Synopses & Reviews
Published in association with the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business (AIB), this ninth volume in the AIB series focuses on the new challenges and developments in the field of international business. The book successfully brings together an integrated set of research concepts and results to present some contrasting views about how international business is adjusting to the challenges and opportunities that the 21st century presents.
Synopsis
Published in association with the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business (AIB), this ninth volume in the AIB series focuses on the new challenges and developments in the field of international business. The book successfully brings together an integrated set of research concepts and results to present some contrasting views about how international business is adjusting to the challenges and opportunities that the 21st century presents.
About the Author
Frank McDonald is Head of and Heinz Tuselmann is at the International Business Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University. Colin Wheeler is in the Department of Marketing at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Table of Contents
Introduction--F.McDonald, H.Tüselmann & C.Wheeler * The Importance of Contact with the Foreign Market: Empirical Evidence from UK High Technology Small Firms--M.V.Jones * Part 1: Ethics Environment And Corporate Governance * Multinational Companies and Ethical Issues--S.Dhanarajan * Multinational Companies and Environmental Issues--D.McLaren * Russian History and the 'Americanization' of Corporate Governance--T.Buck * Part 2: The Strategic Development Of Subsidiaries * Globalization, Corporate Restructuring and Influences on the MNC Subsidiary--S.Young, N.Hood & J.Firm * Mandate Subsidiaries and High Value-Added Scope in MNEs' Operations in the UK: AN EU-Based Comparative Investigation--A.T.Tavares & R.Pearce * Knowledge Transfer Between Parent and Developing Country Subsidiaries: A Conceptual Framework--P.Gooderham & S.Ulset * Autonomy and Procedural Justice: Validating and Extending the Framework--J.H.Taggart &J.Taggart * US Sales of Intellectual Property to the People's Republic of China: The Affiliate or Non-Affiliate Route? J.Clegg, A.Cross & Xiao Lian * The Development of Pan-European Industrial Structures and the Strategic Development of Subsidiaries--F.McDonald, H.Tüselmann & A.Heise * Cluster Development Policy and New Forms of Public-Private Partnership--P.Raines * Part 3: Assessing the Performance of International Business Operations * UK Export Performance Research 1990-2000: Review and Theoretical Framework--C.Wheeler & K.I.Ibeh * Understanding International Strategy in Professional Services Industries--D.Boojihawon & S.Young * Modelling the Export Marketing Strategy-Performance Relationship--C.Wheeler, S.Tagg & J.H.Taggart * Institutional, Cultural, Transaction Cost and Entry Mode Influences on Performance--K.Brouthers & L.E.Brouthers * International Price Comparison on the Internet: A Clinical Study of the Online Book Industry--R.Chakrabarti & B.Scholnick * New Strategic Group Concepts in the Transition to a Changing Global Environment: A Dynamic Analysis of Strategic Group Behaviour in the World Wide Spirits Industry--B.Schwittay &C.Carr * Explaining Organizational Performance Through Psychic Distance--J.Evans * Part 4: Internationalization of SMEs * Globalization and the Smaller Firm: Reconcilable Notions? M.Berry--P.Dimitratos & M.McDermott * Multiple Sales Channel Strategies in Export Marketing of Small and Medium Sized Design Companies--M.Gabrielsson & Z.Al-Obaidi