Resources, Efficiency and Globalization (The Academy of International Business)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Foreword......Page 14
List of Contributors......Page 15
Resources, Efficiency, and Globalization: International Business in the Modern Era......Page 22
Part I: MNE Strategies, Governance, and Efficiency......Page 32
1 Which Comes First: Domestic or Foreign Subsidiaries? Analysis of Global Integration and Local Responsiveness among Japanese Service Companies......Page 34
2 The Role of Virtual Integration, Commitment, and Knowledge-Sharing in Improving International Supplier Responsiveness......Page 48
Part II: MNE Location and Human Resources......Page 66
3 The Importance of Location: Does Outward FDI lead to Unemployment?......Page 68
4 Agglomeration and Flows of Inward and Outward Direct Investment: An Analysis of Financial Services in the United Kingdom......Page 84
5 Resources of Multinational Enterprises Used for Corporate Political Activities in the European Union......Page 105
6 Career Orientations of the 21st-Century Knowledge Professionals......Page 135
Part III: Subsidiaries and Resource Transfer......Page 152
7 Experience and Performance in Interunit Knowledge Transfer......Page 154
8 Embedded Subsidiaries and the Involvement of Headquarters in Innovation Transfer Processes......Page 177
Part IV: Internationalized SMEs, Strategies, and Efficiency......Page 200
9 Hybrid Competitive Strategies for Achieving Superior Performance During Global Expansion: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Originating in SMOPECs......Page 202
10 Standardization versus Adaptation of the Marketing Mix Strategy in SME Exports......Page 214
11 Knowledge Management and Growth Strategies: Evidence from Chinese Knowledge-Intensive New Ventures......Page 233
12 A Conceptualization of e-Risk Perceptions and the Offline-Online Risk Trade-Off for Small Firm Internationalization......Page 254
Part V: Internationalized SMEs, Resources, and Entrepreneurship......Page 268
13 Resources and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Case of High-Technology SMEs in Portugal......Page 270
14 The Internationalization of Knowledge-Based Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises from Syria......Page 289
15 Using the Resource-Based View to Advance International Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Review on How Far Have We Come since Peng’s 2001 Predictions?......Page 315
16 Barriers to the Internationalization of SMEs: An Analysis from the Perspective of Support Service Providers......Page 331
E......Page 348
H......Page 349
K......Page 350
M......Page 351
R......Page 352
T......Page 353
W......Page 354