Presents papers which grapple with some of the most important developments and challenges in International Business, both for the firms who must fashion strategy within a rapidly changing world economic order and researchers who seek to explain the nature of these shifts and how firms respond.
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Introduction
Gary Cook and Jennifer Johns Keynote address: Flatness
Ram Mudambi PART I: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 1. Outward Foreign Direct Investment and the Adaptive Efficiency of the German Institutional System
Heinz-Josef Tuselmann, Frank McDonald, Martin T. Bohl, Svitlana Voronkova and Paul Windrum 2. The Impact of Institutions on Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe
Matthew M.C. Allen and Maria L. Aldred 3. Why do MNEs Engage in MNE-Government Relations? Empirical Evidence from the European Union and the Automotive Industry
Sigrun M. Wagner PART II: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ACROSS DIFFERENT SPATIAL SCALES 4. Country Linkages and Firm Internationalisation: Indian MNEs within Economic-Political Alliances of Nations
Peter J. Buckley, Peter Enderwick, Nicolas Forsans and Surender Munjal 5. A Critical Review of Hidden Champions and Emerging Research Findings on Their International Strategies and Orientations
Alessa Witt and Chris Carr 6. The Role of Language on Affiliates' Competence-Creation: Evidence from the MNE Linkage across 45 Countries
Yong Yang and Caleb CY Kwong 7. Reconceptualising Cross-border Knowledge Acquisition: An Empirical Investigation into Antecedents
Mia Hsiao-Wen Ho PART III: PLACING MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE ACTIVITIES 8. Service Sector Clustering and Multinational Enterprise: Evidence from UK Film and Television
Gary Cook and Naresh R. Pandit 9. Redundancies in External Relationships of Multinational Corporations - A Firm-Level Conceptual Model: Phillip C. Nell, Ulf Andersson and Bjorn Ambos 10. Examining Strategy Diversity and Interdependence in The MNC's Subsidiaries and Their Functional Activities
Paz Estrella Tolentino, Odile E.M. Janne and Pi-Chi Chen 11. Exploring Foreign Direct Investment and Technology and Knowledge Transfer Issues in Africa
Ellis Osabutey 12. New Venture Internationalisation and the Cluster Life Cycle: Insights from Ireland's Indigenous Software Industry