A leading international business theorist and writer for more than 30 years Peter Buckley focuses in this volume on the development and modelling of the multinational enterprise (MNE) and its role in knowledge creation and dissemination as well as cultural distance in international business, particularly with respect to Asian business. The first part of the book provides a theoretical background to the evolution of the MNE that has taken place over the last half century seen through the internalization lens. The second section of the book re-examines several facets of important issues surrounding the role of the MNEas creator, developer and disseminator of knowledge and the centrality of 'intangible assets' as the key source of profitability. A must read for all academics and students of the MNE. INDICE: List of Tables.List of Figures.Foreword: D.Lessard.Acknowledgements.Notes on Contributors.Introduction.PART I: THEORY AND MODELLING THE MNE .Business History and International Business; P.J.Buckley.Internalisation Thinking- from the Multinational Enterprise to the Global Factory; P.J.Buckley.The Theory of International Business Pre-Hymer; P.J.Buckley.The Governance of the Multinational Enterprise: Insights from Internalization Theory; P.J.Buckley.& .R.Strange.Formalizing Internationalization in the Eclectic Paradigm; P.J.Buckley.& .N.Hashai.The Impact of the Global Factory on Economic Development; P.J.Buckley.PART II: KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND MANAGEMENT .Under What Conditions do Firms Benefit from the Research Efforts of Other Organizations?; M.I.Kafouros.& .P.J.Buckley.The Role of Internationalization in Explaining Innovation Performance'; M.I.Kafourosa., .P.J.Buckley., .J.A.Sharpb.& .C.Wang.Knowledge Accession and Knowledge Acquisition in Strategic Alliances: The Impact of Supplementary and Complementary Dimensions; P.J.Buckley., .K.W.Glaister., .E.Klijn.& .H.Tan.Do Managers Behave the Way Theory Suggests? A Choice Theoretic Examinationof Foreign Direct Investment Location Decision Making; P.J.Buckley., .T.M.Devinney.& .J.J.Louviere.The Role of Headquarters in the Global Factory; P.J.Buckley.PART III: CULTURAL DISTANCE AND ASIAN BUSINESS .Close Neighbours and Distant Friends - Perceptions of Cultural Distance; M.Chapman., .H.Gajewska-De Mattos., .J.Clegg.& .P.J.Buckley.Doing Business in Developing and Transitional Countries, an Empirical Example of the Dominant Logic and its Alternative; P.J.Buckley., .M.Chapman., .J.Clegg.& .H.Gajewska-De Mattos.The Rise of the JapaneseMultinational Enterprise: Then and Now; P.J.Buckley.Japanese Multinational Enterprises in China: Successful Adaptation of Marketing Strategies; P.J.Buckley.& .S.A.Horn.
- ISBN: 978-0-230-28966-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 24/08/2012
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