategic Management)

Research in global strategic management......Page 1
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List of contributors......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
AIB fellows’ contributions to IB research......Page 10
Blind Alleys......Page 13
Causeways to IB Research......Page 14
Really doing international research......Page 17
Learning from the following chapters......Page 19
Notes......Page 20
References......Page 21
Getting started (1975-1978)......Page 23
Lee Nehrt’s deanship (1978-1981)......Page 25
The first meeting of the AIB fellows (1978)......Page 26
The second, third and fourth meetings (1979-1981)......Page 27
Richard Robinson’s deanship (1981-1984)......Page 29
John Fayerweather’s deanship (1984-1987)......Page 32
1984 Cleveland Meeting......Page 33
1985 New York Meeting......Page 37
1986 London Meeting......Page 40
After the London Meeting......Page 42
1987 Chicago Meeting......Page 45
Franklin root’s deanship (1987-1990)......Page 46
Robert Hawkins’ deanship (1991-1993)......Page 47
John Dunning’s deanship (1993-1996)......Page 50
John Daniels’ deanship (1996-1999)......Page 52
Susan Douglas’ deanship (1999-2002)......Page 56
Donald Lessard’s deanship (2002-2005)......Page 58
Jean Boddewyn’s deanship (2005-2008)......Page 61
Back & Forth Committee......Page 62
Beijing 2006 Committee......Page 63
Eminent Scholar Committee......Page 64
Fellows Election Committee......Page 65
Indianapolis Business Meeting and Dinner......Page 66
Miscellaneous Developments......Page 67
All is not Well......Page 68
A New Burst of Initiatives......Page 70
Conclusions......Page 71
Notes......Page 75
Fellows of the academy of international business 1978 constitution......Page 78
1982-2008 amendments to the 1978 constitution......Page 82
The constitution of the fellows of the academy of international business with April and November 2007 as well as April 2008 amendments......Page 85
Appendix B. Selection of the original fellows......Page 90
Appendix D. List of past deans and secretary-treasurers of the AIB fellows......Page 92
Appendix E. Election of new fellows by year......Page 93
Fellows and their status in early 2008......Page 97
Appendix F. Honorary fellows......Page 100
Minutes of the meeting of the academy of international business fellows, October 15, 1981, at montreal, Canada......Page 101
International business history: An AIB tradition......Page 104
Business history......Page 106
Further samples of the varieties and discoveries......Page 110
The challenges......Page 114
References......Page 116
Introduction......Page 120
The relationship between IB and finance......Page 122
Finance and Technology......Page 123
IB and Technology......Page 124
Possible finance contributions to international business scholarship......Page 127
The Strategic Role and Nature of Finance in a Firm......Page 128
International-business contributions to finance: role of transactions costs......Page 130
Finance and Transaction-Costs Economics......Page 131
Some examples of the impact of transactions costs......Page 133
Transactions Costs and the Institutional Environment......Page 134
Some Persistent Puzzles at the Interface of Finance and International Business......Page 136
Opposing Assumptions Regarding Markets......Page 138
Discussion and conclusion......Page 139
Notes......Page 140
References......Page 141
Introduction......Page 144
Shift in emphasis from developed to emerging markets......Page 146
Coping with cultural diversity......Page 149
Transfer of skills and experience-learning......Page 151
Building configural advantage in global markets......Page 153
Acknowledgments......Page 156
References......Page 157
Introduction......Page 159
The history of internalization theory......Page 160
Implications of internalization theory......Page 165
Extensions of internalization theory......Page 169
Globalization versus Regionalization......Page 170
Turning the Transnational Solution into the Regional Solution......Page 171
Rethinking Combinative Capabilities and Tacit Knowledge......Page 172
Regional Aspects of Multinationality and Performance......Page 173
Conclusions......Page 174
References......Page 176
The internationalization of multinationals......Page 179
Four generations of multinational enterprise......Page 181
Changing drivers of multinationalization......Page 186
Multinationals from developing countries......Page 190
A new backlash against MNEsquest......Page 194
Conclusions and further questions......Page 197
References......Page 200
Introduction......Page 204
The concept of globalization......Page 207
Research design......Page 208
Obstacles3......Page 210
Incompetent Governance - Corporate and Government - and Different Abilities in Policy Formation in Various Types of Government......Page 211
Inadequate or Lack of ‘‘Civil Society’’......Page 212
Inadequate ‘‘Community of Interest’’......Page 213
Power and Security......Page 214
Leadership......Page 215
Inequitable Distribution of Benefits and Burdens......Page 216
Inadequate Data, Information and Transparency......Page 217
Bilateral Agreements and Regional Associations......Page 218
Protectionism......Page 219
Adverse Impact on Wages......Page 220
Inadequate Infrastructure and Energy......Page 221
Corruption in Public, Private and International Institutions......Page 222
Identity......Page 223
Migration of Peoples......Page 224
Fundamental Values......Page 225
Conclusion......Page 226
Notes......Page 228
Rigor in international business research: A review and methodological recommendations......Page 230
Introduction......Page 231
Proposed hierarchy for assessing the validity of international business research......Page 232
Methodological Aspect and Implications......Page 234
Delineation of the Congenericity Goal......Page 235
The Delineation of Sampling and Data Goals......Page 236
Methodological Aspects......Page 237
The Delineation of Construct Equivalence and Validity......Page 238
Methodological Considerations......Page 239
Methodological Aspects......Page 240
Current Status in IB Research and Implications......Page 241
Conclusion......Page 242
Notes......Page 243
References......Page 244
New directions in international-business research: A personal viewpoint......Page 248
References......Page 257
Global sourcing strategy and performance: A ‘‘fit’’ versus ‘‘balance’’ perspective......Page 259
The global sourcing phenomenon......Page 260
Our approach......Page 261
Trends in global sourcing......Page 262
The performance rationale......Page 264
A ‘‘balance’’ perspective......Page 265
A ‘‘fit’’ perspective......Page 268
A ‘‘balanced fit’’ perspective......Page 270
Research implications......Page 272
Managerial implications......Page 273
References......Page 275
A historical examination of the evolution of international advertising standardizationsoladaptation thought......Page 278
Stage One: Practitioner Evolution......Page 280
Stage Two: Scholarly Initiation......Page 281
Stage Three: Conceptual and Empirical Refinement......Page 283
Foundations for advancement......Page 287
References......Page 289
Creating insight: The imperative for research in international business......Page 293
Globalization......Page 295
Slow progress......Page 297
From single discipline work to multiple disciplines......Page 300
Scholars and reality......Page 302
Broadening the research agenda......Page 303
Notes......Page 304
References......Page 305
Simulation as virtual reality in international-business education......Page 306
Introduction......Page 307
Constructing the basic simulation model......Page 308
Parameters and variables......Page 309
Inter-company transactions......Page 310
Limitations and exceptions......Page 311
Learning objectives and performance evaluation......Page 312
Participants as graders......Page 315
IB simulation: An empirical example......Page 316
Outsourcing your coursequest......Page 319
Federation of American Scientists makes a statement......Page 320
References......Page 321
International-business scholarship: Contributing to a broader definition of success......Page 322
The second question: The quality of world leadership......Page 323
The fourth question: The courage to see possibility......Page 324
The fifth question: The audacity to hope......Page 326
The seventh question: Expanding our definition of truth......Page 327
The eight and final question: Conducting anticipatory scholarship......Page 329
Notes......Page 330
References......Page 331
Interorganizational cooperation and our manifest destiny: An evolutionary perspective......Page 333
Introduction......Page 334
The origins of cooperation......Page 337
Modeling dyadic and multiparty cooperation......Page 338
Vertical Quasi-Integration......Page 339
Horizontal Cooperation......Page 341
The International Spread of Intellectual Property Protection......Page 345
Liberalization of the Investment Climate......Page 346
The knowledge and service economy......Page 349
Global Communications......Page 350
Cooperation and humankind’s manifest destiny10......Page 351
Notes......Page 354
References......Page 355
The development of international-management knowledge in the German-Speaking countries......Page 359
Antecedents and major driving forces......Page 360
Establishment and positioning of IM as a scholarly discipline......Page 362
Early Attempts at IM Theorizing......Page 364
Configurations Approach......Page 366
Process-Trilogy ‘‘Three E-Concept’’......Page 367
The Ladenburg Globalization Model......Page 368
Diverse Conceptual Contributions......Page 370
Thematic Clusters of Selected Empirical Studies......Page 372
Encyclopedic Work, Handbooks and Textbooks in IM......Page 376
Publications at the Professional Organizational Level......Page 377
Institutional consolidation of IM......Page 378
Acknowledgments......Page 379
References......Page 380
Introduction......Page 387
The framework......Page 388
Patterns in the Turbulence......Page 389
Building the virtual university of the universe......Page 391
References......Page 392
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