The Oxford handbook of international business / edited by Alan M. Rugman.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/​Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.
Description
1 online resource (xix, 857 pages) : illustrations, plans.

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Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Oxford handbooks. [More in this series]
Summary note
This handbook synthesises some literature of the last 40 years in 28 chapters. The coverage is split into the following areas the history and theory of the multinational enterprise; the political and policy environment of international business.
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
English
Contents
  • PART I. HISTORY AND THEORY OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
  • 1. The history of the multinational enterprise / Mira Wilkins
  • 2. The key literature on IB activities: 1960-2006 / John H. Dunning
  • 3. The gravity equation in international trade / Michele Frayianni
  • 4. Strategic complexity in international business / Peter Buckley and Mark Casson
  • 5. Theories of the multinational enterprise / Jean-Francois Hennart
  • 6. Location, competitiveness, and the multinational enterprise / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke
  • PART II. THE POLITICAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
  • 7. Sovereignty@bay: globalization, multinational enterprise, and the international political system / Stephen J. Kobrin
  • 8. National policies and domestic politics / Debora L. Spar
  • 9. Multinational enterprises and public policy / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke
  • 10. Unbundling the institution-based view of international business strategy / Mike W. Peng with Theodore A. Khoury
  • 11. Multilateral institutions and policies: implications for multinational business strategy / Thomas L. Brewer and Stephen Young
  • PART III. STRATEGY FOR MNES
  • 12. Strategy and multinational enterprise / Stephen B. Tallman and George S. Yip
  • 13. The multinational enterprise as an organization / D. Eleanor Westney and Srilata Zaheer
  • 14. Strategy and management in MNE subsidiaries / Julian Birkinshaw and Torben Pedersen
  • 15. Strategic alliances / Andrew C. Inkpen
  • PART IV. MANAGING THE MNE
  • 16. Innovation and information technology in the MNE / John Cantwell
  • 17. Contemporary research trends in international marketing: the 2000's / Masaaki (Mike) Kotabe with Crystal X. Jiang
  • 18. Culture and human resources management / John L. Graham
  • 19. Environmental policy and international business / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke
  • 20. International financial management and multinational enterprises / Michael Bowe
  • 21. Taxes, transfer pricing, and the multinational enterprise / Lorraine Eden
  • PART V. REGIONAL STUDIES
  • 22. Japan / D. Eleanor Westney
  • 23. China and international business / John Child
  • 24. The smaller economies of Pacific Asia and their business systems / Gordon Redding
  • PART VI. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
  • 25. Methodological contributions in international business and the direction of academic research activity / Bruce Kogut
  • 26. Political risk and country risk in international business concepts and measures / Yadong Luo
  • 27. Comparative international business research methods: pitfalls and practicalities / Simon C. Collinson and Andrew M. Pettigrew
  • 28. Metrics for International business research / Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung.
Other title(s)
  • Handbook of international business
  • International business
ISBN
  • 9780191577086
  • 0191577081
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