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Book SynopsisThe second edition of this Handbook provides up-to-date insight into ground-breaking research on international human resource issues today. These issues are faced by multinational companies which can be as small as one person with a computer and Internet connection or as large as a medium-sized country. Written by the field's most distinguished researchers, the book will stimulate thought for new research and provide a glimpse of where we have been and where we are going. The book explores issues such as the importance of linking IHRM activities to organizational strategy and culture; talent management; staffing; performance management; leadership development; diversity management; international assignment and mobility issues; and the role of IHRM in the management of global teams and cross-border joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. The Handbook illustrates that IHRM research is both theoretically deep and eclectic. Drawing upon a range of paradigms and perspectives this compendium will prove invaluable for HRM scholars, doctoral students, and others interested in IHRM research. Contributors: R.V. Aguilera, A. Bird, I. Bjorkman, J. Bonache, C. Brewster, P. Caligiuri, W.F. Cascio, C.W.S. Chui, D.G. Collings, A. Colvin, O. Darbishire, S.C. Davison, H. De Cieri, J.C. Dencker, J. Dietz, P.J. Dowling, E. Farndale, M. Festing, P.N. Gooderham, M. Harvey, J. Hearn, K. Jonsen, E.P. Kleinlogel, M.B. Lazarova, C. Lengnick-Hall, M.L. Lengnick-Hall, W. Mayrhofer, M. Maznevski, M. Mendenhall, B.D. Metcalfe, M. Moeller, S.S. Morris, J.S. Osland, J. Paauwe, T. Peltonen, R. Piekkari, A. Reichel, R.S. Schuler, H. Scullion, J.B. Sears, S. Snell, P. Sparrow, G.K. Stahl, P. Stiles, L. Stirpe, I. Tarique, D.C. Thomas, S. Tietze, P.M. Wright, B.-J. ZhongTrade ReviewThe editors should be congratulated in producing a volume that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of the subject. . . There is a high standard maintained throughout the handbook with chapters written by 48 authors from across the world. This allows discussion to move away from the traditional US-centric nature of the discipline and gives the book a truly international flavour. The range of scholars, from PhD candidates to established professors makes for an impressive collection, which should be widely read by human resource management and international business academics and practitioners alike. --Andy Hodder, Relations Industrielles / Industrial RelationsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Ingmar Björkman, Günter K. Stahl and Shad S. Morris PART I: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2. Strategic Human Resource Management in Multinational Enterprises: Developments and Directions Helen De Cieri and Peter J. Dowling 3. The International HR Department Philip Stiles 4. International Employment Relations: The Impact of Varieties of Capitalism Alexander Colvin and Owen Darbishire 5. Comparing HRM Policies and Practices Across Geographical Borders Chris Brewster 6. International Human Resource Management and Firm Performance Jaap Paauwe and Elaine Farndale 7. Global Knowledge Management and International HRM Paul Sparrow PART II: RESEARCH ON GLOBAL STAFFING, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT 8. Global Staffing David G. Collings and Hugh Scullion 9. Compensating Global Employees Jaime Bonache and Luigi Stirpe 10. Global Performance Management Systems Wayne F. Cascio 11. Global Talent Management: Theoretical Perspectives, Systems, and Challenges Randall S. Schuler and Ibraiz Tarique 12. Developing Global Mindset and Global Leadership Capabilities Joyce S. Osland, Allan Bird and Mark Mendenhall 13. Research on Intergroup Conflict: Implications for Diversity Management Joerg Dietz, Emmanuelle Patricia Kleinlogel and Celia Wing See Chui PART III: RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AND GLOBAL CAREERS 14. Expatriate Adjustment and Performance Revisted Mila B. Lazarova and David C. Thomas 15. Alternative Forms of International Working Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Astrid Reichel and Paul Sparrow 16. International Assignee Selection and Cross-Cultural Training and Development Paula Caligiuri and Ibraiz Tarique 17. Patriation of Global Cultural ‘Nomads’: The Reconceptualization of Repatriation in a Global Context Michael Harvey and Miriam Moeller PART IV: RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, ALLIANCES, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 18. Global Virtual Team Dynamics and Effectiveness Karsten Jonsen, Martha Maznevski and Sue Canney Davison 19. International Joint Venture System Complexity and Human Resource Management Randall S. Schuler and Ibraiz Tarique 20. The Role of Human Resource Management in Cross-border Acquisitions Joshua B. Sears, Ruth V. Aguilera and John C. Dencker PART V: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 21. A Resource-based View of International Human Resources: The Role of Integrative and Creative Capabilities in Gaining a Competitive Advantage for MNCs Bi-Juan Zhong, Shad S. Morris, Scott Snell and Patrick M. Wright 22. International Human Resource Management and Economic Theories of the Firm Marion Festing 23. International Human Resource Management Research and Institutional Theory Ingmar Björkman and Paul N. Gooderham 24. IHRM and Social Network/Social Capital Theory Mark L. Lengnick-Hall and Cynthia A. Lengnick-Hall 25. Gender, Intersectionality and International Human Resource Management Jeff Hearn, Beverly Dawn Metcalfe and Rebecca Piekkari 26. Critical Approaches to International Human Resource Management Tuomo Peltonen 27. Language and International Human Resource Management Rebecca Piekkari and Susanne Tietze Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is an important addition to the literature on International Entrepreneurship (IE). Edited by the founder of the McGill Conference series on IE and the hosts of the 14th annual conference, this collection challenges readers to push the boundaries of this emerging field and explore the implications of leadership, emerging economies, gender and family ownership for the internationalization of new ventures.'- Rod B. McNaughton, University of Auckland, New ZealandThe young field of international entrepreneurship is rapidly expanding in scope and complexity, as increasingly more companies across the world compete to gain a larger global market share and attract consumers both at home and abroad. This book, the fifth volume in the McGill International Entrepreneurship series, brings together 29 scholars and practitioners to explore the contemporary issues, evolving relations and dynamic forces that are shaping the new emerging entrepreneurial system in international markets. It examines entrepreneurial efforts and relations in many firms embedded in and constrained by different national and corporate cultures of their own and offers expert recommendations for further research, better managerial practice and more effective public policy approaches.The editors and contributors to this volume show how conventional theories of entrepreneurship and business do not fully address the challenges inherent in achieving and sustaining global competitiveness. Over the course of 11 research-based chapters, they detail rich frameworks and fresh solutions for navigating the complex and quickly evolving global business environment, providing insight into a number of current international entrepreneurship issues. These include high-growth and rapid internationalization, managerial leadership, born globals, the impact of networks, inter-organizational ties and knowledge intensity, and emerging markets regulations and requirements.Students and professors of international entrepreneurship and business and management will find this book to be a fresh resource. It will also interest managers and strategists of globally minded companies, as well as policymakers working in government and other international organizations.Contributors: S. Andersson, R. Ascúa, M.K. Baygy, B. Danko, U. Dornberger, A. Eghtesadi, H. Etemad, W. Gerstlberger, M.E. HajSamadi, D. Kabbara, H. Laurell, T.K. Madsen, T.A. Martin, T. Müllern, M.N.U. Nabi, W. Nowi ski, E.S. Rasmussen, A. Rialp, G. Rosenbaum, W. Ruda, P. Servais, G. Shirokova, T. Tsukanova, T. Vissak, I. Wictor, P.-C. Wu, X. Zhang, M. Zolfaghari, A. ZucchellaTrade ReviewEntrepreneurship provides a deep insight in the complex world of international new ventures in different cultural and institutional settings. Having conducted most of my research and teachings in this field, I am impressed by the quality and depth of this book. It is not only interesting from an academic perspective but also from a practitioner perspective as well. This book explains and synthesizes the most relevant topics that every person involved in international business and entrepreneurship should take into consideration. --Christian Keen, VP Global Commerce Strategy, Stratekey CanalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Emergence of International Entrepreneurship (IE) and its Agents – Selected Issues Hamid Etemad, Tage Koed Madsen, Erik S. Rasmussen and Per Servais PART I: INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP AND NETWORKS 1. Revisiting Aspects of Born Globals: Young Canadian SMEs Growing Rapidly and Becoming Born Globals Hamid Etemad and Pi-Chu Wu 2. Leadership and Organization in Born Globals Ingemar Wictor, Svante Andersson and Tomas Müllern 3. Social Networks and Inter-organizational Ties of Knowledge-Intensive Firms (KIFs) Diala Kabbara and Antonella Zucchella 4. The Process of Commercializing a Medical Technology Innovation for an INV through International Trade Fairs: Combining a Network with a Practice View Hélène Laurell PART II: INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING ECONOMIES 5. International Entrepreneurship from Emerging Economies: A Meta-analysis Meysam Zolfaghari, Alex Rialp and Witold Nowiński 6. Internationalization of SMEs from Transition Economies: Institutional Perspectives Galina Shirokova and Tatyana Tsukanova 7. Entrepreneurship and the Institutional Context: Dynamics of Development of the Locally Owned Generic Pharmaceutical Industry in Bangladesh Md. Noor Un Nabi and Utz Dornberger 8. The Role of Key Foreign Employees in Successful Development: Do We Need a Wider Research Scope for Internationalization Studies? Tiia Vissak and Xiaotian Zhang PART III: INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: FAMILY, GENDER AND INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATIONS 9. The Role of Female- and Male-specific Traits in Entrepreneurial Activities Maryam Khaleghy Baygy, Mohamad Ehsan HajSamadi and Ali Eghtesadi 10. Toward an Understanding of How Entrepreneurs Access and Use Networks/Social Capital to Internationalize: A Gender Perspective Gitte Rosenbaum 11. Comparing Entrepreneurial Attributes and Internationalization Perceptions of Business Students in Germany Before and During the Economic Crisis Benjamin Danko, Walter Ruda, Thomas A. Martin, Rubén Ascúa and Wolfgang Gerstlberger 12. Conclusion: International Entrepreneurship – Learning Points and Implications Hamid Etemad, Tage Koed Madsen, Erik S. Rasmussen and Per Servais Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook sets out the nature and scope of International Human Resource Development (IHRD) to advance our understanding of research and practice in the field. Drawing on expertise from a global team representing some of the field's most distinguished researchers, the Handbook explores a range of contextual, process and people development practice issues impacting IHRD research and practice. Focusing on IHRD as a distinct field of research and practice, the authors offer comprehensive coverage of a number of critical contextual dimensions that shape the IHRD goals that organisations pursue; impact the IHRD systems, policies and practices that are implemented; and influence the types of IHRD research questions that are investigated. The Handbook examines the processes or actions taken by organisations to globalise IHRD practices and discusses important people development practices that come within the scope of IHRD. By bringing together a variety of research strands and engaging in key debates while also acknowledging the emergent, dynamic and constantly evolving nature of the field, the authors of this Handbook have created an invaluable resource for academics, students, professionals and practitioners in IHRD, HRD, HRM, international management, organisational behaviour and leadership.Contributors: M. Alagaraja, H. Alhejji, V. Anderson, A. Ardichvili, E.E. Bennett, A. Bratton, R. Carbery, N. Clarke, N. D'Annuzio Green, T. Garavan, J. Gedro, K. Grant, C. Gubbins, M. Hammond, J. Kim, S. Kim, Y. Lai, A. McCarthy, A. McDonnell, R.R. McWhorter, H. Moon, C.T. Nolan, D. O'Shea, J. Pearson, V. Pereira, O. Pruetipibultham, W.E.A. Ruona, V. Shanahan, M. Sheehan, C. Valentin, J. WintertonTrade Review‘This book offers a wealth of conceptual insights and practical guidance for researchers of international people management. ... This book stands as an accessible and informative guide for all researchers of the challenges, complexities and thrilling opportunities captured under the label “Human Resource Development”.’ -- Keith Jackson, Asia Pacific Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. International HRD: Context, Processes and People – Introduction Thomas Garavan, Alma McCarthy and Ronan Carbery PART 1: Context 2. IHRD in MNCs Yanqing Lai, Thomas Garavan and Ronan Carbery 3. IHRD in International Non-Governmental Organisations, Nonprofit and Public Sector Hussain Alhejji and Thomas Garavan 4. IHRD in Small Firms and Internationalising SMEs Ciara T. Nolan 5.IHRD: National Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Yanqing Lai 6. IHRD: International Perspectives on Competence and Competencies Jonathan Winterton 7 IHRD: Investment in Human Capital and Performance Maura Sheehan and Valerie Shanahan PART 2: Processes 8. Green IHRD, Sustainability and Environmental Issues Claire Valentin 9. IHRD and Managing Knowledge Alexandre Ardichvili 10. IHRD, Offshoring and Outsourcing Valerie Anderson and Vijay Pereira 11. IHRD and Lean Management Meera Alagaraja 12. IHRD and Strategic Learning Capability Hanna Moon and Wendy E.A. Ruona 13. IHRD and Virtual HRD Elisabeth E. Bennett and Rochell R. McWhorter 14. IHRD, Social Capital and Networking Claire Gubbins PART 3: People Development Practices 15. IHRD: Developing Expatriates and Inpatriates Gary N. McLean, Junhee Kim and Oranuch (Jued) Pruetipibultham 16 .IHRD and Global Careers Michelle Hammond, Deirdre O’Shea and Jill Pearson 17. IHRD and Leader Development Nicholas Clarke 18. IHRD and Developing Global Teams Gary N. McLean and Sewon Kim 19. IHRD, Diversity and Inclusion Julie Gedro 20. IHRD and Global Talent Development Andrew Bratton, Thomas Garavan, Norma D’Annunzio Green and Kirsteen Grant PART 4: Researching IHRD 21. Researching IHRD: Context, Processes and People Anthony McDonnell Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook sets out the nature and scope of International Human Resource Development (IHRD) to advance our understanding of research and practice in the field. Drawing on expertise from a global team representing some of the field's most distinguished researchers, the Handbook explores a range of contextual, process and people development practice issues impacting IHRD research and practice. Focusing on IHRD as a distinct field of research and practice, the authors offer comprehensive coverage of a number of critical contextual dimensions that shape the IHRD goals that organisations pursue; impact the IHRD systems, policies and practices that are implemented; and influence the types of IHRD research questions that are investigated. The Handbook examines the processes or actions taken by organisations to globalise IHRD practices and discusses important people development practices that come within the scope of IHRD. By bringing together a variety of research strands and engaging in key debates while also acknowledging the emergent, dynamic and constantly evolving nature of the field, the authors of this Handbook have created an invaluable resource for academics, students, professionals and practitioners in IHRD, HRD, HRM, international management, organisational behaviour and leadership.Contributors: M. Alagaraja, H. Alhejji, V. Anderson, A. Ardichvili, E.E. Bennett, A. Bratton, R. Carbery, N. Clarke, N. D'Annuzio Green, T. Garavan, J. Gedro, K. Grant, C. Gubbins, M. Hammond, J. Kim, S. Kim, Y. Lai, A. McCarthy, A. McDonnell, R.R. McWhorter, H. Moon, C.T. Nolan, D. O'Shea, J. Pearson, V. Pereira, O. Pruetipibultham, W.E.A. Ruona, V. Shanahan, M. Sheehan, C. Valentin, J. WintertonTrade Review‘This book offers a wealth of conceptual insights and practical guidance for researchers of international people management. ... This book stands as an accessible and informative guide for all researchers of the challenges, complexities and thrilling opportunities captured under the label “Human Resource Development”.’ -- Keith Jackson, Asia Pacific Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. International HRD: Context, Processes and People – Introduction Thomas Garavan, Alma McCarthy and Ronan Carbery PART 1: Context 2. IHRD in MNCs Yanqing Lai, Thomas Garavan and Ronan Carbery 3. IHRD in International Non-Governmental Organisations, Nonprofit and Public Sector Hussain Alhejji and Thomas Garavan 4. IHRD in Small Firms and Internationalising SMEs Ciara T. Nolan 5.IHRD: National Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Yanqing Lai 6. IHRD: International Perspectives on Competence and Competencies Jonathan Winterton 7 IHRD: Investment in Human Capital and Performance Maura Sheehan and Valerie Shanahan PART 2: Processes 8. Green IHRD, Sustainability and Environmental Issues Claire Valentin 9. IHRD and Managing Knowledge Alexandre Ardichvili 10. IHRD, Offshoring and Outsourcing Valerie Anderson and Vijay Pereira 11. IHRD and Lean Management Meera Alagaraja 12. IHRD and Strategic Learning Capability Hanna Moon and Wendy E.A. Ruona 13. IHRD and Virtual HRD Elisabeth E. Bennett and Rochell R. McWhorter 14. IHRD, Social Capital and Networking Claire Gubbins PART 3: People Development Practices 15. IHRD: Developing Expatriates and Inpatriates Gary N. McLean, Junhee Kim and Oranuch (Jued) Pruetipibultham 16 .IHRD and Global Careers Michelle Hammond, Deirdre O’Shea and Jill Pearson 17. IHRD and Leader Development Nicholas Clarke 18. IHRD and Developing Global Teams Gary N. McLean and Sewon Kim 19. IHRD, Diversity and Inclusion Julie Gedro 20. IHRD and Global Talent Development Andrew Bratton, Thomas Garavan, Norma D’Annunzio Green and Kirsteen Grant PART 4: Researching IHRD 21. Researching IHRD: Context, Processes and People Anthony McDonnell Index

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Book SynopsisThe Research Handbook on Export Marketing provides a wealth of vital knowledge from scholars who are experts in their fields from around the world. The book emphasizes the most topical issues in international marketing today - small and medium enterprises, exporting performance, the services sector, new products, and dynamic capabilities. The articles are well written and informative. The volume makes an excellent contribution to this important literature.'- Gary Knight, Willamette University, USThere has been a proliferation of research published in the area of export marketing in the last four decades. As research output has grown, some previous research has noted that poor conceptualization of performance measures can produce weak theoretical foundations that may eventually become irrelevant in practice. This Handbook aims to inject rigor into this debate and will act as a starting point for future research on export marketing.The Research Handbook on Export Marketing profiles the following main theoretical frameworks used in export marketing: contingency theory; the eclectic paradigm; industrial organization theory; resource-based theories; relational exchange theory; internationalization process theory; network theory; agency theory and transaction cost economics. The different measures of export marketing performance cited in the literature, together with the nature of the relationships between antecedent variables and dependent variables of export marketing performance, are also examined. With expert contributions, this book outlines the development of export marketing theory from its inception to the current day and explores the utility of export marketing theory in assessing export marketing performance.Giving prominence to theoretical approaches in export marketing, this book will provide a necessary reference point for academics and students alike researching export marketing. Practitioners engaged in the pursuit of export management will also benefit from this insight.Contributors include: Y. Ali, M. Amin, S. Arora, Y. Asseraf, B. Aykol, V. Bamiatzi, D.L. Dean, F. Durrieu, I. Ferreira, J. Heyl, A. Hinterhuber, C.C. Julian, E.T. Kahiya, I. Kardes, O.T. Koc, L.C. Leonidou, L.-Y. Li, S.M. Liozu, J. Liu, T.K. Madsen, G.O. Ogunmokun, J.C. Pinho, S. Rezaei, Md. A. Saleh, S. Samiee, A. K. Shamsuddoha, A. Shoham, C.A. Solberg, A.A. C. TeixeiraTrade Review‘The Research Handbook on Export Marketing provides a wealth of vital knowledge from scholars who are experts in their fields from around the world. The book emphasizes the most topical issues in international marketing today – small and medium enterprises, exporting performance, the services sector, new products, and dynamic capabilities. The articles are well written and informative. The volume makes an excellent contribution to this important literature.’ -- Gary Knight, Willamette University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Impact of Export Promotion Programs on SME Export Performance: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Nation M. Y. Ali and A. K. Shamsuddoha 2. Dynamic Capabilities and International Performance of SMEs: The Interaction Effect of Relational Social Capital José Carlos Pinho 3. The Impact of Strategic Orientations on Export Marketing Strategy: New Classification and Typology Yoel Asseraf and Aviv Shoham 4. Organizational Characteristics and Performance of Public Export Promotion Agencies: Portugal and Ireland Compared Inês Ferreira and Aurora A. C. Teixeira 5. Internationalization Processes of Professional Service Firms Tage Koed Madsen 6. Pricing Capabilities: Design, Development and Validation of a Scale and Implications for Export Marketing Stephan M. Lizou and Andreas Hinterhuber 7. The Impact of Globalization Drivers on Strategy-Performance Relationships in International Markets Carl Arthur Solberg and François Durrieu 8. Antecedents and Consequences of SME Importers’ Relationship with Foreign Suppliers: A Transaction Cost Approach Md. Abu Saleh, M. Yunus Ali and Craig C. Julian 9. The Dynamic Nature of the Export Development Undertaking: Implications for Researchers and Practitioners Eldrede T. Kahiya, David L. Dean and Jeff Heyl 10. A Capacity Building Framework for the Internationalisation of Firms from Emerging Economies Soma Arora 11. The Effect of Prior Assessment of New Product Ideas on the Performance of New Product Export Ventures in International Marketing Gabriel O Ogunmokun and Ling-yee Li (Esther) 12. Using the Eclectic Paradigm as a Theoretical Lens to Examine the Performance Outcomes of Financial Services Exporters Craig C. Julian 13. The Resource-Based View (RBV) and the Industrial Organization Theoretical Frameworks: Are Both Required to Explain Export Marketing Performance Craig C. Julian 14. The Impact of Knowledge Management, Brand Orientation and Global Marketing Strategy on Performance Craig C. Julian, Sajad Rezaei and Muslim Amin 15. Evolution of the Export Marketing Literature Through Cavusgil’s Seminal Writings Ozlem Tuba Koc and Jingting Liu 16. Cavusgil’s Contribution to Export Marketing Management and Strategy Vassiliki (Vicky) Bamiatzi and Ilke Kardes 17. Exploring the Theoretical Foundations of the Exporter-Importer Relationship Research Saeed Samiee, Leonidas C. Leonidou and Bilge Aykol Index

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Book SynopsisThe frequency and scale of damage inflicted by climate-related disasters, including floods, drought, heat waves and hurricanes, has been increasing at an alarming rate. This volume provides a timely and thoughtful discussion of strategies for adaptation to climate change, which can complement mitigation strategies being developed by other experts throughout the world.The book focuses on eight geographically diverse territories in Asia, which are among the areas that will experience the most severe impacts of climate change and are the most vulnerable in terms of capacity to cope with the damage. The authors discuss adaptation strategies to safeguard food and water supplies, address urban problems, support migrant workers, protect coastal cities and preserve biodiversity. They also offer a critical analysis of plans that have proven successful to explore what additional steps can be taken to address the gaps.The collection of observations and recommendations in this book will prove invaluable to policy makers in countries that are facing similar threats and looking to build their adaptive capacity to cope with climate change. It will also appeal to academics interested in environmental ecology, sustainable development, global climate change and Asian studies.Contributors include: M. Billah, N. Chhinh, S. Jamil, H.-J. Jung, C. Kim, K.-H. Kim, J.I. Lewis, J. Lin, T. Siddiqui, B. Singh Karky, J. Usmani, S. VachaniTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia Sushil Vachani and Jawed Usmani 2. Vulnerable and Lagging Behind: The Case of Hong Kong Jolene Lin 3. The Evolution of Environmental Policies in South Korea in Response to Climate Change Ki-Ho Kim, Hye-Jin Jung and Chankook Kim 4. Climate-proofing a Concrete Island: Improving State and Societal Climate Adaptation Capacities in Singapore Sofiah Jamil 5. Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in China Joanna I. Lewis 6. Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Migration the Missing Link Tasneem Siddiqui and Motasim Billah 7. Adaptation Strategy to Address Climate Change Impacts in the Mountains: The Case of Nepal Bhaskar Singh Karky 8. Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture in Cambodia Nyda Chhinh 9. Adapting Indian Agriculture to Climate Change Sushil Vachani and Jawed Usmani Index

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Book SynopsisnullTrade Review'Iammarino and McCann bring together their own wide-ranging research into multinationals, as well as industrial clusters, the shed light into how firms are developing new strategies aimed at gaining access to strategic knowledge and technology in particular subnational locations, typically world cities that are linked into global innovation networks.' -- David W. Edgington, Economic Geography‘This book on multinationals and economic geography by two world leading economic geographers is a landmark that provides an integrated and dynamic perspective on the economic geography of the multinational enterprise. . . This book is an absolute “must-read” for any scholar and any student that is interested in multinationals and their location.’ -- Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Lund University, Sweden'...the authors adopt a rigorous textbook approach, with a particularly detailed coverage of relevant empirical studies and findings of recent trends and phenomena...The convergence of ideas and arguments between IB and economic geography, the combination of which is intended to jointly develop a more holistic understanding of economic activity dispersed across space, has de?nitely taken off, and this book most certainly constitutes an invaluable toolkit for anyone wishing to contribute to this emerging and vibrant area of IB scholarship.' -- Lucia Piscitello, Journal of International Business Studies‘. . . the authors must be highly credited as being among the few economic geographers and regional scientists next to scholars from the international business and management fields responsible for building sustainable bridges across various disciplines with regards to developing a spatial MNE research. Therefore, the book offers an exceptional read and a brilliant conceptual and empirical analysis based on two decades of the authors’ own work with manifold astonishing examples framed by illustrative and informative boxes and features with current data useful for application to everyone interested in MNE in general, and to a wide array of academic scholars from economics, organisational studies, management science as well as international business and economic geography in particular. Ultimately, the book presents an important milestone towards a more balanced three-legged stool of MNE research with reference to the location dimension.’ -- Lech Suwala, Regional Studies‘The world economy is subject to a rapidly increasing globalization, and multinational enterprises are their major driving force. This brand new book on multinationals and economic geography by two world leading economic geographers is a landmark that provides an integrated and dynamic perspective on the economic geography of the multinational enterprise. To fully understand this process of globalization, the book explains forcefully and persuasively that one needs a dynamic perspective on multinational enterprises that brings together disparate literatures on economic geography, knowledge and innovation, global network cities, and international business and management. Embedding it in modern theory of innovation and geography, the book provides not only a state-of-the-art of theories and empirics on the location of multinationals, but goes far beyond that. This book is an absolute “must-read” for any scholar and any student that is interested in multinationals and their location.’ -- Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Lund University, Sweden‘Despite often playing second fiddle to clusters in the economic geography literature, multinationals are fundamental drivers of economic development. As generators and diffusers of knowledge they have played an essential role in shaping the new world economic order. No book captures this better than Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann’s Multinationals and Economic Geography, a must read for anyone eager to fully understand the new economic geography of globalisation.’ -- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Multinational Enterprises, Innovation and Geography in Todays’ Globalized World Part I: Multinationals, Location and Innovation: Foundations and Extensions 2. Old and New(er) Theories of Multinational Enterprises: Selected Perspectives and the Search for Location 3. Firm Location Behaviour in Theory: Extensions to Multiplant and Multinational Firms 4. The Sources of Innovation: The Firm and the Local System Part II: Multinationals and the Changing Economic Geography of Globalization 5. Multinationals, Variety of Geographies and Evolution 6. Globalization and Multinationals in a Historical Process 7. Multinationals, Connectivity and Global Cities 8. Multinationals, Emerging Economies and the Changing Economic Geography 9. Conclusions: Review of the Arguments and Implications for Future Research Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisnullTrade Review'Iammarino and McCann bring together their own wide-ranging research into multinationals, as well as industrial clusters, the shed light into how firms are developing new strategies aimed at gaining access to strategic knowledge and technology in particular subnational locations, typically world cities that are linked into global innovation networks.' -- David W. Edgington, Economic Geography‘This book on multinationals and economic geography by two world leading economic geographers is a landmark that provides an integrated and dynamic perspective on the economic geography of the multinational enterprise. . . This book is an absolute “must-read” for any scholar and any student that is interested in multinationals and their location.’ -- Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Lund University, Sweden'...the authors adopt a rigorous textbook approach, with a particularly detailed coverage of relevant empirical studies and findings of recent trends and phenomena...The convergence of ideas and arguments between IB and economic geography, the combination of which is intended to jointly develop a more holistic understanding of economic activity dispersed across space, has de?nitely taken off, and this book most certainly constitutes an invaluable toolkit for anyone wishing to contribute to this emerging and vibrant area of IB scholarship.' -- Lucia Piscitello, Journal of International Business Studies‘. . . the authors must be highly credited as being among the few economic geographers and regional scientists next to scholars from the international business and management fields responsible for building sustainable bridges across various disciplines with regards to developing a spatial MNE research. Therefore, the book offers an exceptional read and a brilliant conceptual and empirical analysis based on two decades of the authors’ own work with manifold astonishing examples framed by illustrative and informative boxes and features with current data useful for application to everyone interested in MNE in general, and to a wide array of academic scholars from economics, organisational studies, management science as well as international business and economic geography in particular. Ultimately, the book presents an important milestone towards a more balanced three-legged stool of MNE research with reference to the location dimension.’ -- Lech Suwala, Regional Studies‘The world economy is subject to a rapidly increasing globalization, and multinational enterprises are their major driving force. This brand new book on multinationals and economic geography by two world leading economic geographers is a landmark that provides an integrated and dynamic perspective on the economic geography of the multinational enterprise. To fully understand this process of globalization, the book explains forcefully and persuasively that one needs a dynamic perspective on multinational enterprises that brings together disparate literatures on economic geography, knowledge and innovation, global network cities, and international business and management. Embedding it in modern theory of innovation and geography, the book provides not only a state-of-the-art of theories and empirics on the location of multinationals, but goes far beyond that. This book is an absolute “must-read” for any scholar and any student that is interested in multinationals and their location.’ -- Ron Boschma, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Lund University, Sweden‘Despite often playing second fiddle to clusters in the economic geography literature, multinationals are fundamental drivers of economic development. As generators and diffusers of knowledge they have played an essential role in shaping the new world economic order. No book captures this better than Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann’s Multinationals and Economic Geography, a must read for anyone eager to fully understand the new economic geography of globalisation.’ -- Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Multinational Enterprises, Innovation and Geography in Todays’ Globalized World Part I: Multinationals, Location and Innovation: Foundations and Extensions 2. Old and New(er) Theories of Multinational Enterprises: Selected Perspectives and the Search for Location 3. Firm Location Behaviour in Theory: Extensions to Multiplant and Multinational Firms 4. The Sources of Innovation: The Firm and the Local System Part II: Multinationals and the Changing Economic Geography of Globalization 5. Multinationals, Variety of Geographies and Evolution 6. Globalization and Multinationals in a Historical Process 7. Multinationals, Connectivity and Global Cities 8. Multinationals, Emerging Economies and the Changing Economic Geography 9. Conclusions: Review of the Arguments and Implications for Future Research Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisResearch Handbook on Women in International Management is a welcome addition to the literature on international management, and a must-read for any scholar, from any country, seeking to develop theory and/or research in this field. The book is remarkable for its diversity, covering past, present and future, every region of the world, and many different types of international experience, and family circumstance. Thorough and thought-provoking.'- Kerr Inkson, The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand and co-author, with Yvonne McNulty, of Managing Expatriates'This book provides a competent coverage of the key issues confronting women in international management. It offers a balanced view of the challenges women in many parts of the world face and the reasons why such challenges exist. It is timely and valuable contribution to the current debates in the international HRM literature.'- Dana Minbaeva, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkThe Research Handbook on Women in International Management is a carefully designed collection of contributions that provides a thorough and nuanced discussion of how women engage in international management. It also offers important insights into emerging and new areas of research warranting future consideration.The Handbook commences by reviewing the history of the literature, from the development of the discipline through the current state of research, and progresses into examinations of how socio-cultural and organizational issues affect women, with reference to work/life issues and family. Matters affecting women in international management and work in diverse areas of the globe are then examined, including the Arab Middle East, East Asia, South America, and Western and Central Europe. Next, themes including self-initiated expatriation, women in non-traditional families, and women in the mining industry are explored. The Handbook concludes with a few explicitly reflective chapters by academics working within the field.Contributors: M. Baker, F.L. Cooke, M. Cowling, L. DeVriese, C. Dickie, N. Doherty, I. Fischlmayr, E.C. Harrison, K. Hutchings, I. Kollinger-Santer, P. Lirio, R. McGourty, S. McKenna, Y. McNulty, B. Metcalfe, S. Michailova, M. Moeller, B. Nagy, N. Napier, H. Primecz, J. Richardson, S. Shortland, L. Stroh, P. Tharenou, K. Thorn, J. TienariTrade Review‘Research Handbook on Women in International Management is a welcome addition to the literature on international management, and a must-read for any scholar, from any country, seeking to develop theory and/or research in this field. The book is remarkable for its diversity, covering past, present and future, every region of the world, and many different types of international experience, and family circumstance. Thorough and thought-provoking.’ -- Kerr Inkson, The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand and co-author, with Yvonne McNulty, of Managing Expatriates‘This book provides a competent coverage of the key issues confronting women in international management. It offers a balanced view of the challenges women in many parts of the world face and the reasons why such challenges exist. It is timely and valuable contribution to the current debates in the international HRM literature.’ -- Dana Minbaeva, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I: REVIEWING THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY 1. Women in International Management: Reviewing Past Trends and Identifying Emerging and Future Issues Kate Hutchings and Snejina Michailova 2. Women Expatriates: A Research History Susan Shortland PART II: ORGANISATIONAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES FOR WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT 3. Female Frequent Flyers: How Women Traveling Internationally Handle their Work/life Balance Iris Fischlmayr and Iris Kollinger-Santer 4. Women Gen X Global Managers Striving for Work/life Balance Pamela Lirio 5. Career and Family Expectations of Women in International Management: A View Across Generations Miriam Moeller, Nancy Napier and Rebekah McGourty PART III: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN DIVERSE REGIONS OF THE GLOBE 6. Global Platforms, Local Politics: Arab Women in Transnational Organizations Leila DeVriese 7. Women Expatriates from East Asia Fang Lee Cooke 8. Where are the Voices from South America? Argentine, Brazilian, and Chilean Women in International Management Edelweiss Harrison 9. Differences in Working Hours of European High Status Men and Women: Causes and Consequences Marc Cowling and Linda Stroh 10. Hard Choices: Hungarian Female Managers Abroad Beata Nagy and Henriett Primecz PART IV: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT – ISSUES MORE RECENTLY EXPLORED IN THE LITERATURE 11. Self-initiated Expatriation through a Gendered Lens Noeleen Doherty and Kaye Thorn 12. Self-initiated Expatriation by Women: Does it Help to Overcome the Glass Ceiling? Phyllis Tharenou 13. Women as Female Breadwinners in Non-traditional Expatriate Families: Status-reversal Marriages, Single Parents, Split Families, and Lesbian Partnerships Yvonne McNulty 14. They Always Look at You a Bit Oddly: Women Developing Career Capital through International Mobility in the Mining Industry Julia Richardson, Steve McKenna and Carolyn Dickie PART V: RESEARCHING WOMEN AND WOMEN AS RESEARCHERS 15. Representation as Scholars and Representing the Researched: The Gendered Position of UK and Australian Women Academics Researching Women in Management Internationally Beverly Metcalfe and Kate Hutchings 16. Reducing the Academic Gender Gap? Institutional Support for Women’s University Careers in the Liberal States Maureen Baker 17. No Gender, Please, We’re International Management Scholars! Janne Tienari

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Book SynopsisThe country of origin of goods and services can have positive or negative effect on customers' intentions to purchase. This book analyzes the impact of this effect on the international development of Italian companies in emerging markets.The chapters refer to a wide range of issues, including made-in effects in relation to ethnocentrism and to corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises; the interactions and synergistic effects between product-related made-in images and the images of places as tourism destinations; distribution channel issues; 'made-in topics' in relation to emerging markets; and a review of the relevant literature on country of origin effects. The contributors propose strategies and tools that companies might leverage to develop their international marketing and suggest policies that might strengthen these efforts.This original work will prove to be a valuable resource for students and researchers of international marketing and strategy as well as policy makers.Contributors: B. Balboni, L. Battaglia, G. Bertoli, G. Bortoluzzi, T. Bursi, E. Cedrola, A. De Chiara, P. de Luca, A. De Nisco, B. Francioni, S. Grappi, G. Mainolfi, V. Marino, E. Martinelli, M. Matarazzo, F. Musso, M.R. Napolitano, A. Pagano, T. Pucci, R. Resciniti, C. Simoni, D. Vianelli, M. Vignola, L. ZanniTrade Review'The approach of the chapters that comprise this volume is academically rigorous and at the same time managerially relevant, which is why I believe the book helps to push the made-in research agenda forward at the same time as it provides practitioners with new ideas they can apply to their brands.' --Nicolas Papadopoulos, Carleton University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Nicolas Papadopoulos Introduction Giuseppe Bertoli and Riccardo Resciniti PART I: THE STUDIES ABOUT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECT 1. Country of Origin Effect: Research Evolution, Basic Constructs and Firm Implications Michela Matarazzo PART II: THE IMPACT OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECT 2. Italy’s Country Image and the Role of Ethnocentrism in Spanish and Chinese Consumers’ Perceptions Tiziano Bursi, Bernardo Balboni, Silvia Grappi, Elisa Martinelli and Marina Vignola 3. Tourism Experience, Country Image and Post-visit Intentions: A Study on International Tourists in Italy Alessandro De Nisco, Giada Mainolfi, Vittoria Marino and Maria Rosaria Napolitano 4. Italian Country Image: The Impact on Business Models and Relations in Chinese Business-to-Business Markets Elena Cedrola and Loretta Battaglia 5. What is the Link between ‘Made in’ and Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs? The Value of Socially Oriented Behavior in ‘Hostile’ Territories Alessandra De Chiara PART III: THE TOOLS TO EXPLOIT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECT 6. Distribution Channel Governance and Value of ‘Made in Italy’ Products in the Chinese Market Donata Vianelli, Patrizia de Luca and Guido Bortoluzzi 7. Country of Origin Effect, Brand Image and Retail Management for the Exploitation of ‘Made in Italy’ in China Tommaso Pucci, Christian Simoni and Lorenzo Zanni 8. The Role of Country of Origin in Supporting Export Consortia in Emerging Markets Fabio Musso, Barbara Francioni and Alessandro Pagano Index

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Book SynopsisAs its title implies, this book by three distinguished scholars puts a cultural perspective at the front and center of issues relating to current approaches to managing complex organizations. It does this by covering the most recent relevant findings by researchers from around the world and, most importantly, interpreting those findings in ways that provide useful guidelines and approaches for those in positions of organizational responsibility. For anyone studying or practicing management in challenging global-oriented contexts this volume is essential - and highly interesting - reading.'- Lyman W. Porter, University of California, Irvine, US'This book is a tour-de-force and a must-read for any scholar and practitioner who is interested in managing global organizations. From such topics as how to motivate, reward, lead, manage conflict, and structure work in different cultural contexts, the authors provide critical insights into how culture shapes all aspects of organizational behavior and a compelling vision of the future that awaits multinational and global organizations. Bravo to the authors for providing the field with a gold mine of information on managing organizations across cultures!'- Michele Joy Gelfand, University of Maryland, College Park, US'This book represents the very best of academic as well as field intensive thinking about cultural and global issues in organizations. While many people have focused on cultural and global issues in the past several decades, the field has largely lacked a systematic review and analysis of these issues in specific contexts. What Bhagat, Triandis and McDevitt offer the reader is a wonderfully comprehensive analysis of key issues of culture in organizations. This is absolutely a must reading for every serious scholar of global organizations.'- Chris Earley, Purdue University, USThe globalization of business is a reality that confronts organizations of all sizes from different nations and cultures. This book serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding the nature of cultural variations that affect important aspects of organizational behavior.The authors expertly cover all of the relevant functions that managers are concerned with in the process of managing global organizations. Various research-based theories and findings are discussed to explain the significance of cultural variations in these phenomena. Readers will gain a clear perspective on how cultural variations have the potential to affect organizational functioning and effectiveness across national borders.A mastery of the fundamental concepts and issues covered in this book will enable future managers of multinational and global corporations to become more effective in dealing with people in different countries and enhance organizational effectiveness on an ongoing basis. Scholars and students will also find this book a path-breaking resource for understanding this important topic.Trade Review‘. . . Anyone interested in managing on a global scale will find this important, offering insights on everything from structuring work under different cultural norms to rewards, organizational behavior practices, and more. All functions managers need to know are discussed in relation to managing global organizations, with numerous theories and findings exploring cultural variations and how they can affect a company’s pursuits around the world. In-depth discussions make this a ‘must’ for any college-level business reference collection; particularly those focusing on global business strategies.’‘. . . Anyone interested in managing on a global scale will find this important, offering insights on everything from structuring work under different cultural norms to rewards, organizational behavior practices, and more. All functions managers need to know are discussed in relation to managing global organizations, with numerous theories and findings exploring cultural variations and how they can affect a company’s pursuits around the world. In-depth discussions make this a ‘must’ for any college-level business reference collection; particularly those focusing on global business strategies.’‘. . . Anyone interested in managing on a global scale will find this important, offering insights on everything from structuring work under different cultural norms to rewards, organizational behavior practices, and more. All functions managers need to know are discussed in relation to managing global organizations, with numerous theories and findings exploring cultural variations and how they can affect a company’s pursuits around the world. In-depth discussions make this a ‘must’ for any college-level business reference collection; particularly those focusing on global business strategies.’ -- The Midwest Book Review‘As its title implies, this book by three distinguished scholars puts a cultural perspective at the front and center of issues relating to current approaches to managing complex organizations. It does this by covering the most recent relevant findings by researchers from around the world and, most importantly, interpreting those findings in ways that provide useful guidelines and approaches for those in positions of organizational responsibility. For anyone studying or practicing management in challenging global-oriented contexts this volume is essential - and highly interesting - reading.’ -- Lyman W. Porter, University of California, Irvine, US‘This book is a tour-de-force and a must-read for any scholar and practitioner who is interested in managing global organizations. From such topics as how to motivate, reward, lead, manage conflict, and structure work in different cultural contexts, the authors provide critical insights into how culture shapes all aspects of organizational behavior and a compelling vision of the future that awaits multinational and global organizations. Bravo to the authors for providing the field with a gold mine of information on managing organizations across cultures!’ -- Michele Joy Gelfand, University of Maryland, College Park, US‘This book represents the very best of academic as well as field intensive thinking about cultural and global issues in organizations. While many people have focused on cultural and global issues in the past several decades, the field has largely lacked a systematic review and analysis of these issues in specific contexts. What Bhagat, Triandis and McDevitt offer the reader is a wonderfully comprehensive analysis of key issues of culture in organizations. This is absolutely a “must” reading for every serious scholar of global organizations.’ -- Chris Earley, Purdue University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Introduction to Managing the Global Organization 2. Culture and Cultural Frameworks 3. Culture and Globalization 4. Cultural Variations in Communications 5. Cultural Variations in Negotiation, Conflict Management, and Decision-making 6. Cultural Variations in Work Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment 7. Cultural Variations, Work, and Organizational Stress and Coping 8. Cultural Variations in Group Process and Work Teams 9. Cultural Variations and Leadership 10. Cultural Variations and Organizational Design 11. Cultural Variations in Technology Transfer and Knowledge Management (written in collaboration with Ian McDevitt) 12. Cultural Variations in International Human Resources Management 13. Emergent Issues in Managing the Global Organization 14. Managing the Global Organization in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Future Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook provides an impressive state-of-the-art overview of the international strategic management field as an area of scholarly inquiry. The great strength of the work is the thoughtfulness of the messages conveyed by the expert team of authors. The implications for future international strategy research and for international management practice are profound and will influence the next generation of scholars in international strategy as well as senior level managers. Corporate executives will continue to operate in a world that is far from flat and will use this volume as a reliable compass, in the form of powerful conceptual frameworks, to navigate uncharted territory in the global economy. The Handbook presents a collection of 24 original research papers that should serve international strategy scholars and reflective MNE managers alike. Contributors: L. Allen-Ford, C.G. Asmussen, G.R.G. Benito, J. Birkinshaw, P. Brugman, P. Buckley, J.P. Doh, A. Eapen, W.G. Egelhoff, T. Galvin, A.S. Gaur, N. Greidanus, B. Grogaard, B.L. Kedia, A. Kolk, R. Krishnan, J. Li, Y. Li, S.M. Lundan, H. Merchant, D. Mukherjee, R. Narula, N.G. Noorderhaven, J. Oetzel, L. Oxelheim, B. Petersen, J. Pinkse, S. Prashantham, T. Randoy, M. Rivera-Santos, C. Rufin, A.M. Rugman, G.D. Santangelo, D. Singh, A. Stonehill, D. Szyliowicz, R.L. Tung, A. Verbeke, L.S. Welch, J. Wolf, H.E. Yildiz, L. Zander, U. ZanderTrade Review’Verbeke and Merchant have assembled a remarkable collection of brand new essays by the who's-who of international business. It will become a standard reference for both junior and senior scholars working in this increasingly important area.’ - Ravi Ramamurtim, Northeastern University, US ’Leading thinkers about the multinational enterprise offer both concise syntheses and critical reflections of the state of the art on international strategic management research. They in particular highlight the potential of internalization theory as a central paradigm for the field, and critically examine pertinent issues such as the complex notion of distance in international business. Refreshingly, they do not shy away from naming flaws in recent work, while offering avenues to improve the quality and impact of future research.’ - Klaus Meyer, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Alain Verbeke and Hemant Merchant PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 1. Twenty Key Hypotheses that Make Internalization Theory the General Theory of International Strategic Management Birgitte Grøgaard and Alain Verbeke 2. The End of the Opportunism versus Trust Debate: Bounded Reliability as a New Envelope Concept in Research on MNE Governance Alain Verbeke and Nathan Greidanus 3. The New Eclectic Paradigm and International Business Strategy Sarianna M. Lundan 4. The Multinational Enterprise as a Global Factory Peter Buckley 5. Dynamics of Foreign Operation Modes and their Combinations: Insights for International Strategic Management Gabriel R.G. Benito, Bent Petersen and Lawrence S. Welch 6. Triple Testing the Quality of Multinationality–Performance Research Alain Verbeke and Paul Brugman PART II: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 7. New Ideas about Organizational Design for Modern MNEs William G. Egelhoff and Joachim Wolf 8. Initiative in Multinational Subsidiaries Julian Birkinshaw and Shameen Prashantham 9. Collaboration Across Borders: Benefits to Firms in an Emerging Economy Rekha Krishnan, Niels G. Noorderhaven and Alex Eapen 10. Joint Venture Configurations in Big Emerging Markets Hemant Merchant 11. Building Competitive Advantage in International Acquisitions: Grey Box Conditions, Culture, Status and Meritocracy Udo Zander, Lena Zander and H. Emre Yildiz 12. What Can International Finance Add to International Strategy? Lars Oxelheim, Trond Randøy and Arthur Stonehill PART III: THE IMPLICATIONS OF DISTANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY 13. A New Perspective on the Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Services Firms Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke 14. Foundations of Regional versus Global Strategies of MNEs Christian Geisler Asmussen 15. New Insights on the Role of Location Advantages in International Innovation Rajneesh Narula and Grazia D. Santangelo 16. The Tenuous Link between Cultural Distance and International Strategy: Navigating the Assumptions of Cross-Cultural Research Hemant Merchant, Rosalie L. Tung and Alain Verbeke 17. Institutional Distance and International Strategy Deeksha Singh and Ajai S. Gaur 18. Real Options Theory and International Investment Strategy: Past, Present and Future Jing Li, Yong Li and Alan M. Rugman PART IV: NEW TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 19. Management Research on Emerging Markets: Existing Trends and Future Opportunities Hemant Merchant and Lori Allen-Ford 20. Institutions and International Entrepreneurship Dara Szyliowicz and Tiffany Galvin 21. Offshoring and MNC Strategy Debmalya Mukherjee and Ben L. Kedia 22. Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Strategies and Networks Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín 23. Reconceptualizing the MNE–Development Relationship: The Role of Complementary Resources Jonathan P. Doh and Jennifer Oetzel 24. Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change Strategies Ans Kolk and Jonatan Pinkse Index

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Book SynopsisThe great virtue of this work is found in its excellent structure. The first part provides a neat introductory road map for fundamental trade secrets concepts, then considers the TRIPS obligation, the trade secret law of the United States with well explained sections on trade secrets in business transactions, employment relations, enforcement and litigation, government secrets and data exclusivity. The second part provides country overviews with sections for common law and civil law countries and the appendices examine aspects of the proposed EU Directive. This is a comprehensive, sensible, practical, intelligently balanced, thoroughly researched and well written work that will be of real value to anyone interested in this increasingly important area of commercial law.'- Ping Xiong, University of South Australia'This book makes a remarkable contribution to the understanding of the legal foundations and main features of trade secret law in several jurisdictions. It also provides useful guidance to deal with practical issues concerning trade secrets protection. While carefully addressing the balance between the protection of private interests and the principles of free competition, the book examines recent initiatives to fight cyber-espionage and their implications for the configuration of trade secrets law, the enforcement of rights and professional practice.'- Carlos M. Correa, University of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaTrade secret protection has long been of critical strategic importance to business interests and globalization of commerce has driven an increasing need to govern the preservation of confidentiality in international business transactions. This book offers an authoritative and unparalleled resource on US and international trade secret law and identifies optimal practices for securing trade secrets in varying jurisdictions.Defined as the international standard for trade secret protection, the United States' trade secret laws are explained in depth, illustrating their capacity and impediments. The proposed EU Trade Secret Directive and the impact this will have on international transactions is also closely examined, along with overviews of the laws in common law, civil law and mixed-law countries.The book combines detailed substantive analysis with clear practical guidance on questions such as how businesses can avoid misappropriation and maintain data exclusivity when engaging in global commerce, through the utilization of alternative self-help strategies.Key features:- Presents a roadmap for understanding trade secrets, including requirements for, defences to, and remedies.- Covers both business-to-business and employment relationships.- Authoritative commentary on US and EU trade secrecy laws in addition to coverage of the UK, India, China, Mexico, Brazil, Canada and Japan.- Dependable analysis from two leading scholars in the field.- Practical advice on overcoming the challenges businesses face when engaging in international transactions, including strategies for avoiding misappropriation.- Clear guidance on enforcement mechanisms and litigation procedure.This well-organized reference work will benefit legal practitioners in the commercial field across many jurisdictions, particularly those advising on business transactions or implementing protection strategies for trade information. Policymakers will find the definition of trade secret law characteristics for multiple countries, alongside the consideration of the proposed EU Trade Secret Directive, pragmatic and informative.Trade Review‘Two powerful forces push against each other in the high-stakes world of modern commerce. First, innovation is key, because the competition for old, established products is fierce. Second, commerce today is inherently and relentlessly global. Because innovation is often best protected through trade secrecy, this body of law has taken on enormous importance throughout the world in recent years. But the effective protection of trade secrets varies significantly from country to country. So what to do? The authors of this essential book provide practical and detailed answers to this crucial question. They begin by emphasizing the inclusion of trade secrets in the TRIPs Agreement, and the model for TRIPs-level protection, the US Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), which serves as a “baseline” for protection around the world. They then describe in detail the importance of contractual protection and self-help measures as crucial adjuncts to formal legal protection. They provide a concise summary of trade secret laws in all important trading partner countries in the world. And they describe practical strategies for effective trade secret protection. The long and short of it is that this book is an excellent, practical resource for lawyers needing to know how best to navigate the tricky but essential waters of global trade secret protection.’ -- Robert Merges, University of California, Berkeley, US‘The great virtue of this work is found in its excellent structure. The first part provides a neat introductory road map for fundamental trade secrets concepts, then considers the TRIPS obligation, the trade secret law of the United States with well explained sections on trade secrets in business transactions, employment relations, enforcement and litigation, government secrets and data exclusivity. The second part provides country overviews with sections for common law and civil law countries and the appendices examine aspects of the proposed EU Directive. This is a comprehensive, sensible, practical, intelligently balanced, thoroughly researched and well written work that will be of real value to anyone interested in this increasingly important area of commercial law.’ -- Ping Xiong, University of South Australia‘This book makes a remarkable contribution to the understanding of the legal foundations and main features of trade secret law in several jurisdictions. It also provides useful guidance to deal with practical issues concerning trade secrets protection. While carefully addressing the balance between the protection of private interests and the principles of free competition, the book examines recent initiatives to fight cyber-espionage and their implications for the configuration of trade secrets law, the enforcement of rights and professional practice.’ -- Carlos M. Correa, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina‘In total, a very valuable and thorough law book.’ -- The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: PART I TRIPS REQUIREMENTS AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF US TRADE SECRET LAW 1. Introduction 2. Article 39 of the TRIPS Agreement 3. US Trade Secret Law and the Uniform Trade Secrets Act 4. Trade Secrets and Business to Business Relationships 5. Trade Secrecy in Employment Relationships 6. Enforcement Mechanisms and Litigation 7. Government Held Trade Secrets and Data Exclusivity PART II OVERVIEW OF TRADE SECRET LAW IN SELECT COUNTRIES 8. Understanding the Laws of Other Countries 9. Country Overviews: Common Law Countries 10. Country Overviews: Civil Law Countries Index

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Book SynopsisResearch Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms provides an eclectic collection of essays and articles on the state of affairs in the Asia Pacific, with special emphasis on China. It is an essential read for students of the Chinese economy and business environments, covering topics as diverse as industrial innovation, trade, FDI, productivity, value chain, international business, finance, human resources, accounting, information technology and governance. Chinese management leaders as well as researchers of international business can benefit from its insights.'- Ilan Alon, Rollins College and Harvard University, USThis comprehensive research Handbook encompasses an expansive range of perspectives on the globalization process of Chinese firms.Eminent global scholars provide contributions on a variety of topics, including:- industrial innovation- technological innovation and learning- the performance of Chinese international joint ventures- the global consumer- foreign direct investment (FDI) including barriers to FDI and FDI in China s hinterland areas- the globalization of Chinese business practices in Africa- the human resource management transfer process- corporate information disclosure in China's stock market- the home employment effect.In addition, regional economic integration, transportation costs and the national government's role in globalization are also explored.This innovative Handbook is perfect for scholars wishing to conduct research in China on some of the topics contained in the book, together with academics specializing in globalization or international management.Contributors: S.C. Berning, C. Cheng, D. Dahai, H.K. Hin, C.H. Hofmeister, D. Holtbrügge, L. Huiqun, Z. Jingqi, L. Jinyong, C.C. Julian, X. Junquin, X. Li, Y. Li, L. Lin, Q. Liu, G. Mapunda, D.N. McArthur, T. Meng, S. Moxi, T. Ran, Y. Rong, R.L.Schill, L. Tang, W. Wei, H. Xiaohong, T. Xiaowen, L. Yun, Y. Zhang, Y. ZhangTrade Review‘Research Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms provides an eclectic collection of essays on the state of affairs in the Asia Pacific, with special emphasis on China. It is an essential read for students of the Chinese economy and business environments, covering topics as diverse as industrial innovation, trade, FDI, productivity, value chains, international business, finance, human resources, accounting, information technology and governance. Chinese management leaders as well as researchers of international business can benefit from its insights.’ -- Ilan Alon, Rollins College and Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Industrial Innovation in Chinese Firms Li Yu and Zhang Yanming 2. Transportation Costs as a Barrier to Globalization for Nine Asian Countries Including China Junqian Xu and Craig C. Julian 3. China’s Foreign Direct Investment across the U.S. Chen Cheng and Xiaohong He 4. Global Optimal Values of Enterprise Cluster Fitness for Chinese Firms Tang Linjia and Lin Li 5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Productivity in China Xiaowen Tian, Moxi Song and Ran Tian 6. An African Perspective of the Globalization of Chinese Business Practices Gido Mapunda 7. The National Government’s Role in Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment Dirk Hotbrügge and Sue Claire Berning 8. Risk and Return of Mezzanine Debt Yun Li and Ho Kim Hin 9. The Consumer's Role in Globalization and Management Innovation Meng Tao, Dong Dahai and Zhang Yuan 10. HR strategy and practices in Chinese Multinational Companies Jingqi Zhu and William Wei 11. Economic Globalization and Regional Economic Integration in China Rong Yizhong 12. Corporate Information Disclosure Internalities in China's Stock Market Li Xiang and Liu Qijie 13. The Home-Country Employment Effect of Transnational Corporations Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China Huiqun Liu and Jinyong Lu 14. The Empirical Link between Innovation, Learning and Performance in Chinese International Joint Ventures Craig C. Julian and Junqian Xu 15. Barriers to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China's Hinterland Areas Clemens H. Hofmeister 16. Reconciling Differing Models of the Business: A Key Step in the Transfer of Production Technology into China’s Export-Led Economy David N. Macarthur and Ronald L. Schill Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook is a very timely contribution to organization and business studies. Most calls for longitudinal research are made in sections of published work that deal with limitations of the study or suggestions for further research. This book places longitudinal research methods at center stage. With its practical, hands-on approach it guides us how to design a longitudinal study in and around organizations - whether qualitative or quantitative - and how to implement it. I warmly recommend this Handbook to ambitious senior and junior researchers. It makes the commonly presented excuses for not undertaking longitudinal research completely redundant.'- Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, School of Business in Helsinki, Finland'This is a very timely book that fills an important gap in the field of research methods. So far very little attention has been paid to longitudinal research methods, while the usefulness of this type of research has often been discussed in many papers and conferences. Insights provided by scholars who have been doing this type of research provide useful guidelines for anyone interested in research methods from senior scholars to young researchers and PhD candidates. This volume will serve as an excellent complement to the existing range of books on research methods.'- Pervez Ghauri, King's College London, UKThis innovative Handbook demonstrates that there is no single best approach to conducting longitudinal studies. At their best, longitudinal research designs yield rich, contextualized, multilevel and deep understanding of the studied phenomenon. The lack of resources in terms of time, funding and people can pose a serious challenge to conducting longitudinal research. This book tackles many of these challenges and discusses the role of longitudinal research programmes in overcoming such obstacles.This book shows how longitudinal research methods enable the understanding of dynamics, mechanisms, causalities and interrelationships of organizational and business concepts in context and in relation to time. It discusses the richness and versatility of longitudinal research and offers, to students and experienced scholars alike, numerous viewpoints, reflections and personal accounts about conducting longitudinal research, from planning and fieldwork to reporting and managing of research projects.Contributors: L. Aarikka-Stenroos, E.A. Alfoldi, P. Dawson, P. Eriksson, A. Halinen, M.E. Hassett, R. Hoy, T.D. Little, T. Mainela, C. Mari, O. Meglio, M.-J. Oesterle, E. Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Y. Ploudre, M. Rhemtulla, H.N. Richta, M.A. Sartor, J.P. Selig, T.W. Taris, Z. Vincze, C. WelchTrade Review‘This Handbook is a very timely contribution to organization and business studies. Most calls for longitudinal research are made in sections of published work that deal with limitations of the study or suggestions for further research. This book places longitudinal research methods at center stage. With its practical, hands-on approach it guides us how to design a longitudinal study in and around organizations – whether qualitative or quantitative – and how to implement it. I warmly recommend this Handbook to ambitious senior and junior researchers. It makes the commonly presented excuses for not undertaking longitudinal research completely redundant.’ -- Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, School of Business in Helsinki, Finland‘This is a very timely book that fills an important gap in the field of research methods. So far very little attention has been paid to longitudinal research methods, while the usefulness of this type of research has often been discussed in many papers and conferences. Insights provided by scholars who have been doing this type of research provide useful guidelines for anyone interested in research methods from senior scholars to young researchers and PhD candidates. This volume will serve as an excellent complement to the existing range of books on research methods.’ -- Pervez Ghauri, King’s College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Longitudinal Research in Organizations: An Introduction Melanie E. Hassett and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Vignette: Nonresponse in Longitudinal Research: Charting the Terrain Toon W. Taris PART I: LONGITUDITNAL RESEARCH AS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH 2. Using Quantitative Longitudinal Data to Analyse the Relationship between Firm’s Internationalization and Performance Michael-Jörg Oesterle and Hannah N. Richta 3. Planned Missing Data Designs for Longitudinal Organizational Research Mijke Rhemtulla and Todd D. Little 4. Temporal Design in Organizational Research James P. Selig, Robert Hoy and Todd D. Little PART II: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 5. Studying Strategy Over Time through the Identification of Patterns of Actions: An Illustrative Case Study of the Strategies of Alcan and Alcoa from 1928 to 2007 Yves Ploudre 6. Longitudinal Autoethnography Päivi Eriksson 7. Narratives as Longitudinal and Process Data Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Leena Aarikka-Stenroos PART III: LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH AS PROCESS RESEARCH 8. In Search of Generative Mechanism: The Grounded Theory Approach to Process Theory Building Zsuzsanna Vincze 9. Challenges of Longitudinal Field Research in Process Studies on Business Networks Aino Halinen and Tuija Mainela 10. Temporal Issues in Process Research Carlo Mari and Olimpia Meglio 11. How to Escape an Unprocessual Legacy? A Viewpoint from International Business Research Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Catherine Welch 12. The Use of Time in the Design, Conduct and Write-up of Longitudinal Processual Case Study Research Patrick Dawson PART IV: CONDUCTING LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH 13. Dealing with Unpredictability and Change in Longitudinal Studies of Organizations: A Priori versus Progressive Focusing Approach Eva A. Alfoldi and Melanie E. Hassett 14. Planning Data Collection in Longitudinal Field Research: Small and not so Small Practical Issues Carlo Mari and Olimpia Meglio 15. Organizing and Executing a Longitudinally Based Research Program Michael A. Sartor Index

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Book SynopsisIt has become clear that over the past few decades enterprises not only produce and sell abroad but increasingly also develop goods and services outside their home countries; a development now known as the internationalisation of business R&D. This book presents a comprehensive picture of the current state of internationalization of R&D in the business sector.The contributors explore key patterns of the internationalization of R&D across various countries and sectors using case studies to underpin empirical evidence. They examine the drivers of the process, revealing the impacts of R&D internationalisation on both home and host countries using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Topics discussed include:- Why firms locate R&D activities abroad- Data availability, quality and comparability- The role of the EU and the US in the internationalization of R&D- Country-level factors such as size, workforce and FDI as determinants of R&D internationalization- Impacts of R&D internationalization on home and host countries.This book will prove an insightful read for academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics - particularly the economics of innovation business and management, and science and technology. It will also prove a valuable resource for R&D policymakers and public administrators.Contributors include: B. Dachs, D. Hanzl-Weiss, F. Kampik, S. Leitner, T. Scherngell, R. Stehrer, R. Tiwari, W. Urban, G. ZahradnikTrade Review‘The Internationalization of Business R&D is a welcome addition to the volumes which deconstruct how R&D and innovative activities are driven by country-speci?c, ?rm-speci?c and region-speci?c ?ows of human resources, investment and collaborations. It is a vivid exhibition with country/region-speci?c data and references to regulations, along with abundant literature cited at the end of each chapter. . . I think this is the welcome step to start a new direction of understanding R&D internationalization.’ -- Rahul S. Mane, Science & Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Bernhard Dachs, Robert Stehrer and Georg Zahradnik 2. Internationalisation of R&D: A Brief Survey of the Literature Bernhard Dachs 3. Issues in Collecting Data on the Internationalisation of R&D Georg Zahradnik and Waltraut Urban 4. R&D Internationalisation Across Countries and Over Time Georg Zahradnik 5. R&D Internationalisation in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Switzerland Franziska Kampik, Sandra Leitner and Georg Zahradnik 6. The Sectoral Perspective Georg Zahradnik 7. The Relationship between the European Union and United States of America Bernhard Dachs 8. The Structure of Cross-Country R&D Expenditure: A Social Network Analysis Perspective Thomas Scherngell 9. Host Country Determinants of R&D Internationalisation Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer 10. Drivers of R&D Internationalisation in the Automotive Industry and in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Bernhard Dachs and Doris Hanzl-Weiss 11. Impacts of R&D Internationalisation on domestic R&D Activities Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer 12. R&D Internationalisation from and Indo-German Perspective Rajnish Tiwari 13. R&D Internationalisation and the Global Financial Crisis Bernhard Dachs

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Book SynopsisThis impressive Handbook provides a dynamic perspective on the international entrepreneurial strategies of SMEs, including the role and experience of their founders, as well as the collaboration of these SMEs in networks with larger firms.The expert contributors from all over the world and the editors explore the origin and evolution of internationalizing SMEs, the changing history and the future outlook of this sector. They study the effects of different cultures on the origin and growth of entrepreneurship and SMEs. The Handbook also outlines the various types of Born Globals that emerge from different parts of the world.This book will prove essential reading for researchers and students of international business, entrepreneurship and SMEs. Founders of internationalizing SMEs will also learn about novel management practices, while educational institutions and governments will find invaluable insights on how to foster and support SMEs in their internationalization efforts.Contributors: P. Belyó, F. Celikel Esser, N.F. Crespo, K. Efrat, M. Fontes, S. Freeman, M. Gabrielsson, P. Gabrielsson, V.V. Geldres, G. Gripsrud, B. Hagen, A. Hunneman, S.H. Jang, M.V. Jones, S. Julkunen, J.S. Kim, S. Kimiagari, O. Kuivalainen, M. Lazaris, L.C. Leonidou, N. Li, I. Mandl, I. Martins, I. Molnár, B. Montreuil, N.E.M. Ngasri, A.Z. Nowak, J. Ohn, K. Puumalainen, M. Raatikainen, A. Rialp-Criado, S. Saarenketo, S. Samiee, R. Shneor, V.C. Simões, C.A. Solberg, M.C. Stoian, L. Torkkeli, Y. Vaillant, A. ZucchellaTrade Review'This book lets you view and understand the crucial nexus of international marketing, particularly market entry, growth, and government activities, and allows you an opportunity to become part of the thinking, planning and discussion. The new vistas offered by this book are substantial.' --From the foreword by Michael Czinkota, Georgetown University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY AND BEHAVIOUR 1. Overview V.H.Manek Kirpalani and Pervez N. Ghauri 2. Reactive and Proactive International Entrepreneurial Behavior: Causation and Effectuation Miria Lazaris, Nurul Efifi Mohamad Ngasri and Susan Freeman 3. The Influence of Market Intelligence and Marketing Mix Adaptation Efforts on the Performance of Israeli Born Globals Rotem Shneor and Kalanit Efrat 4. International Entrepreneurial Networking Strategies: Breaking out as a Global Player Saara Julkunen, Mika Gabrielsson and Markus Raatikainen 5. Market Strategy of International New Ventures Originating from a Small and Open Economy Salman Kimiagari, Peter Gabrielsson, Mika Gabrielsson and Benoit Montreuil 6. Where and When? A Longitudinal Study of Export Behavior of New Ventures Geir Gripsrud, Auke Hunneman and Carl Arthur Solberg 7. Simultaneous Effects Between Innovativeness and Export Behavior in Small Firms: Evidence From Spain Izaias Martinsa, Alex Rialp-Criado and Yancy Vaillant 8. Managerial Attitude as Antecedent for Network Development for SME Internationalization M. Cristina Stoian and Pervez N. Ghauri 9. A Process View of New Ventures Internationalization: Exploring the ‘Black Box’ Nuno Fernandes Crespo, Vítor Corado Simões and Margarida Fontes 10. How to Enhance Competitiveness of Polish Economy? SMEs as Innovativeness Stimulator Alojzy Z. Nowak PART II INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs AND SELECTED STATE SUPPORT 11. Internationalisation of European SMEs Irene Mandl and Funda Celikel-Esser 12. Using National Export Promotion Programs to Assist Smaller Firms’ International Entrepreneurial Initiatives Leonidas C. Leonidou, Saeed Samiee and Valeska V. Geldres 13. The Role of Government in Encouraging Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Case of Korean Ventures Seung Hoon Jang, Jung Seek Kim and Jonathan Ohn 14. International Entrepreneurship Among Finnish SMEs Olli Kuivalainen, Sami Saarenketo, Lasse Torkkeli and Kaisu Puumalainen 15. The Internationalization of SMEs in Italy Antonella Zuchella and Birgit Hagen 16. Internationalisation of SMEs in Scotland Nicolas Li and Marian V. Jones 17. Improving SME Performance Globally: The Hungarian Case István Molnár and Pál Belyó 18. Conclusions and Future Research V.H. Manek Kirpalani and Pervez N. Ghauri Index

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Book SynopsisThis impressive Handbook provides a dynamic perspective on the development of successful born global firms, including evolutionary phases and pathways of growth, emergence of entire born global industries, role of founders' linkages, experience, culture and training, as well as collaboration with large MNEs. The expert contributors and the editors explore the origin and evolution of born globals and the changing history of this sector. They outline the training involved in developing international intellectual entrepreneurs and study the effects of different cultures on the origin and growth of born globals. The Handbook focuses on the different types of born globals that emerge from the general set of SMEs - ranging from the pure born globals to the born again globals, the born regionals, and their sub group of born again regionals. It also innovatively differentiates these from internationalizing SMEs and international new ventures. Providing a dynamic perspective on the development of successful born global firms, this book will prove essential reading for researchers and students of international business. Founders of born global firms will also learn about novel management practices, while educational institutions and governments will find invaluable insights on how to foster the emergence of successful born globals.Trade ReviewThe immense literature on born globals contains a cottage industry of research that includes many different definitions, operationalizations and conclusions. It is time to reflect on what insights we have gained. The editors have really succeeded in putting a highly needed great Handbook together that presents this at its best. It will stimulate further research. It is an appealing, useful and well crafted end product. - --Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface PART ONE: BORN GLOBALS: ORIGIN, AND EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH 1. Overview, Background and Historical Origin of Born Globals; Development of Theoretical and Empirical Research Mika Gabrielsson and V.H. Manek Kirpalani 2. Born Global or Simply Rapidly Internationalizing? Review, Critique, and Future Prospects Leonidas C. Leonidou and Saeed Samiee 3. Determinants of Different Types of Born Globals Matthias Baum, Christian Schwens and Rüdiger Kabst 4. Born Global and Born-Again Global Firms: A Comparison of Internationalization Patterns Michael Sheppard and Rod McNaughton 5. The Born Global Dilemma: Trade-off Between Rapid Growth and Control Carl Arthur Solberg 6. An Inquiry into Born Global Firm’s Learning Process: A Case Study of Information Technology-based SMEs Alex Rialp, Inmaculada Galván-Sánchez and Minerva García PART TWO: BORN GLOBALS: RESEARCH AREAS REQUIRING MORE DEVELOPMENT 7. Born Globals: Research Areas that Still Need to be Covered More Fully V.H. Manek Kirpalani and Mika Gabrielsson 8. Born Global Firms’ Use of Networks and Alliances: A Social Dynamic Perspective Susan Freeman 9. Sourcing Networks of Born Global Firms Jukka Partanen and Per Servais 10. Born Global Firms, Internet, and New Forms of Internationalization Rotem Shneor 11. Do Born Global SMEs Reap More Benefits from ICT Use than Other Internationalizing Small Firms? Noemi Pezderka, Rudolf R. Sinkovics and Ruey-Jer (Bryan) Jean 12. An Institutional Perspective on the Strategic Behavior of Chinese New Ventures Huan Zou and Pervez N. Ghauri PART THREE: BORN GLOBALS: DEVELOPING LEADERS, AND TRENDS IN OTHER RESEARCH AREAS 13. Born Globals: Trends in Developing Intellectual Entrepreneur Founders/Managers, and in Other Research Areas V.H. Manek Kirpalani and Mika Gabrielsson 14. International Pathways of Software Born Globals Olli Kuivalainen and Sami Saarenketo 15. Characteristics of Born Global Industries: The Birth of Offshore Renewables Nicolai Løvdal and Arild Aspelund 16. Portuguese Born Globals: Founders’ Linkages, Company Evolution, and International Geographic Patterns Vitor Corado Simões 17. Battleship Strategy for Managing MNC–Born Global Innovation Networks Terhi J. Vapola 18. Successful Born Globals Without Experiential Market Knowledge: Survey Evidence from China Tiia Vissak, Xiaotian Zhang and Kadri Ukrainski 19. Annotated Bibliography for Researchers Index

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Book SynopsisHuman beings create knowledge as a result of interaction with others. This book is devoted to the idea that collective knowledge management can be strategically promoted through these interactions in order to enhance a firm's competitiveness.Haruo H. Horaguchi explores a new perspective of knowledge management as an eco-system, a theory that explains why Japanese multinational enterprises lead the way for innovation in the 21st century. While the concept of personal knowledge through tacit knowing describes how knowledge is understood as input for individuals, the concept of collective knowledge management contributes to the creation of intellectual resources for firms. This book provides a critical assessment of the classic theories of innovation and an intensive empirical study on industrial agglomeration and collective intelligence. It then goes on to offer a new theory of management.This book will appeal to academics and students of business and management, business administration, sociology and organizational behavior. It will also be of great interest to managers and business-owners looking at new methods of promoting knowledge in the workforce.Contents: Preface 1. Knowledge and Capabilities in Business Management: The Risks of Tacit Knowledge 2. Collective Strategy and Collective Knowledge 3. Shared Knowledge 4. Symbiotic Knowledge 5. Local Knowledge 6. Common Knowledge 7. Collective Knowledge and Collective Strategy in the Intelligent Society: Extension for the International Business Strategy IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Knowledge and Capabilities in Business Management: The Risks of Tacit Knowledge 2. Collective Strategy and Collective Knowledge 3. Shared Knowledge 4. Symbiotic Knowledge 5. Local Knowledge 6. Common Knowledge 7. Collective Knowledge and Collective Strategy in the Intelligent Society: Extension for the International Business Strategy Index

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Book SynopsisResearch Handbook on Women in International Management is a welcome addition to the literature on international management, and a must-read for any scholar, from any country, seeking to develop theory and/or research in this field. The book is remarkable for its diversity, covering past, present and future, every region of the world, and many different types of international experience, and family circumstance. Thorough and thought-provoking.'- Kerr Inkson, The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand and co-author, with Yvonne McNulty, of Managing Expatriates'This book provides a competent coverage of the key issues confronting women in international management. It offers a balanced view of the challenges women in many parts of the world face and the reasons why such challenges exist. It is timely and valuable contribution to the current debates in the international HRM literature.'- Dana Minbaeva, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkThe Research Handbook on Women in International Management is a carefully designed collection of contributions that provides a thorough and nuanced discussion of how women engage in international management. It also offers important insights into emerging and new areas of research warranting future consideration.The Handbook commences by reviewing the history of the literature, from the development of the discipline through the current state of research, and progresses into examinations of how socio-cultural and organizational issues affect women, with reference to work/life issues and family. Matters affecting women in international management and work in diverse areas of the globe are then examined, including the Arab Middle East, East Asia, South America, and Western and Central Europe. Next, themes including self-initiated expatriation, women in non-traditional families, and women in the mining industry are explored. The Handbook concludes with a few explicitly reflective chapters by academics working within the field.Contributors: M. Baker, F.L. Cooke, M. Cowling, L. DeVriese, C. Dickie, N. Doherty, I. Fischlmayr, E.C. Harrison, K. Hutchings, I. Kollinger-Santer, P. Lirio, R. McGourty, S. McKenna, Y. McNulty, B. Metcalfe, S. Michailova, M. Moeller, B. Nagy, N. Napier, H. Primecz, J. Richardson, S. Shortland, L. Stroh, P. Tharenou, K. Thorn, J. TienariTrade Review‘Research Handbook on Women in International Management is a welcome addition to the literature on international management, and a must-read for any scholar, from any country, seeking to develop theory and/or research in this field. The book is remarkable for its diversity, covering past, present and future, every region of the world, and many different types of international experience, and family circumstance. Thorough and thought-provoking.’ -- Kerr Inkson, The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand and co-author, with Yvonne McNulty, of Managing Expatriates‘This book provides a competent coverage of the key issues confronting women in international management. It offers a balanced view of the challenges women in many parts of the world face and the reasons why such challenges exist. It is timely and valuable contribution to the current debates in the international HRM literature.’ -- Dana Minbaeva, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I: REVIEWING THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY 1. Women in International Management: Reviewing Past Trends and Identifying Emerging and Future Issues Kate Hutchings and Snejina Michailova 2. Women Expatriates: A Research History Susan Shortland PART II: ORGANISATIONAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES FOR WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT 3. Female Frequent Flyers: How Women Traveling Internationally Handle their Work/life Balance Iris Fischlmayr and Iris Kollinger-Santer 4. Women Gen X Global Managers Striving for Work/life Balance Pamela Lirio 5. Career and Family Expectations of Women in International Management: A View Across Generations Miriam Moeller, Nancy Napier and Rebekah McGourty PART III: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN DIVERSE REGIONS OF THE GLOBE 6. Global Platforms, Local Politics: Arab Women in Transnational Organizations Leila DeVriese 7. Women Expatriates from East Asia Fang Lee Cooke 8. Where are the Voices from South America? Argentine, Brazilian, and Chilean Women in International Management Edelweiss Harrison 9. Differences in Working Hours of European High Status Men and Women: Causes and Consequences Marc Cowling and Linda Stroh 10. Hard Choices: Hungarian Female Managers Abroad Beata Nagy and Henriett Primecz PART IV: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT – ISSUES MORE RECENTLY EXPLORED IN THE LITERATURE 11. Self-initiated Expatriation through a Gendered Lens Noeleen Doherty and Kaye Thorn 12. Self-initiated Expatriation by Women: Does it Help to Overcome the Glass Ceiling? Phyllis Tharenou 13. Women as Female Breadwinners in Non-traditional Expatriate Families: Status-reversal Marriages, Single Parents, Split Families, and Lesbian Partnerships Yvonne McNulty 14. They Always Look at You a Bit Oddly: Women Developing Career Capital through International Mobility in the Mining Industry Julia Richardson, Steve McKenna and Carolyn Dickie PART V: RESEARCHING WOMEN AND WOMEN AS RESEARCHERS 15. Representation as Scholars and Representing the Researched: The Gendered Position of UK and Australian Women Academics Researching Women in Management Internationally Beverly Metcalfe and Kate Hutchings 16. Reducing the Academic Gender Gap? Institutional Support for Women’s University Careers in the Liberal States Maureen Baker 17. No Gender, Please, We’re International Management Scholars! Janne Tienari

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Book SynopsisResearch Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms provides an eclectic collection of essays and articles on the state of affairs in the Asia Pacific, with special emphasis on China. It is an essential read for students of the Chinese economy and business environments, covering topics as diverse as industrial innovation, trade, FDI, productivity, value chain, international business, finance, human resources, accounting, information technology and governance. Chinese management leaders as well as researchers of international business can benefit from its insights.'- Ilan Alon, Rollins College and Harvard University, USThis comprehensive research Handbook encompasses an expansive range of perspectives on the globalization process of Chinese firms.Eminent global scholars provide contributions on a variety of topics, including:- industrial innovation- technological innovation and learning- the performance of Chinese international joint ventures- the global consumer- foreign direct investment (FDI) including barriers to FDI and FDI in China s hinterland areas- the globalization of Chinese business practices in Africa- the human resource management transfer process- corporate information disclosure in China's stock market- the home employment effect.In addition, regional economic integration, transportation costs and the national government's role in globalization are also explored.This innovative Handbook is perfect for scholars wishing to conduct research in China on some of the topics contained in the book, together with academics specializing in globalization or international management.Contributors: S.C. Berning, C. Cheng, D. Dahai, H.K. Hin, C.H. Hofmeister, D. Holtbrügge, L. Huiqun, Z. Jingqi, L. Jinyong, C.C. Julian, X. Junquin, X. Li, Y. Li, L. Lin, Q. Liu, G. Mapunda, D.N. McArthur, T. Meng, S. Moxi, T. Ran, Y. Rong, R.L.Schill, L. Tang, W. Wei, H. Xiaohong, T. Xiaowen, L. Yun, Y. Zhang, Y. ZhangTrade Review‘Research Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms provides an eclectic collection of essays on the state of affairs in the Asia Pacific, with special emphasis on China. It is an essential read for students of the Chinese economy and business environments, covering topics as diverse as industrial innovation, trade, FDI, productivity, value chains, international business, finance, human resources, accounting, information technology and governance. Chinese management leaders as well as researchers of international business can benefit from its insights.’ -- Ilan Alon, Rollins College and Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Industrial Innovation in Chinese Firms Li Yu and Zhang Yanming 2. Transportation Costs as a Barrier to Globalization for Nine Asian Countries Including China Junqian Xu and Craig C. Julian 3. China’s Foreign Direct Investment across the U.S. Chen Cheng and Xiaohong He 4. Global Optimal Values of Enterprise Cluster Fitness for Chinese Firms Tang Linjia and Lin Li 5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Productivity in China Xiaowen Tian, Moxi Song and Ran Tian 6. An African Perspective of the Globalization of Chinese Business Practices Gido Mapunda 7. The National Government’s Role in Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment Dirk Hotbrügge and Sue Claire Berning 8. Risk and Return of Mezzanine Debt Yun Li and Ho Kim Hin 9. The Consumer's Role in Globalization and Management Innovation Meng Tao, Dong Dahai and Zhang Yuan 10. HR strategy and practices in Chinese Multinational Companies Jingqi Zhu and William Wei 11. Economic Globalization and Regional Economic Integration in China Rong Yizhong 12. Corporate Information Disclosure Internalities in China's Stock Market Li Xiang and Liu Qijie 13. The Home-Country Employment Effect of Transnational Corporations Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China Huiqun Liu and Jinyong Lu 14. The Empirical Link between Innovation, Learning and Performance in Chinese International Joint Ventures Craig C. Julian and Junqian Xu 15. Barriers to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China's Hinterland Areas Clemens H. Hofmeister 16. Reconciling Differing Models of the Business: A Key Step in the Transfer of Production Technology into China’s Export-Led Economy David N. Macarthur and Ronald L. Schill Index

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Book SynopsisThere could hardly be a more appropriate time in world history to be revisiting the issues of globalisation and democracy. After almost two centuries of what might be regarded as globalisation in the current usage of the term, has fallen into disrepute. Voters have used the ballot box to reject both the concept of globalisation and the mainstream parties that promoted it. The UK voted to leave the EU, in the 2016 'Brexit' referendum, and the US elected Donald Trump as President. This three-volume collection brings together the key writings on globalisation and democracy exploring the progression of globalisation as well as themes such as employment, international trade, technology and the environment amongst other important issues. This collection provides both scholarly and lay readers an opportunity to analyze how globalisation has impacted the world we live in today.Trade Review‘This collection provides both scholarly and lay readers an opportunity to analyze how globalization has impacted the world we live in today.’ -- Development JournalTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Research Review Jonathan Michie PART I WHERE ARE WE AND HOW DID WE GET HERE? 1. Ha-Joon Chang (2011), ‘Kicking Away The Ladder – Globalisation and Economic Development in Historical Perspective’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 24, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 465–74 2. Joel Bakan (2015), ‘The Invisible Hand of Law: Private Regulation and the Rule of Law’, Cornell International Law Journal, 48 (2), Spring, 279–300 3. François Bourguignon and Christian Morrisson (2002), ‘Inequality Among World Citizens: 1820–1992’, American Economic Review, 92 (4), September, 727–44 4. Richard E. Baldwin and Philippe Martin (1999), ‘Two Waves of Globalisation: Superficial Similarities, Fundamental Differences’, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, W6904, 1–33 5. Bob Sutcliffe and Andrew Glyn (2011), ‘Measures of Globalisation and their Misinterpretation’ in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 4, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 87–103 PART II GLOBALISATION, GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT 6. John H. Dunning (1973), ‘The Determinants of International Production’, Oxford Economic Papers, 25 (3), November, 289–336 7. Luis A. Rivera–Batiz and Paul M. Romer (1991), ‘Economic Integration and Endogenous Growth’, Quarterly Journal of Economics , 106 (2), May, 531–55 8. Dani Rodrik (1997), ‘Has Globalization Gone Too Far?’, California Management Review, 39 (3), Spring, 29–53 9. Jeffrey Henderson, Peter Dicken, Martin Hess, Neil Coe and Henry Wai–Chung Yeung (2002), ‘Global Production Networks and the Analysis of Economic Development’, Review of International Political Economy, 9 (3), August, 436–64 10. Axel Dreher (2006), ‘Does Globalization Affect Growth? Evidence from a New Index of Globalization’, Applied Economics, 38 (10), 1091–110 11. Jonathan Michie, Christine Oughton and Antonello Zanfei (2002), ‘Globalization, Growth and Employment’, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 13 (1–3), January, 1–11 12. Jonathan Michie, Christine Oughton and Matias Ramirez (2002), ‘Globalisation and Economic Performance’, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 13 (1–3), January, 165–83 PART III TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 13. Gerald Epstein (2011), ‘The Role and Control of Multinational Corporations in the World Economy’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 9, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 185–99 14. Elissa Braunstein (2011), ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Development from a Gender Perspective’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 10, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 200–11 PART IV INTERNATIONAL TRADE 15. Raymond Vernon (1966), ‘International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 80 (2), May, 190–207 16. Paul R. Krugman (1979), ‘Increasing Returns, Monopolistic Competition and International Trade’, Journal of International Economics, 9 (4), November, 469–79 17. John Gerard Ruggie (1982), ‘International Regimes, Transactions, and Change: Embedded Liberalism in the Postwar Economic Order’, International Organization, 36 (2), Spring, 379–415 18. Michael Kitson and Jonathan Michie (1995), ‘Conflict, Cooperation and Change: The Political Economy of Trade and Trade Policy’, Review of International Political Economy, 2 (4), Autumn, 632–57 19. Jeffrey A. Frankel and David Romer (1999), ‘Does Trade Cause Growth?’, American Economic Review, 89 (3), June, 379–99 PART V GLOBALISATION AND TECHNOLOGY 20. Pari Patel and Keith Pavitt (1991), ‘Large Firms in the Production of the World’s Technology: An Important Case of “Non-Globalisation”’, Journal of International Business Studies, 22 (1), March, 1–21 21. Michael Storper (1992), ‘The Limits to Globalization: Technology Districts and International Trade’, Economic Geography, 68 (1), January, 60–93 22. Daniele Archibugi and Jonathan Michie (1995), ‘The Globalisation of Technology: A New Taxonomy’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Special Issue: Technology and Innovation, 19 (1), February, 121–40 23. Pari Patel (1995), ‘Localised Production of Technology for Global Markets’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Special Issue: Technology and Innovation, 19 (1), February, 141–53 24. John Cantwell (1995), ‘The Globalisation of Technology: What Remains of the Product Cycle Model?’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Special Issue: Technology and Innovation, 19 (1), February, 155–74 25. Daniele Archibugi and Jonathan Michie (1997), ‘Technological Globalisation or National Systems of Innovation?’, Futures, 29 (2), March, 121–37 26. Jeremy Howells and Jonathan Michie (1998), ‘Technological Competitiveness in an International Arena’, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 5 (3), November, 279–93 27. Simona Iammarino and Jonathan Michie (1998), ‘The Scope of Technological Globalisation’, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 5 (3), November, 335–53 28. Pari Patel and Modesto Vega (1999), ‘Patterns of Internationalisation of Corporate Technology: Location vs. Home Country Advantages’, Research Policy, 28 (2–3), March, 145–55 29. Daniel Archibugi, Jeremy Howells and Jonathan Michie (1999), ‘Innovation Systems in a Global Economy’, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 11 (4), 527–39 Volume II Contents: Acknowledgements PART I GLOBALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT 1. Paul Krugman and Anthony J. Venables (1995), ‘Globalization and the Inequality of Nations’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CX (4), November, 857–80 2. Rajneesh Narula and John H. Dunning (2000), ‘Industrial Development, Globalization and Multinational Enterprises: New Realities for Developing Countries’, Oxford Development Studies, 28 (2), 141–67 3. Guillermo A. Calvo and Enrique G. Mendoza (2000), ‘Rational Contagion and the Globalization of Securities Markets’, Journal of International Economics, 51 (1), June, 79–113 4. Raphael Kaplinsky (2000), ‘Globalisation and Unequalisation: What Can Be Learned from Value Chain Analysis?’, Journal of Development Studies, 37 (2), 117–46 5. Jonathan Michie (2002), ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Human Capital Enhancement in Developing Countries’, Competition and Change, 6 (4), December, 363–72 6. Allen J. Scott and Michael Storper (2003), ‘Regions, Globalization, Development’, Regional Studies, 37 (6–7), August/October, 579–93 7. David Dollar and Aart Kraay (2004), ‘Trade, Growth, and Poverty’, Economic Journal, 114 (493), February, F22–F49 8. Robert Hunter Wade (2004), ‘The Causes of Increasing World Poverty and Inequality: Why the Matthew Effect Prevails’, New Political Economy, 9 (2), June, 163–88 9. Helen V. Milner and Keiko Kubota (2005), ‘Why the Move to Free Trade? Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing Countries’, International Organization, 59 (1), Winter, 107–43 10. Nita Rudra (2005), ‘Globalization and the Strengthening of Democracy in the Developing World’, American Journal of Political Science, 49 (4), October, 704–30 11. Eddy Lee and Marco Vivarelli (2006), ‘The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries’, International Labour Review, 145 (3), September, 167–84 12. Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2007), ‘Distributional Effects of Globalization in Developing Countries’, Journal of Economic Literature, XLV (1), March, 39–82 13. Margaret McMillan, Dani Rodrik and Íñigo Verduzco-Gallo (2014), ‘Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa’, World Development, 63, November, 11–32 PART II GLOBALISATION AND LABOUR STANDARDS 14. Ajit Singh and Ann Zammitt (2011), ‘Globalisation, Labour Standards and Economic Development’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 12, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 230–56 15. Phillip Brown and Hugh Lauder (1996), ‘Education, Globalization and Economic Development’, Journal of Education Policy, 11 (1), 1–25 16. Eddy Lee (1997), ‘Globalization and Labour Standards: A Review of Issues’, International Labour Review, 136 (2), Summer, 173–89 17. Adrian Wood (1998), ‘Globalisation and the Rise in Labour Market Inequalities’, Economic Journal, 108 (450), September, 1463–82 PART III NATIONAL CASE STUDIES 18. Robert R. Kaufman and Alex Segura–Ubiergo (2001), ‘Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Social Spending in Latin America: A Time-Series Cross-Section Analysis, 1973–97’, World Politics, 53 (4), July, 553–87 19. Richard Florida (1997), ‘The Globalization of R&D: Results of a Survey of Foreign–Affiliated R&D Laboratories in the USA’, Research Policy, 26 (1), March, 85–103 20. Jonathan Michie and Vishnu Padayachee (1998), ‘Three Years after Apartheid: Growth, Employment and Redistribution?’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 22 (5), September, 623–35 21. Gordon Redding and Antony Drew (2016), ‘Dealing with the Complexity of Causes of Societal Innovativeness: Social Enabling and Disabling Mechanisms and the Case of China’, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 28 (2), 107–36 22. Bob Deacon (2000), ‘Eastern European Welfare States: The Impact of the Politics of Globalization’, Journal of European Social Policy, 10 (2), May, 146–61 PART IV INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES AND CORPORATE DIVERSITY 23. John Cantwell and Rajneesh Narula (2001), ‘The Eclectic Paradigm in the Global Economy’, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 8 (2), 155–72 24. Walter Kuemmerle (1999), ‘Foreign Direct Investment in Industrial Research in the Pharmaceutical and Electronics Industries – Results from a Survey of Multinational Firms’, Research Policy, 28 (2–3), March, 179–93 25. David Bailey, Alex de Ruyter, Jonathan Michie and Peter Tyler (2010), ‘Global Restructuring and the Auto Industry’, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society: Global Restructuring and The Auto Industry, 3 (3), November, 311–8 26. Rhys Jenkins (2005), ‘Globalization, Corporate Social Responsibility and Poverty’, International Affairs, 81 (3), May, 525–40 27. Chris Rowley and Jonathan Michie (2014), ‘Differing Forms of Capital: Setting the Scene for Mutuality and Co-operation in the Asia Pacific Region’, Asia Pacific Business Review, 20 (3), 322–9 28 Jonathan Michie and Chris Rowley (2014), ‘Mutuality in the Asia Pacific Region’, Asia Pacific Business Review, 20 (3), 506–11 PART V GLOBALISATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT 29. Karen L. O’Brien and Robin M. Leichenko (2000), ‘Double Exposure: Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change Within the Context of Economic Globalization’, Global Environmental Change, 10 (3), October, 221–32 30. Clem Tisdell (2001), ‘Globalization and Sustainability: Environmental Kuznets Curve and the WTO’, Ecological Economics, 39 (2), November, 185–96 31. Petra Christmann and Glen Taylor (2001), ‘Globalization and the Environment: Determinants of Firm Self–Regulation in China’, Journal of International Business Studies, 32 (3), September, 439–58 32. Gene M. Grossman and Alan B. Krueger (1991), ‘Environmental Impacts of a North American Free Trade Agreement’, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, W3914, 1–55 33. Timothy J. Foxon, Jonathan Köhler, Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton (2013), ‘Towards a New Complexity Economics for Sustainability’, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 37 (1), January, 187–208 Volume III Contents Acknowledgements PART I GLOBALISATION AND WELFARE 1. Duane Swank (1998), ‘Funding the Welfare State: Globalization and the Taxation of Business in Advanced Market Economies’, Political Studies, XLVI (4), September, 671–92 2. Elmar Rieger and Stephan Leibfried (1998), ‘Welfare State Limits to Globalization’, Politics and Society, 26 (3), September, 363–90 3. Torben Iversen and Thomas R. Cusack (2000), ‘The Causes of Welfare State Expansion: Deindustrialization or Globalization?’, World Politics, 52 (3), April, 313–49 4. Nita Rudra (2002), ‘Globalization and the Decline of the Welfare State in Less-Developed Countries’, International Organization, 56 (2), Spring, 411–45 5. Walter Korpi and Joakim Palme (2003), ‘New Politics and Class Politics in the Context of Austerity and Globalization: Welfare State Regress in 18 Countries, 1975–95’, American Political Science Review, 97 (3), August, 425–46 6. David Brady, Jason Beckfield and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (2005), ‘Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, 1975–2001’, American Sociological Review, 70 (6), December, 921–48 7. Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (2000), ‘Globalization, Tax Competition and the Fiscal Crisis of the Welfare State’, Harvard Law Review, 113 (7), May, 1573–676 PART II GLOBALISATION AND CULTURE 8. Jan Nederveen Pieterse (1994), ‘Globalisation as Hybridisation’, International Sociology, 9 (2), June, 161–84 9. Ronald Inglehart (2000), ‘Globalization and Postmodern Values’, Washington Quarterly, 23 (1), Winter, 215–28 10. David Harvey (2009), ‘The Art of Rent: Globalisation, Monopoly and the Commodification of Culture’, Socialist Register, 38, 93–110 PART III GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE 11. Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson (1992), ‘The Problem of ‘Globalization’: International Economic Relations, National Economic Management and the Formation of Trading Blocs’, Economy and Society, 21 (4), November, 357–96 12. Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson (1994), ‘Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment and International Economic Governance’, Organization, 1 (2), October, 277–303 13. Dani Rodrik (1998), ‘Why do More Open Economies Have Bigger Governments?’, Journal of Political Economy, 106 (5), October, 997–1032 14. Peter Evans (1997), ‘The Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an Era of Globalization’, World Politics, 50 (1), October, 62–87 15. Geoffrey Garrett (1996), ‘Global Markets and National Politics: Collision Course of Virtuous Circle?’, International Organization, 52 (4), Autumn, 787–824 16. Neil Brenner (1999), ‘Globalisation as Reterritorialisation: The Re-Scaling of Urban Governance in the European Union’, Urban Studies, 36 (3), March, 431–51 17. Donald F. Kettl (2000), ‘The Transformation of Governance: Globalization, Devolution and the Role of Government’, Public Administration Review, 60 (6), November/December, 488–97 18. Sidney Tarrow (2001), ‘Transnational Politics: Contention and Institutions in International Politics’, Annual Review of Political Science, 4 (1), June, 1–20 19. Quan Li and Rafael Reuveny (2003), ‘Economic Globalization and Democracy: An Empirical Analysis’, British Journal of Political Science, 33 (1), January, 29–54 and 54a–54c 20. Beth A. Simmons and Zachary Elkins (2004), ‘The Globalization of Liberalization: Policy Diffusion in the International Political Economy’, American Political Science Review, 98 (1), February, 171–89 21. Erik Swyngedouw (2004), ‘Globalisation or ‘Glocalisation’? Networks, Territories and Rescaling’, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 17 (1), April, 25–48 22. Francesco Giavazzi and Guido Tabellini (2005), ‘Economic and Political Liberalizations’, Journal of Monetary Economics, 52 (7), 1297–330 23. J. Ernesto López–Córdova and Christopher M. Meissner (2008), ‘The Impact of International Trade on Democracy: A Long-Run Perspective’, World Politics, 60 (4), July, 539–75 PART IV THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NAFTA 24. Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer (2011), ‘European Integration and the ‘Euro Project’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 15, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA; Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 313–23 25. Jim Stanford (2011), ‘The North American Free Trade Agreement: Context, Structure and Performance’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 16, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA; Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 324–55 PART V THE FUTURE OF GLOBALISATION AND DEMOCRACY 26. Colin Hines (2011), ‘Time to Replace Globalisation with Localisation’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 25, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 475–82 27. George DeMartino (2011), ‘Free Trade or Social Tariffs?’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 26, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 483–94 28. Photis Lysandrou (2011), ‘Global Inequality and the Global Financial Crisis: The New Transmission Mechanism’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 27, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 495–517 29. Geoffrey M. Hodgson (2011), ‘The Great Crash of 2008 and the Reform of Economics’, in Jonathan Michie (ed.), Handbook of Globalisation, Chapter 28, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 518–37 Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past few decades, alliance and networks have been generally examined individually. This Handbook sheds new light on this research by combining the two topics and focuses on highlighting their similarities.The expert contributors discuss topics surrounding the state-of-the-art in alliance and network research such as organizing opportunities in international entrepreneurship; transaction costs in alliances and joint ventures; diaspora networks; and national culture and international alliances. They go on to look at conceptual developments relating to born globals; subsidiary performance; internationalisation; and knowledge transfer and organisational learning. Finally, they present empirical evidence of international alliances and networks. They combine diverse types of studies including literature reviews, conceptual papers and empirical studies in order to provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the topic.Researchers with an interest in joint ventures and alliance and networks, along with students and academics of international business will find this book to be a valuable resource.Contributors: S. Andersson, U. Andersson, A. Arslan, G.B. Awuah, P Ekman, M. Elo, C. Erixon, N. Evers, P.N. Ghauri, M. Hilmersson, M. Hsia-Wen Ho, M. Johanson, V. Kaartemo, J. Larimo, C. López-Duarte, H. Lundberg, T. Mainela, H. Makkonen, M. Marinov, S.T. Marinova, L.-G. Mattsson, H. Merchant, K.E. Meyer, N. Mirc, N. Nummela, R. Olkkonen, U.F. Ott, S. Papaioannou, E. Pernu, V. Puhakka, P.A. Ryan, S. Saarenketo, A. Salmi, P. Servais, A. Smith, A. Thyr, L. Torkkeli, P. Very, M.M. Vidal-Suárez, Y. WangTrade Review'Along with their impressive set of contributors, Larimo, Nummela and Mainela address the major issues that have led to the fragmented nature and inconsistency in research results in the literatures of alliances and networks. This book fills many of the structural holes in these two research domains and identifies the most fruitful areas for future scholarly work.' --Patricia McDougall-Covin, Indiana University, US'The new book by Jorma Larimo, Niina Nummela and Tuija Mainela on interfirm collaboration is a welcome addition to a growing field of study. This new volume provides many novel contributions that shift the focus from organizational boundaries to the actions and actors, providing a number of new perspectives on alliances and networks in the context of international business. This book provides an interesting overview on emerging questions that relate to international alliances and networks that will provide food for thought for scholars and managers.' --Anthony Goerzen, Queen's University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Filling Gaps in Research on Interfirm Collaboration - Focus on Alliances and Networks Jorma Larimo, Niina Nummela and Tuija Mainela PART I STATE-OF-THE-ART IN ALLIANCE AND NETWORK RESEARCH 1. Diaspora Networks in International Business: A Review on an Emerging Stream of Research Maria Elo 2. National Culture and International Alliances: A Review of Recent Literature Cristina López-Duarte and Marta M. Vidal-Suárez 3. Hybrid Ways of Organizing Opportunities in International Entrepreneurship Tuija Mainela, Vesa Puhakka and Per Servais 4. Transaction Cost Perspectives on Alliances and Joint Ventures: Explanatory Power and Empirical Limitations Klaus E. Meyer and Yi Wang PART II CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT IN ALLIANCE AND NETWORK RESEARCH 5. International Growth in Born Globals – Continued Growth through Networking on Institutionally Distant Markets Svante Andersson and Gabriel Baffour Awuah 6. Internal MNC Structures’ Bearing on Externally Embedded Subsidiaries’ Organizational Performance Ulf Andersson, Peter Ekman and Cecilia Erixon 7. Business Networks, Firm Strategy, Opportunity Development and Strategic Outcomes: A Conceptualization of the Initial Phase of Firm Internationalization Mikael Hilmersson, Martin Johanson, Heléne Lundberg, Stylianos Papaioannou and Aron Thyr 8. Knowledge Transfer and Organizational Learning Processes in International Strategic Alliances: The Determinants, Consequences, and Moderators Mia Hsiao-Wen Ho and Pervez N. Ghauri 9. The Potential of Network Pictures for International Alliance and Network Research Valtteri Kaartemo, Hannu Makkonen and Rami Olkkonen 10. Dynamic Contracting Scenarios in International Strategic Alliances: Inter-temporal Culturally Sensitive Incentive Schemes Ursula F. Ott 11. Overlapping of Networks during the Transformation of the Russian Economy Asta Salmi and Lars-Gunnar Mattsson PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES AND NETWORKS 12. Inside Born Globals’ International Network: A Microscopic Study of the Irish Digital Animation Sector Adele Smith, Paul A. Ryan and Natasha Evers 13. Greenfield Joint Ventures vs. Partial Acquisitions: Determinants of Collaborative Entry Strategies of Finnish Multinational Enterprises Ahmad Arslan and Jorma Larimo 14. Sustaining a Business: From Partnership to Acquisition Svetla Trifonova Marinova and Marin Marinov 15. Institutional Signatures or Firm-specific Imprints? Joint Venture Profiles and the Performance Panorama in Five Emerging Market Groups Hemant Merchant 16. Network Brokers as a Resource for Ensuring Acquisition Integration Nicola Mirc and Philippe Very 17. Individual Acting in Customer-focused Internal Networks Elina Pernu 18. The Development of Network Competence in an Internationalized SME Lasse Torkkeli, Sami Saarenketo and Niina Nummela Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation Spaces in Asia provides insight into how and why Asia is poised to impact global innovation. Asia is undergoing rapid developments in markets, sources of technology and user preferences. This book provides an empirical understanding and initial conceptualization of these dynamic processes, including the role of multinational enterprises, entrepreneurship and public policy.The accomplished contributors explore case studies of entrepreneurs and large companies in Asia in order to discuss the ways in which customers, institutions and firms, both domestic and foreign, are interacting to affect global processes of innovation and production. Innovation spaces are analyzed within Asian countries and firms, from Asia to the world, and from the world to Asian countries.Students and researchers pursuing innovation, international business and entrepreneurship will find this to be a useful read. This book will also be of interest to innovation managers and public policy practitioners looking for a thorough guide on the topic.Contributors: S. Bagchi-Sen, E. Bourelos, X. Chen, G. Cheng, E. Deiaco, P. Fan, E. Gifford, S.J. Haakonsson, M. Holgersson, C. Jeding, J. Jin, P. Kedron, K. Lagerström, A.H. Lassen, R. Lema, X. Liu, M. McKelvey, T.A. Meraxa, T. Schunder, R. Schweizer, D. Slepniov, Y. Wang, O. Zaring, Z. ZhangTrade Review‘. . . this book attempts to answer the following: what is the role of Asia in driving innovation in a global economy, and what is going on if Asia is not just imitating and using Western technology? With solid data collected from China, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Korea, the empirical chapters in this book eloquently address this question from their own viewpoints and evidences. . . .it is always challenging to organize a diverse set of papers into a logically coherent volume. Yet the editors handle this task effectively through the careful organization of chapters. . .The book’s coherence and organization are further assured by the contributors who are all experienced researchers from different disciplines and world regions.’ -- Economic GeographyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction M. McKelvey and S. Bagchi-Sen 2. To Boldly Go…Characteristics of Chinese Innovation Policy E. Deiaco and C. Jeding 3. The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Innovation Spaces: The Cases of China and India M. Holgersson 4. Technological Competition in Chinese Market: An Investigation Based upon Patents X. Chen, X. Liu, and Y. Wang 5. The Role of Customers and Regulation in Innovation: The Development of the E-bike Industry and of Lvyuan, A Leading Company in China J. Jin and G. Cheng 6. Understanding Innovation Spaces through Emerging Multinational Enterprises in China: An Explorative Case Study of a Chinese Wind Turbine Manufacturer D. Slepniov, A.H. Lassen, S.J. Haakonsson and M. McKelvey 7. Manoeuvering Global Innovation Spaces: An Explorative Case Study of a South Korean Entrepreneurial Venture in Nanotechnology A.H. Lassen and D. Slepniov 8. The Emergence of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship in China: Four Start-up Companies in Nanotechnology in Suzhou J. Jin, Z. Zhang and M. McKelvey 9. The Role of Returnees in Developing Entrepreneurial Ventures in High Tech Sectors in China P. Fan 10. Evolving Global Innovation Networks of Indian Pharmaceutical Companies P. Kedron and S. Bagchi-Sen 11. The Emergence of Indonesian Multinational Enterprises T.A. Meraxa and S. Bagchi-Sen 12. Tapping into Western Technologies by Chinese Multinational Enterprises: Geely’s Purchase of Volvo Cars and Huawei’s Hiring of Ericsson Employees in Sweden E. Gifford, M. Holgersson, M. McKelvey and S. Bagchi-Sen 13. Foreign Direct Investment in R&D and the Base of the Pyramid: Is a New Space of Innovation Emerging in India? S. Bagchi-Sen, T. Schunder, and E. Bourelos 14. Problem Framing in new Innovation Spaces: Insights from Software Outsourcing R. Lema 15. The Internationalization of Innovation: Off-shoring Home Base Innovative Processes in Software to a Host Nation Innovation System O. Zaring 16. Tapping into India’s Innovation Potential: Consequences for a Western Multinational Enterprise and the Case of SKF K. Lagerström and R. Schweizer 17. Ramifications for Western Firms Navigating Through Innovation Spaces in Asia M. McKelvey 18. Conclusions M. McKelvey and S. Bagchi-Sen Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a clear and instructive toolkit for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students to successfully understand and analyse foreign operation methods, this revised second edition brings up to date its unparalleled coverage with new theoretical and empirical research and the latest company case material. As experts in the field, the authors share their wealth of international knowledge to give the book a strong cross-cultural appeal.New to this edition:? an extended analysis using new and relevant case studies for students to explore foreign operation methods in the full range of small, large and multinational firms updated strategic analyses of emerging concerns, such as mode combination, flexibility and development over time a thorough overview of theoretical perspectives to encourage better understanding of the 'why, what and how' of mode decisions an updated mode strategy section which allows you to challenge existing perspectives and research. Influenced by the needs of the next generation of international business, management and marketing students, this second edition provides the most comprehensive coverage of foreign operation methods in current literature, and will be an excellent introduction to the nature and range of mode options available to companies as they internationalise.Trade Review'This is an important book. Many of us have a remarkably narrow view of what foreign operation methods entail. Now we can be exposed to the full range of operation methods in use today, as this book takes us well beyond entry modes. It explains longitudinal method use where change is the norm rather than the exception. If you have time to read only one book on foreign operation methods, this is the one!' --Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, Finland'`New forms of international venturing continue to emerge but these necessarily involve adaptations on exchange through the market and hierarchies, and by contracting. In this edition of Foreign Operation Methods, Welch and his co-authors present to a wide audience of practitioners, policy makers, scholars and students a comprehensive compilation of theoretical perspectives, descriptive expositions of a multitude of modes of operation, and importantly, strategic perspectives on mode changes and combinations as the firm's internationalisation evolves. This is the most complete book available on this topic written by scholars and accessible to all.' --Peter Liesch, The University of Queensland, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTRODUCTION AND THEORY 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical approaches PART II MODES OF OPERATION 3. Franchising 4. Licensing 5. Management contracts 6. International outsourcing 7. Project operations 8. Exporting 9. Alliances 10. Foreign direct investment PART III STRATEGIES 11. Mode switching and stretching strategies 12. Mode combination strategies 13. Mode flexibility strategies PART IV CONCLUSION 14. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a clear and instructive toolkit for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students to successfully understand and analyse foreign operation methods, this revised second edition brings up to date its unparalleled coverage with new theoretical and empirical research and the latest company case material. As experts in the field, the authors share their wealth of international knowledge to give the book a strong cross-cultural appeal.New to this edition:? an extended analysis using new and relevant case studies for students to explore foreign operation methods in the full range of small, large and multinational firms updated strategic analyses of emerging concerns, such as mode combination, flexibility and development over time a thorough overview of theoretical perspectives to encourage better understanding of the 'why, what and how' of mode decisions an updated mode strategy section which allows you to challenge existing perspectives and research. Influenced by the needs of the next generation of international business, management and marketing students, this second edition provides the most comprehensive coverage of foreign operation methods in current literature, and will be an excellent introduction to the nature and range of mode options available to companies as they internationalise.Trade Review'This is an important book. Many of us have a remarkably narrow view of what foreign operation methods entail. Now we can be exposed to the full range of operation methods in use today, as this book takes us well beyond entry modes. It explains longitudinal method use where change is the norm rather than the exception. If you have time to read only one book on foreign operation methods, this is the one!' --Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University, Finland'`New forms of international venturing continue to emerge but these necessarily involve adaptations on exchange through the market and hierarchies, and by contracting. In this edition of Foreign Operation Methods, Welch and his co-authors present to a wide audience of practitioners, policy makers, scholars and students a comprehensive compilation of theoretical perspectives, descriptive expositions of a multitude of modes of operation, and importantly, strategic perspectives on mode changes and combinations as the firm's internationalisation evolves. This is the most complete book available on this topic written by scholars and accessible to all.' --Peter Liesch, The University of Queensland, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTRODUCTION AND THEORY 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical approaches PART II MODES OF OPERATION 3. Franchising 4. Licensing 5. Management contracts 6. International outsourcing 7. Project operations 8. Exporting 9. Alliances 10. Foreign direct investment PART III STRATEGIES 11. Mode switching and stretching strategies 12. Mode combination strategies 13. Mode flexibility strategies PART IV CONCLUSION 14. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Research on International Advertising presents the latest thinking, experiences and results in a wide variety of areas in international advertising. It incorporates those visions and insights into areas that have seldom been touched in prior international advertising research, such as research in digital media, retrospective research, cultural psychology, and innovative methodologies. Forming a major reference tool, the Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the area, including entries on: theoretical advances in international advertising research, culture and its impact on advertising effectiveness, online media strategy in global advertising, methodological issues in international advertising, effectiveness of specific creative techniques, global advertising agencies, international perspectives of corporate reputation, transnational trust, global consumer cultural positioning, and performance of integrated marketing communications, among others. Researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of marketing, advertising, communication, and media management will find this important and stimulating resource invaluable.Trade Review’An excellent book for international marketing scholars and advertising executives that focuses on the complexity of making advertising decisions in a global world. The contributors identify how international advertising perspectives are being transformed by such changes as the emergence of social media, rise of BRIC countries, and increasing concern for localization of advertising. Confident in predictions and bold in recommendations, this book is written with ambition, scope, and verve that sets it apart from the usual advertising books.’ - Subhash C. Jain, University of Connecticut, US ’Almost 50 of the leading researchers, teachers and thought leaders have come together to brilliantly cover the complex and evolving field of international advertising research. From culture to methodologies to the newest in digital approaches, international advertising research has never gotten as compete coverage as found in this one volume’. - Don E. Schultz, Northwestern University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface PART I: LEADING THOUGHTS 1. Best Practices for Cross-Cultural Advertising Research: Are the Rules Being Followed? Charles R. Taylor and C. Luke Bowen 2. Understanding the Role of Culture in Advertising Wei-Na Lee and Jinnie Jinyoung Yoo 3. Adoption of Global Consumer Culture: The Road to Global Brands Ayşegül Özsomer PART II: CULTURE 4. Project GLOBE and Cross-cultural Advertising Research: Developing a Theory-driven Approach Narda R. Quigley, Mary Sully de Luque and Robert J. House 5. Typologies of Cultural Dimensions and their Applicability to International Advertising Ralf Terlutter, Sandra Diehl and Barbara Mueller 6. Culture and the Mind: Implications for Art, Design and Advertisement Takahiko Masuda, Huaitang Wang, Kenichi Ito and Sawa Senzaki PART III: RETROSPECTIVE 7. Advertising and Consumer Culture in Old Shanghai Russell Belk and Xin Zhao 8. Unearthing Insights into the Changing Nature of Japanese Advertising via the Grounded Theory Approach Shintaro Okazaki and Barbara Mueller 9. Twenty Years On – Retailer Advertising During and Since the Fall of the Soviet Union: Tallinna Kaubamaja, ‘Estonia’s Department Store’ Brent McKenzie PART IV: RESEARCH METHOD 10. International Advertising Research: Conceptual and Methodological Issues C. Samuel Craig and Susan P. Douglas 11. Sampling in International Advertising Research Louisa Ha 12. Using Partial Least Squares Path Modeling in Advertising Research: Basic Concepts and Recent Issues Jörg Henseler, Christian M. Ringle and Marko Sarstedt PART V: THE DIGITAL INFORMATION AGE 13. International Advertising Theory and Methodology in the Digital Information Age Carolyn A. Lin 14. Online Advertising: A Cross-Cultural Synthesis Yuping Liu-Thompkins 15. The Role of e-WOM in International Communication Salvador Ruiz, María Sicilia, Inés López and Manuela López PART VI: CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON 16. A Comparative Study of Corporate Reputation between China and Developed Western Countries Yang Zhang and Manfred Schwaiger 17. Probability Markers in Croatian and Belgian Advertisements and Tolerance for Ambiguity Ivana Bušljeta Banks and Patrick De Pelsmacker 18. Social Media Usage and Responses to Social Media Advertising in Emerging and Developed Economies Shu-Chuan Chu and Sara Kamal PART VII: SOCIAL INTERACTION 19. Raising the Golden Arches: Advertising’s Role in the Socialization of the World Jefferey K. Johnson and Carrie La Ferle 20. Transnational Trust in Advertising Media Martin Eisend and Silke Knoll 21. The Relation between Gender and Cultural Orientation and its Implications for Advertising Ashok K. Lalwani and Sharon Shavitt PART VIII: IMC AND THE GLOBAL MARKET 22. The Importance and Relevance of Integrated Marketing Communications: A Global Perspective Philip J. Kitchen and Marwa Tourky 23. Analysis of the Relationship between Advertisers and Advertising Agencies in the Global Market Hirokazu Takada, Makoto Mizuno and Ling Bith-Hong Index

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Book SynopsisI have used the materials contained in this book extensively in a major trade-related capacity, building a technical training program for trade officials and business people in six countries in Southeast Asia to great effect. The book fills an important gap in the existing literature on the subject and links international economic policy to practical hands on international business management. It underlines the importance of understanding the increasingly complex nature of international markets and offers useful options for mitigating their risk.'- Wayne Robinson, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, CanadaThis MBA textbook provides a guide to the international institutions, both public and private, that exist to regulate and facilitate international business. William Kerr and Nicholas Perdikis explain how international business decision making should take into account the ideas and institutions that make up the international commercial environment, such as why trade theories are important to business; the ways in which governments can restrict trade; the role of international trade rules in reducing risk; the threats that anti-dumping and countervail actions pose; the pros and cons of operating multilaterally; the role of trading houses and the advantages of using private sector institutions to settle international business disputes.Key features include:- Economic theory presented in a business-friendly style;- Major arguments in international trade theory outlined and critically assessed;- An explanation of the role and rules of international organizations, such as the WTO- Barriers to trade and how they can affect competitiveness;- An exploration of the organizational choices (e.g. direct exporting, becoming a multinational, joint ventures, etc.) open to those participating in international business; and- Discussion of the international private sector arrangements which ensure payment, facilitate the movement of products and resolve disputes.This book will be essential reading for senior executives needing to familiarize themselves with the international commercial environment. It will also be an excellent resource for executive and international MBAs, as well as upper level international business students.Contents: Introduction 1. Why Study the Global Business Environment? 2. International Trade and Economic Theory 3. The Great Debate - Free Trade Versus Protectionism 4. The Search for Orderly system for Trade 5. Regional Trade Associations 6. Institutions of the Multilateral Trading System 7. Orderly Markets 8. How Countries Restrict Trade 9. Control of the Use of Trade Barriers 10. 'Fair' Trade 11. National Firms and Transnational Firms 12. Private Firms and State Trading Agencies 13. Production Firms and Trading Houses 14. Financing International Transactions 15. Moving Products Between Countries 16. The Settlement of International Disputes 17. Facing the Future 18. Issues for the International Trading System Exercise Glossary IndexTrade Review‘This book is a tour de force of international commerce. It is a must read for both, high level students and practitioners interested in understanding all the risks and benefits of the global trade activity. The breath of coverage in the book of all the issues involved in the commercial activity, from the theoretical economic models to the institutional approach, with the explanation of the role and rules of the international organizations, provides a unique and coherent vision of the real life issues in the global business environment.’ -- Me. Luis Carlos Yllana Kopschina, Feevale University, Brazil‘I have used the materials contained in this book extensively in a major trade-related capacity, building a technical training program for trade officials and business people in six countries in Southeast Asia to great effect. The book fills an important gap in the existing literature on the subject and links international economic policy to practical hands on international business management. It underlines the importance of understanding the increasingly complex nature of international markets and offers useful options for mitigating their risk.’ -- Wayne Robinson, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Why Study the Global Business Environment? 2. International Trade and Economic Theory 3. The Great Debate - Free Trade Versus Protectionism 4. The Search for Orderly system for Trade 5. Regional Trade Associations 6. Institutions of the Multilateral Trading System 7. Orderly Markets 8. How Countries Restrict Trade 9. Control of the Use of Trade Barriers 10. ‘Fair’ Trade 11. National Firms and Transnational Firms 12. Private Firms and State Trading Agencies 13. Production Firms and Trading Houses 14. Financing International Transactions 15. Moving Products Between Countries 16. The Settlement of International Disputes 17. Facing the Future 18. Issues for the International Trading System Exercise Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisI have used the materials contained in this book extensively in a major trade-related capacity, building a technical training program for trade officials and business people in six countries in Southeast Asia to great effect. The book fills an important gap in the existing literature on the subject and links international economic policy to practical hands on international business management. It underlines the importance of understanding the increasingly complex nature of international markets and offers useful options for mitigating their risk.'- Wayne Robinson, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, CanadaThis MBA textbook provides a guide to the international institutions, both public and private, that exist to regulate and facilitate international business. William Kerr and Nicholas Perdikis explain how international business decision making should take into account the ideas and institutions that make up the international commercial environment, such as why trade theories are important to business; the ways in which governments can restrict trade; the role of international trade rules in reducing risk; the threats that anti-dumping and countervail actions pose; the pros and cons of operating multilaterally; the role of trading houses and the advantages of using private sector institutions to settle international business disputes.Key features include:- Economic theory presented in a business-friendly style;- Major arguments in international trade theory outlined and critically assessed;- An explanation of the role and rules of international organizations, such as the WTO- Barriers to trade and how they can affect competitiveness;- An exploration of the organizational choices (e.g. direct exporting, becoming a multinational, joint ventures, etc.) open to those participating in international business; and- Discussion of the international private sector arrangements which ensure payment, facilitate the movement of products and resolve disputes.This book will be essential reading for senior executives needing to familiarize themselves with the international commercial environment. It will also be an excellent resource for executive and international MBAs, as well as upper level international business students.Contents: Introduction 1. Why Study the Global Business Environment? 2. International Trade and Economic Theory 3. The Great Debate - Free Trade Versus Protectionism 4. The Search for Orderly system for Trade 5. Regional Trade Associations 6. Institutions of the Multilateral Trading System 7. Orderly Markets 8. How Countries Restrict Trade 9. Control of the Use of Trade Barriers 10. 'Fair' Trade 11. National Firms and Transnational Firms 12. Private Firms and State Trading Agencies 13. Production Firms and Trading Houses 14. Financing International Transactions 15. Moving Products Between Countries 16. The Settlement of International Disputes 17. Facing the Future 18. Issues for the International Trading System Exercise Glossary IndexTrade Review‘This book is a tour de force of international commerce. It is a must read for both, high level students and practitioners interested in understanding all the risks and benefits of the global trade activity. The breath of coverage in the book of all the issues involved in the commercial activity, from the theoretical economic models to the institutional approach, with the explanation of the role and rules of the international organizations, provides a unique and coherent vision of the real life issues in the global business environment.’ -- Me. Luis Carlos Yllana Kopschina, Feevale University, Brazil‘I have used the materials contained in this book extensively in a major trade-related capacity, building a technical training program for trade officials and business people in six countries in Southeast Asia to great effect. The book fills an important gap in the existing literature on the subject and links international economic policy to practical hands on international business management. It underlines the importance of understanding the increasingly complex nature of international markets and offers useful options for mitigating their risk.’ -- Wayne Robinson, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Why Study the Global Business Environment? 2. International Trade and Economic Theory 3. The Great Debate - Free Trade Versus Protectionism 4. The Search for Orderly system for Trade 5. Regional Trade Associations 6. Institutions of the Multilateral Trading System 7. Orderly Markets 8. How Countries Restrict Trade 9. Control of the Use of Trade Barriers 10. ‘Fair’ Trade 11. National Firms and Transnational Firms 12. Private Firms and State Trading Agencies 13. Production Firms and Trading Houses 14. Financing International Transactions 15. Moving Products Between Countries 16. The Settlement of International Disputes 17. Facing the Future 18. 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Book SynopsisCollaborative Strategy enables you to move past thinking about alliances based on hunches and move toward real empirical insight into the use, creation, and management of successful alliances. It is a comprehensive review of the current cutting-edge thinking about alliances, which are becoming such an increasingly pervasive part of both private and public industry. Whether you are contemplating a new equity joint venture, entry into a new market, or reassessing your current alliance portfolio you'll find this book full of useful insights into what it takes to succeed at the alliance game. One of the most comprehensive looks at alliances I've seen, delivered succinctly and organized to be easily navigated.'- Russ Buchanan, Xerox Corporation'Alliances and networks present a broad range of challenges as well as opportunities for executives. Academics have studied these relationships from various disciplinary perspectives while employing diverse research methodologies. This volume unpacks this breadth and complexity, and covers many of the cutting-edge research questions in the field. The contributors are the ''Who's Who'' of the top scholars in the field. The volume is particularly valuable to scholars as well as students who are new to the area, and seek concise and insightful summaries of the many different streams of research on alliances and networks.'- Riitta Katila, Stanford University'For managers forming or having formed partnerships with other institutions, this is a must read. Collaborative Strategy reveals what we are doing and why, and how we can do it better, in a seldom-achieved style that addresses the complexity of the academic debate whilst presenting key implications for practitioners.'- Andreas Moosdorf, Pan-European Processes, AmazonThis book provides approachable and insightful chapters that summarize state-of-the-art thinking and research on alliances and networks. Contributions by leading scholars cover foundations or fundamentals as well as frontier areas through a diverse range of perspectives. Topics include: the theoretical foundations of collaborative strategy firms' partner selection and investment decisions contractual foundations of collaboration relational and behavioral aspects of collaboration, networks and portfolios novel collaborative relationships such as ecosystems and public-private partnerships, and the consequences of inter-organizational collaborations. For doctoral and masters students, as well as managers new to the area of collaborative strategy, this collection provides concise chapters and literature reviews that make it an invaluable resource. Business practitioners and consultants who want to learn about this area and the underlying theory will also find this book a useful reference.Contributors: A. Ariño, B. Arslan, N. Asgari, R.P. Bremner, S.M. Bruhs, C. Butter, S. Cabral, L. Capron, T. Chi, J. Choi, F.J. Contractor, Y. Doz, P. Dussauge, J. Dyer, K.M. Eisenhardt, D.W. Elfenbein, A. Gambardella, F. Habasche, J. Hagedoorn, D.P. Hannah, K.R. Harrigan, W. Hesterly, M.A. Hitt, W.H. Hoffmann, P. Kale, A. Keller, I. Kivleniece, T. Kretschmer, D. Lavie, S. Lazzarini, D. Li, J. Li, R. Madhavan, X. Martin, O.J. Martinez, K.J. Mayer, T. Mellewigt, L.F. Mesquita, W. Mitchell, K. Neumann, T. Nguyen, J.E. Oxley, C. Panico, L. Poppo, J. Prescott, B.V. Quélin, R. Ragozzino, J.J. Reuer, M. Rivera-Santos, A. Seth, B.S. Silverman, H. Singh, K. Singh, I. Stern, M. Stienstra, M. Sytch, S. Tallman, B.S. Vanneste, F. Wohlgezogen, X. Zhe, M. ZolloTrade Review'The editors have assembled a volume that meets the needs of seasoned academicians who study alliances and emerging scholars who wish to explore topics in the area of alliance formation, management, and termination. The editors manage to do this while considering the practicing alliance manager, who will find a treasure trove of practical examples and useful insights into making their alliances better. I hesitate to call this volume merely a handbook since that diminishes the scholarship that is central to the volume. I think that his volume serves an important gap in the strategic alliance literature by including papers that are of relevance to both the academic audience and the practicing manager. I highly recommend this volume.' --Robert E. Spekman, University of Virginia, USI do not conceive the consulting business that I lead without strong collaboration with external partners with complementary skills and resources. The implementation of a collaborative strategy requires a clear understanding of the risks and opportunities that such strategy involves. With an easy-to-read style, this book is an excellent reference for those who, like me, consider alliances and networks an essential part of business strategy.' --Rodrigo Ribeiro, KPMG'The editors have organized an impressive array of original essays that define the state of the art in the research and practice of collaborative strategies and strategic alliances. The ideas in this book will influence thinking and work in this area for some time to come.' --Jay B. Barney, The University of Utah, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Luiz Mesquita, Roberto Ragozzino and Jeffrey J. Reuer Part I Theoretical Building Blocks 1. Strategic Alliances as Agents of Competitive Change Kathryn Rudie Harrigan 2. Inter-partner Learning in Strategic Alliances Yves Doz 3. Alliances: A Distinct Strategic Tool for Reconfiguring Resources and Businesses Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell 4. Alliances and Markets for Technology Alfonso Gambardella and Claudio Panico 5. Real Option Considerations in Devising a Collaborative Strategy Tailan Chi and Anju Seth 6. Collaboration in Strategic Alliances: Cooperation and Coordination Tobias Kretschmer and Bart S. Vanneste Part II Partner Selection and Alliance Investment Decisions 7. Alliance Partner Selection Dan Li, Jingyu Li and Michael A. Hitt 8. Strategic Alliance as a Mode of International Market Entry Stephen Tallman 9. When Collaborative Strategy Turns into Acquisition: Distinguishing and Explaining Partner Acquisition versus Joint Venture Buyout Miranda Stienstra and Xavier Martin 10. Alliances and Exogenous Shocks Navid Asgari and Kulwant Singh PART III Contractual Foundations of Alliances 11. Contractual Design of Alliances Kyle J. Mayer and Zhe (Adele) Xing 12. Property Rights Theory and the Governance of Strategic Alliances Daniel W. Elfenbein 13. Global Knowledge Acquisition Through Alliances: Optimizing Contracts and Task Complexity Farok J. Contractor and Jeongho Choi PART IV Relational and Behavioral Aspects of Alliances 14. The Relational View Revisited Jeff Dyer, Harbir Singh and William Hesterly 15. The Process of Cooperation in Strategic Alliances Birgul Arslan and Africa Ari-o 16. The Social Context of B2B Exchanges: Trust and Relational Governance Laura Poppo and Truc Nguyen 17. Behavioral Alliance Strategy Thomas Mellewigt, Sarah Maria Bruhs and Arne Keller 18. Culture in Alliance Research Franz Wohlgezogen 19. A Stakeholder-Based View of Strategic Alliances Kerstin Neumann and Maurizio Zollo PART V Alliance Networks and Portfolios 20. The Network Perspective of Alliances: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead Ravi Madhavan and John Prescott 21. The Architecture and Dynamics of Global Networks Maxim Sytch 22. Managing the Configuration and Evolution of Alliance Portfolios Werner H. Hoffmann and Ferry Habasche 23. Exploration and Exploitation Through Alliances Dovev Lavie PART VI Novel Collaborative Relationships 24. Business Ecosystems Robert P. Bremner, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Douglas P. Hannah 25. Public-Private Collaboration: A Review and Avenues for Further Research Ilze Kivleniece, Sandro Cabral, Sergio Lazzarini and Bertrand V. Quélin 26. Multi-Party Technology Alliances Caren Butter and John Hagedoorn PART VII Consequences of Inter-Organizational Collaboration 27. Alliance Performance Miguel Rivera-Santos and Pierre Dussauge 28. You Are the Company You Keep: The Relationship between An Organization's Alliance Activity and Its Status Ithai Stern 29. Addressing Endogeneity Issues in Alliance Research Octavio J. Martinez, Joanne E. Oxley and Brian S. Silverman 30. Alliance or Partnering Capability of a Firm: Antecedents, Constituents, and Performance Implications Prashant Kale and Harbir Sin Index

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Book SynopsisCollaborative Strategy enables you to move past thinking about alliances based on hunches and move toward real empirical insight into the use, creation, and management of successful alliances. It is a comprehensive review of the current cutting-edge thinking about alliances, which are becoming such an increasingly pervasive part of both private and public industry. Whether you are contemplating a new equity joint venture, entry into a new market, or reassessing your current alliance portfolio you'll find this book full of useful insights into what it takes to succeed at the alliance game. One of the most comprehensive looks at alliances I've seen, delivered succinctly and organized to be easily navigated.'- Russ Buchanan, Xerox Corporation'Alliances and networks present a broad range of challenges as well as opportunities for executives. Academics have studied these relationships from various disciplinary perspectives while employing diverse research methodologies. This volume unpacks this breadth and complexity, and covers many of the cutting-edge research questions in the field. The contributors are the ''Who's Who'' of the top scholars in the field. The volume is particularly valuable to scholars as well as students who are new to the area, and seek concise and insightful summaries of the many different streams of research on alliances and networks.'- Riitta Katila, Stanford University'For managers forming or having formed partnerships with other institutions, this is a must read. Collaborative Strategy reveals what we are doing and why, and how we can do it better, in a seldom-achieved style that addresses the complexity of the academic debate whilst presenting key implications for practitioners.'- Andreas Moosdorf, Pan-European Processes, AmazonThis book provides approachable and insightful chapters that summarize state-of-the-art thinking and research on alliances and networks. Contributions by leading scholars cover foundations or fundamentals as well as frontier areas through a diverse range of perspectives. Topics include: the theoretical foundations of collaborative strategy firms' partner selection and investment decisions contractual foundations of collaboration relational and behavioral aspects of collaboration, networks and portfolios novel collaborative relationships such as ecosystems and public-private partnerships, and the consequences of inter-organizational collaborations. For doctoral and masters students, as well as managers new to the area of collaborative strategy, this collection provides concise chapters and literature reviews that make it an invaluable resource. Business practitioners and consultants who want to learn about this area and the underlying theory will also find this book a useful reference.Contributors: A. Ariño, B. Arslan, N. Asgari, R.P. Bremner, S.M. Bruhs, C. Butter, S. Cabral, L. Capron, T. Chi, J. Choi, F.J. Contractor, Y. Doz, P. Dussauge, J. Dyer, K.M. Eisenhardt, D.W. Elfenbein, A. Gambardella, F. Habasche, J. Hagedoorn, D.P. Hannah, K.R. Harrigan, W. Hesterly, M.A. Hitt, W.H. Hoffmann, P. Kale, A. Keller, I. Kivleniece, T. Kretschmer, D. Lavie, S. Lazzarini, D. Li, J. Li, R. Madhavan, X. Martin, O.J. Martinez, K.J. Mayer, T. Mellewigt, L.F. Mesquita, W. Mitchell, K. Neumann, T. Nguyen, J.E. Oxley, C. Panico, L. Poppo, J. Prescott, B.V. Quélin, R. Ragozzino, J.J. Reuer, M. Rivera-Santos, A. Seth, B.S. Silverman, H. Singh, K. Singh, I. Stern, M. Stienstra, M. Sytch, S. Tallman, B.S. Vanneste, F. Wohlgezogen, X. Zhe, M. ZolloTrade Review'The editors have assembled a volume that meets the needs of seasoned academicians who study alliances and emerging scholars who wish to explore topics in the area of alliance formation, management, and termination. The editors manage to do this while considering the practicing alliance manager, who will find a treasure trove of practical examples and useful insights into making their alliances better. I hesitate to call this volume merely a handbook since that diminishes the scholarship that is central to the volume. I think that his volume serves an important gap in the strategic alliance literature by including papers that are of relevance to both the academic audience and the practicing manager. I highly recommend this volume.' --Robert E. Spekman, University of Virginia, USI do not conceive the consulting business that I lead without strong collaboration with external partners with complementary skills and resources. The implementation of a collaborative strategy requires a clear understanding of the risks and opportunities that such strategy involves. With an easy-to-read style, this book is an excellent reference for those who, like me, consider alliances and networks an essential part of business strategy.' --Rodrigo Ribeiro, KPMG'The editors have organized an impressive array of original essays that define the state of the art in the research and practice of collaborative strategies and strategic alliances. The ideas in this book will influence thinking and work in this area for some time to come.' --Jay B. Barney, The University of Utah, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Luiz Mesquita, Roberto Ragozzino and Jeffrey J. Reuer Part I Theoretical Building Blocks 1. Strategic Alliances as Agents of Competitive Change Kathryn Rudie Harrigan 2. Inter-partner Learning in Strategic Alliances Yves Doz 3. Alliances: A Distinct Strategic Tool for Reconfiguring Resources and Businesses Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell 4. Alliances and Markets for Technology Alfonso Gambardella and Claudio Panico 5. Real Option Considerations in Devising a Collaborative Strategy Tailan Chi and Anju Seth 6. Collaboration in Strategic Alliances: Cooperation and Coordination Tobias Kretschmer and Bart S. Vanneste Part II Partner Selection and Alliance Investment Decisions 7. Alliance Partner Selection Dan Li, Jingyu Li and Michael A. Hitt 8. Strategic Alliance as a Mode of International Market Entry Stephen Tallman 9. When Collaborative Strategy Turns into Acquisition: Distinguishing and Explaining Partner Acquisition versus Joint Venture Buyout Miranda Stienstra and Xavier Martin 10. Alliances and Exogenous Shocks Navid Asgari and Kulwant Singh PART III Contractual Foundations of Alliances 11. Contractual Design of Alliances Kyle J. Mayer and Zhe (Adele) Xing 12. Property Rights Theory and the Governance of Strategic Alliances Daniel W. Elfenbein 13. Global Knowledge Acquisition Through Alliances: Optimizing Contracts and Task Complexity Farok J. Contractor and Jeongho Choi PART IV Relational and Behavioral Aspects of Alliances 14. The Relational View Revisited Jeff Dyer, Harbir Singh and William Hesterly 15. The Process of Cooperation in Strategic Alliances Birgul Arslan and Africa Ari-o 16. The Social Context of B2B Exchanges: Trust and Relational Governance Laura Poppo and Truc Nguyen 17. Behavioral Alliance Strategy Thomas Mellewigt, Sarah Maria Bruhs and Arne Keller 18. Culture in Alliance Research Franz Wohlgezogen 19. A Stakeholder-Based View of Strategic Alliances Kerstin Neumann and Maurizio Zollo PART V Alliance Networks and Portfolios 20. The Network Perspective of Alliances: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead Ravi Madhavan and John Prescott 21. The Architecture and Dynamics of Global Networks Maxim Sytch 22. Managing the Configuration and Evolution of Alliance Portfolios Werner H. Hoffmann and Ferry Habasche 23. Exploration and Exploitation Through Alliances Dovev Lavie PART VI Novel Collaborative Relationships 24. Business Ecosystems Robert P. Bremner, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Douglas P. Hannah 25. Public-Private Collaboration: A Review and Avenues for Further Research Ilze Kivleniece, Sandro Cabral, Sergio Lazzarini and Bertrand V. Quélin 26. Multi-Party Technology Alliances Caren Butter and John Hagedoorn PART VII Consequences of Inter-Organizational Collaboration 27. Alliance Performance Miguel Rivera-Santos and Pierre Dussauge 28. You Are the Company You Keep: The Relationship between An Organization's Alliance Activity and Its Status Ithai Stern 29. Addressing Endogeneity Issues in Alliance Research Octavio J. Martinez, Joanne E. Oxley and Brian S. Silverman 30. Alliance or Partnering Capability of a Firm: Antecedents, Constituents, and Performance Implications Prashant Kale and Harbir Sin Index

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Book SynopsisThe role of BRIC countries in the world's economy will continue to grow despite temporary setbacks. Kedia and Aceto's edited collection of chapters sheds important light on marketing in these countries, the rise of emerging market multinationals, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability. Useful reading for all who seek to better understand these countries.'- Rosalie L. Tung, Simon Fraser University, Canada, President of the Academy of Management and 2015-2016 President of the Academy of International Business'This collection of articles on diverse subjects relating to the four BRICs and to emerging markets offers an interesting panorama of content, from exploring the competitive strengths of BRIC companies in international competition to looking at sustainability, and from marketing issues in these countries to entrepreneurship in liberalized institutional contexts. Almost any analyst of emerging markets can find in this smorgasbord one or more chapters that will provide thoughtful, new discussion of important issues in these countries, which themselves will be the engines of economic growth for the rest of this century.'- Robert Grosse, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates'Barring an unforeseen global disaster it is commonly accepted that BRIC countries will continue to exhibit far higher growth rates than advanced nations. What this useful volume focuses our attention on are the still-remaining obstacles to further and faster development, namely institutional maturity, continued regulatory liberalization, environmental sustainability and the need to bring more women into the organized workforces in BRIC nations. With contributions by noted scholars, this volume extends the frontier of knowledge on emerging country development and should also be useful to policy makers.'- Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University, US'In this timely volume, Kedia and Aceto have assembled a rich collection of chapters that explore the social, economic, environmental, and business implications of the slowing growth in the BRIC countries and the rise of a new crop of dynamic emerging economies. This book is essential reading for doctoral students, professors, and managers working or operating in emerging economies.'- Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University, USIn 2008, it appeared that the BRIC nations' economies would continue to provide growth opportunities for businesses of all kinds. After a decade of unprecedented growth, however, Brazil, Russia, India, and China have unexpectedly slowed. In this innovative book, expert contributors diagnose and examine the factors that might be responsible for the changing trends in the BRIC and other emerging market economies and that may determine the future course of these economies and their prospects for sustained growth.This volume offers valuable insights into a wide range of issues pertaining to emerging economies that demand the attention of researchers and practitioners. In particular, contributors explore topics such as the importance of innovation, internationalization trends of emerging market firms, sustainability and social issues, market liberalization and entrepreneurship, consumer behavior and customer relations.Rigorous scholarly research, including empirical work, and perspectives from emerging markets make this an essential resource for doctoral students, business academics and executives, and politicians and policy makers involved in developing nations and their economies.Contributors: P.C. Bhattacharya, T.V. Bilgili, M. Bishop, S.S. Graça, B.L Kedia, A.H. Kirca, C. Li, R. MitraI, I. Naoumova, J. Pancras, M. Peterson, V.A. Rebiazina, R.K. Reddy, A.G. Rozhkov, M.M. Smirnova, Y. Song, M. ZobninaTrade Review‘The role of BRIC countries in the world's economy will continue to grow despite temporary setbacks. Kedia and Aceto's edited collection of chapters sheds important light on marketing in these countries, the rise of emerging market multinationals, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability. Useful reading for all who seek to better understand these countries.’ -- Rosalie L. Tung, Simon Fraser University, Canada, President of the Academy of Management and 2015–2016 President of the Academy of International Business‘This collection of articles on diverse subjects relating to the four BRICs and to emerging markets offers an interesting panorama of content, from exploring the competitive strengths of BRIC companies in international competition to looking at sustainability, and from marketing issues in these countries to entrepreneurship in liberalized institutional contexts. Almost any analyst of emerging markets can find in this smorgasbord one or more chapters that will provide thoughtful, new discussion of important issues in these countries, which themselves will be the engines of economic growth for the rest of this century.’ -- Robert Grosse, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates‘Barring an unforeseen global disaster it is commonly accepted that BRIC countries will continue to exhibit far higher growth rates than advanced nations. What this useful volume focuses our attention on are the still-remaining obstacles to further and faster development, namely institutional maturity, continued regulatory liberalization, environmental sustainability and the need to bring more women into the organized workforces in BRIC nations. With contributions by noted scholars, this volume extends the frontier of knowledge on emerging country development and should also be useful to policy makers.’ -- Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University, US‘In this timely volume, Kedia and Aceto have assembled a rich collection of chapters that explore the social, economic, environmental, and business implications of the slowing growth in the BRIC countries and the rise of a new crop of dynamic emerging economies. This book is essential reading for doctoral students, professors, and managers working or operating in emerging economies.’ -- Ravi Ramamurti, Northeastern University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INTERNATIONALIZATION 1. Forging Ahead with Innovation: The Importance of Institutions and Factor Markets to the Continued Development of the BRICS Ben L. Kedia, Rama Krishna Reddy, and Tsvetomira V. Bilgili 2. Internationalization of Firms from Emerging Markets: Summary of Findings Based on Three Meta-Analyses Ahmet H. Kirca PART II SOCIAL CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY 3. Sustainability in the BRICS and Beyond: An Examination of the Sustainability Society Index Mark Peterson and Melissa Bishop 4. Environmental Sustainability as Competitive Driver in Emerging Markets Rahul Mitra 5. Gender Balance and Economic Outcomes in Russia, India and China Prabir C. Bhattacharya PART III LIBERALIZATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 6. Liberalization of the Electricity Market in Russia – the Tool of the Growing Democracy or Dictatorship? Irina Naoumova 7. Startup Development, Investments, and Growth Barriers Margarita Zobnina PART IV MARKETING IN EMERGING MARKETS 8. Forging Global B2B Relationships through Effective Communication Sandra S. Graça 9. The Demonstration Effect of Consumption across Cities in China: Evidence from the Automobile Market Yiping Song, Chenxi Li, and Joseph Pancras 10. Customer Orientation in Emerging Markets: Concepts and Empirical Tests Alexander G. Rozhkov, Maria M. Smirnova, and Vera A. Rebiazina Index

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Book SynopsisVolume 8 of Advances in Global Leadership includes timely and impactful chapters on various concepts and processes associated with leading across cultures and other boundaries. In these times of accelerating complexity and global inter-connectedness, a deeper understanding of the multiple contextual, organizational, and individual variables and processes associated with effective international leadership is ever more important. This volume, drawing on authors from many different cultures and contexts, contributes to bridging and integrating conceptual and practitioner perspectives in pursuing this deeper understanding.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The State of Global Leadership Research. ENDORSEMENTS. List of Contributors. Table of Contents. Global Wisdom and the Audacity of Hope: Designing Global Networks in a World of Complexity. Evaluating Global Leadership: Does Culture Matter?. Leader-Culture Fit Around the Globe: Investigating Fit as Layered within Organizations and National Cultures. The Complex Self-Concept of the Global Leader. Measuring Global Leader Intercultural Competency: Development and Validation of the Global Competencies Inventory (GCI). Global Leaders in East and West: Do all Global Leaders Lead in the Same Way?. The Character of Global Leaders. Defining the “Mindset” in Global Mindset: Modeling the Dualities of Global Leadership. Global Strategic Change: A Synthesis of Approaches. Individual-Level Accelerators of Global Leadership Development. Cultural Marginality: Identity Issues in Global Leadership Training. Short-Term Business Travel and Development of Executive Leader Global Mindset. Global Leadership Development at Ford. Developing Responsible Global Leaders. Preface. Advances in Global Leadership. Conclusion: Future Directions for Advancing Global Leadership Research. About the contributors. About the Editors. Advances in Global Leadership. Advances in Global Leadership. Copyright page. Introduction: The State of Global Leadership Research. ENDORSEMENTS. List of Contributors. Table of Contents. Global Wisdom and the Audacity of Hope: Designing Global Networks in a World of Complexity. Evaluating Global Leadership: Does Culture Matter?. Leader-Culture Fit Around the Globe: Investigating Fit as Layered within Organizations and National Cultures. The Complex Self-Concept of the Global Leader. Measuring Global Leader Intercultural Competency: Development and Validation of the Global Competencies Inventory (GCI). Global Leaders in East and West: Do all Global Leaders Lead in the Same Way?. The Character of Global Leaders. Defining the “Mindset” in Global Mindset: Modeling the Dualities of Global Leadership. Global Strategic Change: A Synthesis of Approaches. Individual-Level Accelerators of Global Leadership Development. Cultural Marginality: Identity Issues in Global Leadership Training. Short-Term Business Travel and Development of Executive Leader Global Mindset. Global Leadership Development at Ford. Developing Responsible Global Leaders. Preface. Advances in Global Leadership. Conclusion: Future Directions for Advancing Global Leadership Research. About the contributors. About the Editors. Advances in Global Leadership. Advances in Global Leadership. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThe organizational design of the Multinational Corporation (MNC) was a vibrant area of research in the field of International Business and Management during the 1970-1990's. However, since then this research has largely faded from our scholarship. This volume of AIM is designed to spark new life into the research on the organizational design of the MNC. The world - and environmental forces - has changed substantially in the last decades placing new constrains on the MNCs. External shocks have increased and MNCs need to learn how to live with this increased market volatility. Integrating value chains makes MNCs more efficient but also vulnerable. The relentless forces of competition and globalization are forcing MNCs to divide their activities and reach for foreign inputs, markets and partners. By dividing their value chain into discrete pieces -- - some to be performed in-house, while others are outsourced to partner organizations -- - MNCs hope to reduce overall costs and risks, while also reaping the benefits of ideas from contractors or alliance partners worldwide. These challenges call for new research on the organizational design of the MNC. It is our intention with this AIM volume to motivate new research on the proper organizational design mechanisms of MNCs as of today.Table of ContentsOrganizational Reconfiguration and Strategic Response: The Case of Offshoring. The Virtue of in-between Pragmatism – A Balancing Act between Responsiveness and Integration in a Multinational Company. Network Orchestration: Vodafone’s Journey to Globalization. The Diffusion of Lean Operations Practices in MNCs: A Knowledge-Based, Plant Level, Cross-Firm Study. Experiential Learning and Innovation in Offshore Outsourcing Transitions. To Orchestrate MNC Intra-Firm Relationships, One Needs to Understand them. Functional-Level Transformation in Multi-Domestic MNCs: Transforming Local Purchasing into Globally Integrated Purchasing. Multinational Firms and the Management of Global Networks: Insights from Global Value Chain Studies. Organizing MNC Internal Networks to Manage Global Customers: Strategies of Political Compromising. Organizing Export Strategies. Re-Thinking a MNC: The Role of Cognitive Interventions in Organizational Design. MNC Headquarters as Global Network Orchestrators: Insights from Headquarters Relocation Patterns in Europe. Disintegration and De-Internationalization: Changing Vertical and International Scope and the Case of the Oil and Gas Industry. Professor D. Eleanor Westney and Japanese Business Studies. Authors’ Biographies. Editors’ Biographies. EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION. List of Contributors. Orchestration of the Global Network Organization. The Organizational Architecture of the Multinational Corporation. “The Most Public Secret”: Concealing and Silencing Ethnocentrism in the MNC. The Omnipotent MNC – A Review and Discussion. The Dark Side of Multi-Unit Franchising: The Drawbacks of Local Responsiveness. Strategic Archetypes of Emerging Market Multinationals: Analysis of Outward FDI of Indian Firms. Introduction to Part I: Booz & Co./Strategy+ Business Eminent Scholar in International Management 2013. Complementarity Versus Substitution among Political Strategies. Introduction to Part II: Orchestration of the Global Network Organization. Advances in international Management. Orchestration of the Global Network Organization. Copyright page. Organizational Reconfiguration and Strategic Response: The Case of Offshoring. The Virtue of in-between Pragmatism – A Balancing Act between Responsiveness and Integration in a Multinational Company. Network Orchestration: Vodafone’s Journey to Globalization. The Diffusion of Lean Operations Practices in MNCs: A Knowledge-Based, Plant Level, Cross-Firm Study. Experiential Learning and Innovation in Offshore Outsourcing Transitions. To Orchestrate MNC Intra-Firm Relationships, One Needs to Understand them. Functional-Level Transformation in Multi-Domestic MNCs: Transforming Local Purchasing into Globally Integrated Purchasing. Multinational Firms and the Management of Global Networks: Insights from Global Value Chain Studies. Organizing MNC Internal Networks to Manage Global Customers: Strategies of Political Compromising. Organizing Export Strategies. Re-Thinking a MNC: The Role of Cognitive Interventions in Organizational Design. MNC Headquarters as Global Network Orchestrators: Insights from Headquarters Relocation Patterns in Europe. Disintegration and De-Internationalization: Changing Vertical and International Scope and the Case of the Oil and Gas Industry. Professor D. Eleanor Westney and Japanese Business Studies. Authors’ Biographies. Editors’ Biographies. EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION. List of Contributors. Orchestration of the Global Network Organization. The Organizational Architecture of the Multinational Corporation. “The Most Public Secret”: Concealing and Silencing Ethnocentrism in the MNC. The Omnipotent MNC – A Review and Discussion. The Dark Side of Multi-Unit Franchising: The Drawbacks of Local Responsiveness. Strategic Archetypes of Emerging Market Multinationals: Analysis of Outward FDI of Indian Firms. Introduction to Part I: Booz & Co./Strategy+ Business Eminent Scholar in International Management 2013. Complementarity Versus Substitution among Political Strategies. Introduction to Part II: Orchestration of the Global Network Organization. Advances in international Management. Orchestration of the Global Network Organization. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis research volume in honour of the late Daniel Van Den Bulcke, one of the founding fathers of the European Business Academy (EIBA) and a core institution builder of the Academy of International Business (AIB), focuses on conceptual innovations in assessing the impact of institutions on multinational enterprise (MNE) strategies.Trade Review"The quality, originality and pioneering ideas contained in this remarkable publication perfectly reflect the outstanding scholar to whom this book is dedicated. I am convinced that Danny Van Den Bulcke would be pleased to read this book." Professor Dr Philippe Gugler, University of Fribourg & EIBA President. "This volume of Progress in International Business is dedicated to the late Danny Van Den Bulcke . it is a fitting tribute to an outstanding, cosmopolitan individual and pioneering academic of International Business Research. The volume covers the theory of the multinational enterprise, its governance, issues impacting on the firm from other institutions and cultural distance. It also has a focus on emerging country multinationals. The content of the volume is multifaceted in both subject matter and research methods so it perfectly mirrors the wide -ranging and humanistic approach of Danny Van Den Bulcke." Professor Peter J Buckley OBE, FBA, University of Leeds. "This volume provides a fitting tribute to the life and work of Danny Van Den Bulcke, a much loved and very widely respected international business scholar. Danny was a central figure in international business scholarship over the past 40 years, especially in Europe and in the developing world. Among his many contributions, this book reflects current thinking on the Van Den Bulcke themes of multinational enterprises, technology transfer and economic development; outward foreign direct investment, especially in the Chinese context and in emerging market economy conditions; and multinational parent-subsidiary relationships. The book includes a chapter that was co-authored by Danny himself, which quite appropriately touches on all these issues." Professor John Cantwell, Rutgers University.Table of ContentsInternalization Theory and the Governance of the Global Factory. Considering the Local Partner. A Two-Sided Perspective on Transaction Costs During Market Entry. Selling to Chinese Firms: A Seller’s Perspective. Empirical Evidence from the German Automotive Industry. What Best Explains the Success of Cross-border Technology Transfers in MNCs: Traditional Coordination Instruments or Modern Management Concepts?. Perceptions Versus National-Level Differences: A Mediating Model of Psychic Distance. New Analysis of Multinational Enterprises and Their Linkages with Markets and Institutional Diversity. FDI and Institutions: Formal and Informal Institutions. Is Distance the Same Across Cultures? A Measurement-Equivalence Perspective on the Cultural Distance Paradox. Culture and a Cascading Model of Emotional Intelligence: An Exploratory Analysis. Micropolitical Behavior in the Multinational Enterprise: A Language Perspective. Impact of Outward Foreign Direct Investment Promotion Policy: Evidence from Newly Industrialized, Emerging, and Developing Asian Economies. An Exploration of Commercial Diplomacy as a Set of Facilities to Support International Business to and from Emergent Markets. The Vagueness of the “Country-Specific Advantage” Construct: Which Host-CSAs Matter for Chinese OFDI?. Multi-National Firms, Corruption and Innovation in Russia. Strategic Asset Seeking by EMNEs: A Matter of Liabilities of Foreignness – or Outsidership?. Reverse Transfer of HRM Practices from Emerging Market Subsidiaries: Organizational and Country-Level Influences. The Performance Logic of International Diversification. Chinese MNCs: An Overview of the Current State of Research. Facing Discrimination by Host Country Nationals – Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises in Developed Markets. Copyright page. Dedication. Multinational Enterprises, Markets and Institutional Diversity. List of Contributors. Progress in international business research. Multinational Enterprises, Markets and Institutional Diversity.

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Book Synopsis"The latest volume in the Advances in International Marketing series is a fresh addition to the international marketing literature, expanding the current knowledge in several significant ways. Divided in to two sections, the first part of Vol. 25 addresses important issues concerning entrepreneurship in the international market. Pulling together papers authored by well-known scholars they look at issues such as born-global firms' evolution, market orientation, alliance capabilities, customer orientation, and performance in the global market. Collectively, these papers shed significant new light on the role of entrepreneurship in born-global firms and exporting firms. The second part of Entrepreneurship in International Marketing brings together a collection of papers dealing with contemporary international marketing issues, including the conceptual domain of international marketing, global brands and luxury brands in emerging markets, international retail supply chains, and exit behaviour of FDI firms."Table of ContentsBorn Global Firms: Evolution of a Contemporary Phenomenon. The Market Orientation of Domestic and International New Ventures. The Effects of Entrepreneurial Marketing Strategies on the Long-Term Competitive Sustenance of Born Global Firms: Examples from the Indian Knowledge-Intensive Services Industry. The Alliance Capability of Technology-Based Born Globals. The Effects of Dynamic Capabilities on Value-Based Pricing and Export Performance. Export Marketing Strategy and Performance among Micro and Small Brazilian Enterprises. The Effect of Social Media Adoption on Exporting Firms’ Performance. A Literature Review, Classification, and Simple Meta-Analysis on the Conceptual Domain of International Marketing: 1990–2012. A Framework for Understanding Firms’ Foreign Exit Behavior. Institutional Forces and Firms’ Positioning in China and Brazil. Does the Value of Global Brands Apply to Both Foreign and Domestic-Based Global Brands?. Luxury Brands in Emerging Markets: A Case Study on China. The Effects of Stability, Diversity, and Density on Relationship Flexibility in an International Retail Supply Network: A Proposed Theory and Research Hypotheses. Entrepreneurship in International Marketing. List of Contributors. Advances in international marketing. Entrepreneurship in International Marketing. Copyright page. Entrepreneurship in International Marketing and AIM Volume 25.

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Book SynopsisVolume 28 of the Advances in International Management focuses on the opportunities and challenges for multinational enterprises that consider emerging economies as their destinations or their homes. Chapters in this volume examine the rise of home-grown multinational enterprises in emerging economies and the challenges they face when they enter developed markets. They also analyze the co-evolution of and the dynamic interaction between market institutions and business organizations in emerging economies. The volume provides a forum for thought-provoking ideas, empirical research, and discussions, and is ideal for researchers and doctoral students whose work touches emerging markets.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Part I: PWC Strategy & Eminent Scholar in International Management 2014. From International Business to Intranational Business. The Value of Breadth and the Importance of Differences. Semiglobalization: A Relevant Reality. Introduction to Part II: Emerging Economies and Multinational Enterprises. The Co-Evolution of Pro-Market Reforms and Emerging Market Multinationals. A Resource Environment View of Competitive Advantage. The Effectiveness of the State in Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: The “Go Global” Policy and State-Owned Enterprises. How External and Internal Sources of Knowledge Impact Novel and Imitative Innovation in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Colombia. Managing Innovation in Emerging Economies: Organizational Arrangements and Resources of Foreign MNEs in the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry. Determinants of Board Roles in IJVs in China: Control and Collaboration. Sources of Competitiveness and Multinationality: Emerging Market Firms in the Electronics Industry. Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment: A Study of Guatemala. An Integrated Model of Upgrading and Catchup by Emerging Economy Firms. Framing International Operations Management: Contributions from Emerging Country Multinationals. Business Group Effects on the Innovation-Internationalization Relationship: Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector. What Do We Know about State-Owned Emerging-Economy Firms, and How? Evaluating Literature about Inward and Outward Multinational Activities. Why Do the Turkish Firms Invest in Mainland Europe?. Foreign Entry Mode Choices of Emerging Market Multinationals: The Role of Institutional Voids in Shaping Strategic Cognition. Is Springboard FDI Strategy Effective? Evidence from Turkish Acquisitions. Editors’ Biographies. Copyright page. Emerging Economies and Multinational Enterprises. EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION. List of Contributors. Advances in international Management. Emerging Economies and Multinational Enterprises. Authors’ Biographies. Dedication. Acknowledgments.

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Book SynopsisIran is located at the cross-roads of world civilization and inter-continental trade, and has, throughout its long history, played an important role in the movement of goods, people and ideas. The political factors that have hobbled Iran's development have hitherto prevented scholars, business practitioners and policymakers fully appreciating Iran's potential as a key player in the economic, political and technological development of its region and beyond. This book provides its readers with a fuller understanding of the economic complexities of the present and the promise of a future rebirth in an important country, perhaps the last emerging market; a country whose potential has been dormant or held in check, but whose significance has remained unaffected. Although Iran is a large, untapped market and a great potential contributor to the world economy, after more than three decades of relative isolation, our knowledge of this country has been constrained by the dearth of exchanges and the opacity of Iranian society. The contributing scholars offer a broad overview of the challenges and opportunities presented by the gradual reintegration of Iran into the world economy.Table of ContentsReintegrating Iran with the West: Challenges and Opportunities. International Business & Management. Reintegrating Iran with the West: Challenges and Opportunities. Copyright page. Preface. A Historic Perspective on the Iranian Contributions to World Civilization and Global Trade. Potential for the Expansion of Iranian Natural Gas Exports: Opportunities and Limits. The Automotive Industry in Iran: A Critical Analysis. The Iranian Diaspora as a Conduit for Western Technology, Capital, and Know-How to Revitalize the Iranian Economy. Economic Incentives and Pressure in Nuclear Negotiations with Iran. Iran and the West: A Nuclear Settlement and its Aftermath. India and Iran Trade: Issues and Challenges. Iran–China Relationship: Implications for the West. US and Iran: Friends, Foes, or Potential Strategic Partners?. List of Contributors. Non-Oil Exports from Iran. Concluding Thoughts from the Editors. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. About the Editors.

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Book SynopsisSlowly but steadily, the geographic centre of business gravity is moving eastwards. Emerging economies are proving promising business markets with large populations that have strong future purchasing power. The youthful human capital provides potential opportunities for innovation. The MENA region is strategically placed at the hub between East and West. As the developed West and the developing East collide, the challenges and opportunities that arise bring a rich variety of perspectives of innovative solutions to business dilemmas. This set of cases in our 4th volume explores why and how some successful Indian entrepreneurs have relocated themselves to the UAE. It traces their entrepreneurial stories. Two cases are from the healthcare industry: Dr. B.R. Shetty is the founder of NMC Healthcare, UAE Exchange and Neo Pharma. Dr Azad Moopen is the founder of Aster DM Healthcare. This case traces the story of Yogesh Mehta who moved from Mumbai, Maharashtra to begin Petrochem Middle East.The book also documents the stories of a few women entrepreneurs, including Uma Ghosh Deshpande who carved a career for herself in the competitive UAE media production industry, and the Karla sisters who are on a quest to make the world disability friendly.Trade ReviewBusiness and other researchers from the two countries provide six case studies of Indian entrepreneurs in the United Arab Emirates working in healthcare, chemicals and perfumes, and media and social causes. The companies discussed are NMC Healthcare, UAE Exchange, Neopharma, Aster DM Healthcare, Petrochem Middle East FZE, Ajmal Perfumes, and the woman-owned Queen Bee Production Company and Wings of Angels. Included are essays on maternal and child health leadership in the United Arab Emirates and encouraging trade spillovers. -- Annotation * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPerspectives: GCC and India: Dynamics of a Changing Economic Partnership - HE Sanjay Verma PART I: INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS (HEALTHCARE) 1. Dr. B. R. Shetty: NMC Healthcare, UAE Exchange and Neopharma - Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan and Thomas Joseph 2. Dr. Azad Moopen and Aster DM Healthcare: Care beyond Boundaries - Immanuel Azaad Moonesar, Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan, Lionel Thibaud and Thomas Joseph Perspectives: Maternal and Child Health Leadership in the United Arab Emirates - Immanuel Azaad Moonesar PART II: INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS (CHEMICALS, PERFUMES) 3. Petrochem Middle East FZE: Distributing Chemicals Globally - Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan 4. AJMAL Perfumes: Crafting Memories - Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan Perspectives: Encouraging Trade Spillovers - Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan PART III: WOMEN INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS (MEDIA AND SOCIAL CAUSES) 5. Uma Ghosh Deshpande: Queen Bee Production Company - Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan 6. Kalra Sisters: Wings of Angelz - Sadaf Khurshid

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Book SynopsisLanguage permeates every facet of international business in the 21st century. However, being aware of this multilingual reality is not enough. This book presents a case for recognizing and appreciating the importance of language, its multifaceted role and the range of effects it may have on internationalizing firms.Responding to the growing interest in the role of language in international business, this book presents language as a critical management challenge for the internationalizing firm. Several perspectives are explored, including the individual, the firm and the broader society in which language use is embedded. Empirical examples of language roles are identified through examining human resource management, international marketing and foreign operation modes and networks in business. Language in International Business reveals a fresh understanding of the complexity of the multilingual reality that internationalizing firms face.Students from undergraduate to PhD level studying international business and management, sociolinguistics or international business communication will benefit from the rich source of new research questions ascertained in this book. Business practitioners will find the book insightful, managerially-oriented, and easily accessible.Contents: 1. Language and Global Business Expansion 2. Translation 3. Confronting Language: The Individual in the Organisational Context 4. Language and International Management 5. Language and Networks 6. Language and Human Resource Management 7. Language and International Marketing 8. Language and Foreign Operation Modes 9. Language Strategy and Management 10. Conclusion IndexTrade Review‘This is a terrific book. With English now established as the lingua franca of business, some might be tempted to assume that language isn’t a big deal any more in the world of business. But the authors show how mistaken this assumption is. With a mix of careful of research and detailed examples, they show how language use in international firms influences the meaning of written documents, power relationships between people, and how individuals make sense of their corporate environment. Language becomes, in effect, a window on the entire set of challenges faced by an international firm, and this has profound implications for executives and researchers alike.’ -- Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School, UK‘A comprehensive treatment of a key international business variable that we all too often take for granted. Language is and will remain a critical component of business performance in a global environment.’ -- Oded Shenkar, Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, US‘The authors' analysis of the multilingual reality of global business expansion is consistent with my experience as chairman of a global company. Although the book has been written by academics, the writing style is clear and direct, making it an accessible and enjoyable read for anyone in the business community who is interested in the way language impacts business performance. I am happy to recommend it.’ -- Antti Herlin, Board Chairman, KONE Corporation, FinlandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Language and Global Business Expansion 2. Translation 3. Confronting Language: The Individual in the Organisational Context 4. Language and International Management 5. Language and Networks 6. Language and Human Resource Management 7. Language and International Marketing 8. Language and Foreign Operation Modes 9. Language Strategy and Management 10. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThe Research Handbook on Export Marketing provides a wealth of vital knowledge from scholars who are experts in their fields from around the world. The book emphasizes the most topical issues in international marketing today - small and medium enterprises, exporting performance, the services sector, new products, and dynamic capabilities. The articles are well written and informative. The volume makes an excellent contribution to this important literature.'- Gary Knight, Willamette University, USThere has been a proliferation of research published in the area of export marketing in the last four decades. As research output has grown, some previous research has noted that poor conceptualization of performance measures can produce weak theoretical foundations that may eventually become irrelevant in practice. This Handbook aims to inject rigor into this debate and will act as a starting point for future research on export marketing.The Research Handbook on Export Marketing profiles the following main theoretical frameworks used in export marketing: contingency theory; the eclectic paradigm; industrial organization theory; resource-based theories; relational exchange theory; internationalization process theory; network theory; agency theory and transaction cost economics. The different measures of export marketing performance cited in the literature, together with the nature of the relationships between antecedent variables and dependent variables of export marketing performance, are also examined. With expert contributions, this book outlines the development of export marketing theory from its inception to the current day and explores the utility of export marketing theory in assessing export marketing performance.Giving prominence to theoretical approaches in export marketing, this book will provide a necessary reference point for academics and students alike researching export marketing. Practitioners engaged in the pursuit of export management will also benefit from this insight.Contributors include: Y. Ali, M. Amin, S. Arora, Y. Asseraf, B. Aykol, V. Bamiatzi, D.L. Dean, F. Durrieu, I. Ferreira, J. Heyl, A. Hinterhuber, C.C. Julian, E.T. Kahiya, I. Kardes, O.T. Koc, L.C. Leonidou, L.-Y. Li, S.M. Liozu, J. Liu, T.K. Madsen, G.O. Ogunmokun, J.C. Pinho, S. Rezaei, Md. A. Saleh, S. Samiee, A. K. Shamsuddoha, A. Shoham, C.A. Solberg, A.A. C. TeixeiraTrade Review‘The Research Handbook on Export Marketing provides a wealth of vital knowledge from scholars who are experts in their fields from around the world. The book emphasizes the most topical issues in international marketing today – small and medium enterprises, exporting performance, the services sector, new products, and dynamic capabilities. The articles are well written and informative. The volume makes an excellent contribution to this important literature.’ -- Gary Knight, Willamette University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Impact of Export Promotion Programs on SME Export Performance: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Nation M. Y. Ali and A. K. Shamsuddoha 2. Dynamic Capabilities and International Performance of SMEs: The Interaction Effect of Relational Social Capital José Carlos Pinho 3. The Impact of Strategic Orientations on Export Marketing Strategy: New Classification and Typology Yoel Asseraf and Aviv Shoham 4. Organizational Characteristics and Performance of Public Export Promotion Agencies: Portugal and Ireland Compared Inês Ferreira and Aurora A. C. Teixeira 5. Internationalization Processes of Professional Service Firms Tage Koed Madsen 6. Pricing Capabilities: Design, Development and Validation of a Scale and Implications for Export Marketing Stephan M. Lizou and Andreas Hinterhuber 7. The Impact of Globalization Drivers on Strategy-Performance Relationships in International Markets Carl Arthur Solberg and François Durrieu 8. Antecedents and Consequences of SME Importers’ Relationship with Foreign Suppliers: A Transaction Cost Approach Md. Abu Saleh, M. Yunus Ali and Craig C. Julian 9. The Dynamic Nature of the Export Development Undertaking: Implications for Researchers and Practitioners Eldrede T. Kahiya, David L. Dean and Jeff Heyl 10. A Capacity Building Framework for the Internationalisation of Firms from Emerging Economies Soma Arora 11. The Effect of Prior Assessment of New Product Ideas on the Performance of New Product Export Ventures in International Marketing Gabriel O Ogunmokun and Ling-yee Li (Esther) 12. Using the Eclectic Paradigm as a Theoretical Lens to Examine the Performance Outcomes of Financial Services Exporters Craig C. Julian 13. The Resource-Based View (RBV) and the Industrial Organization Theoretical Frameworks: Are Both Required to Explain Export Marketing Performance Craig C. Julian 14. The Impact of Knowledge Management, Brand Orientation and Global Marketing Strategy on Performance Craig C. Julian, Sajad Rezaei and Muslim Amin 15. Evolution of the Export Marketing Literature Through Cavusgil’s Seminal Writings Ozlem Tuba Koc and Jingting Liu 16. Cavusgil’s Contribution to Export Marketing Management and Strategy Vassiliki (Vicky) Bamiatzi and Ilke Kardes 17. Exploring the Theoretical Foundations of the Exporter-Importer Relationship Research Saeed Samiee, Leonidas C. Leonidou and Bilge Aykol Index

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Book SynopsisWhat I like most about Strategic Challenges for the Base of the Pyramid is the authors' clear understanding of what we have already learned about the BoP domain and their subsequent focus on creating new knowledge. The chapters in this book provide important insights into several important topics in the BoP domain, including trust, innovation, and scale. Congratulations to Patrick Vermeulen, Edgar Hütte and their colleagues in putting together this book.'- Ted London, William Davidson Institute and Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, USThis pioneering book addresses some of the key challenges that firms encounter when they enter low-income markets and offers solutions - based on empirical evidence - for those firms already operating in such a difficult arena.The Base of the Pyramid (BoP) has become a popular area for firms to search for new business potential. However, serving the BoP requires a fundamentally different approach to doing business and presents a new and unique set of organizational challenges. In this book, Patrick Vermeulen and Edgar Hütte discuss some of the key challenges firms are confronted with when operating in BoP markets. Based on empirical evidence from various companies across the globe, the authors provide valuable insights into how firms can deal with these challenges. With the rapid growth of developing countries, Western firms should be more aware of the potential problems when entering these markets; this book will help those making the crucial choices necessary to resolve these issues.This book will appeal to academics and students in international business or business administration. It will also prove an essential resource for practitioners that are active in, or are considering moving into, low-income markets.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The Base of the Pyramid 3. Cross-sector Collaborations at the Base of the Pyramid 4. Building Trust at the Base of the Pyramid 5. Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid 6. Scaling Challenges at the Base of the Pyramid 7. Next steps in Base-of-the Pyramid Research and Practice IndexTrade Review‘What I like most about Strategic Challenges for the Base of the Pyramid is the authors’ clear understanding of what we have already learned about the BoP domain and their subsequent focus on creating new knowledge. The chapters in this book provide important insights into several important topics in the BoP domain, including trust, innovation, and scale. Congratulations to Patrick Vermeulen, Edgar Hütte and their colleagues in putting together this book.’ -- Ted London, William Davidson Institute and Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Base of the Pyramid 3. Cross-sector Collaborations at the Base of the Pyramid 4. Building Trust at the Base of the Pyramid 5. Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid 6. Scaling Challenges at the Base of the Pyramid 7. Next steps in Base-of- the Pyramid Research and Practice Index

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Book SynopsisEdited by three renowned specialists in comparative human resource management (CHRM) this expanded and updated Handbook explores the range of approaches for conceptualizing CHRM and highlights different policies and practices across the world.Leading experts challenge the assumption that there are consistent solutions for managing human resources across nations. Valuing the importance of context, particularly at a national and regional level, the chapter authors question the ‘best practice’ solutions by discussing theoretical, issue-based and regional-based distinctions in HRM. New to this edition:• an extended focus on the most essential theoretical underpinnings of CHRM including an anthropological comparative method additional in-depth studies in comparative areas covering the range of current HRM practice, including sustainable HRM• a broader set of countries and regions now including Central and South America, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, to create the most comprehensive global coverage of comparative HRM research. This extensive Handbook is an essential resource for researchers and postgraduate students in international business, business administration, HRM, socio-economics and cross-cultural management.Contributors include: I. Aust, H. Bainbridge, C. Bischoff, T. Bondarouk, A. Bos-Nehles, P. Boselie, P. Boxall, J. Brandl, J. Briscoe, M.Y. Brannen, C. Brewster, P. Budhwar, H. Chung, D.G. Collings, N. Collins, G. Combs, A. Davila, P. Debroux, M. Dickmann, P.J. Dowling, M Elvira, A.D. Engle Sr., E. Farndale, M. Festing, S. Frenkel, B. Gerhart, L. Golden, D.T. Hall, R. Haq, W. Harry, S. Hayashi, N. Heraty, M. Hermans, M. Hirekhan, H.J. Huang, K. Jackson, S.E. Jackson, A. Kim, T. Kiyomiya, A. Klarsfeld, M. Lazarova, Y.-t. Lee, P.E.M. Ligthart, J.A. Los Baños, S.M. Madero-Gómez, W. Mayrhofer, K. Mellahi, E.K. Metwally, S. Michailova, D. Minbaeva, F. Moore, M.J. Morley, M. Muller-Camen, W. Nienhüser, I. Nikandrou, M.R. Olivas-Luján, J. Paauwe, L. Panayotopoulou, E. Parry, T. Peltonen, A. Pendleton, E. Poutsma, A. Psychogios, J. Quintanilla, B.S. Reiche, H.J.M. Ruel, I. Sahakiants, R.S. Schuler, P. Sparrow, E. Suarez, V.T. Supangco, L. Susaeta, S. Sweet, L.T. Szamosi, T. Tantoush, O. Tregaskis, E. Vaara, A. Varma, C. Warhurst, M. Warner, I. Weller, G. Wood, Y. Zhu, D.B. ZoogahTrade Review'The Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management, Second Edition is an important and comprehensive resource for researchers and students seeking to better understand the contextual challenges and difference in human resource systems, strategies, and practices across countries. The Handbook is written by an impressive collection of thought leaders in the field of comparative CHRM, each offering cutting-edge insights on regional, functional, or strategic issues.' --Paula Caligiuri, Northeastern University, US'This Handbook is a timely, impressive, and well-organized contribution, with excellent authors from around the world. In particular, I appreciate the integration of two key elements: extensive consideration of the theories and research methods that serve as the foundations for the study of CHRM; and, specific consideration of a wide range of HRM practices and a wide range of country and regional contexts. The Handbook can be an invaluable resource for scholarship and for educational purposes.' --David Allen, Texas Christian University, Neeley School of Business, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Meaning and Value of Comparative Human Resource Management: An Introduction Elaine Farndale, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Chris Brewster PART I Theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues in comparative HRM 2. Comparative Institutional Analysis and Comparative HRM Geoffrey Wood, Alexandros Psychogios, Leslie T. Szamosi and David G. Collings 3. Cultural Perspectives on Comparative HRM B. Sebastian Reiche, Yih-teen Lee and Javier Quintanilla 4. Critical Approaches to comparative HRM Tuomo Peltonen and Eero Vaara 5. Methodological Challenges for Quantitative Research in Comparative HRM Ingo Weller and Barry Gerhart 6. The Anthropological Comparative Method as a Means of Analysing and Solving Pressing Issues in Comparative HRM Fiona Moore and Mary Yoko Brannen PART II HRM tasks and themes 7. Recruitment and Selection in Context Elaine Farndale, Irene Nikandrou and Leda Panayotopoulou 8. Comparative Total Rewards Policies and Practices Ihar Sahakiants, Marion Festing, Allen D. Engle Sr. and Peter J. Dowling 9. Comparing Performance Management across Contexts Paul Boselie, Elaine Farndale and Jaap Paauwe 10. Human Resource Development: National Embeddedness Olga Tregaskis and Noreen Heraty 11. Comparative Employment Relations: Definitional, Disciplinary and Development Issues Werner Nienhüser and Chris Warhurst 12. The Psychological Contract within the International and Comparative HRM Literature Paul Sparrow 13. Positive and Negative Application of Flexible Working Time Arrangements: Comparing the United States of America and the EU Countries Lonnie Golden, Stephen Sweet and Heejung Chung 14. Comparative Career Studies: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Results Mila Lazarova, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall and Emma Parry 15. Financial Participation: the Nature and Causes of National Variation Andrew Pendleton, Erik Poutsma and Paul E.M. Ligthart 16. Comparative perspectives on Diversity and Equality: the challenges of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and religion Gwendolyn Combs, Rana Haq, Alain Klarsfeld, Lourdes Susaeta and Esperanza Suarez 17. Organising HRM in a comparative perspective Julia Brandl, Anna Bos-Nehles and Ina Aust 18. The Intersection between Information Technology and Human Resource Management from a Cross-National Perspective: Towards a Research Model Huub J. M. Ruël and Tanya Bondarouk 19. Sustainable HRM: A comparative and international perspective Ina Aust, Michael Muller-Camen and Erik Poutsma PART III Regional perspectives 20. HRM Practice and Scholarship in North America Susan E. Jackson, Andrea Kim and Randall S. Schuler 21. Revisiting the Latin American HRM model Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira 22. HRM in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Sergio M. Madero-Gómez and Miguel R. Olivas-Luján 23. Comparative HRM research in South America: A call for comparative institutional approaches Michel Hermans 24. HRM in Western Europe: Differences Without, Differences Within Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Paul Sparrow 25. The Transition States of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Michael J. Morley, Dana Minbaeva and Snejina Michailova 26. HRM in the Middle East Pawan Budhwar and Kamel Mellahi 27. HRM in Northern Africa David B. Zoogah, Elham Kamal Metwally and Tarek Tantoush 28. HRM in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative Perspectives Christine Bischoff and Geoffrey Wood 29. HRM in the Indian Subcontinent Pawan Budhwar, Arup Varma and Manjusha Hirekhan 30. HRM and Asian Socialist Economies in Transition: China, Vietnam and North Korea Ngan Collins, Ying Zhu and Malcolm Warner 31. Japan, Korea and Taiwan: Issues and Trends in HRM Philippe Debroux, Wes Harry, Shigeaki Hayashi, Heh Jason Huang, Keith Jackson and Toru Kiyomiya 32. Comparative HRM Research in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Vivien T. Supangco and Jessica A. Los Baños 33. Styles of HRM in Australia and New Zealand Peter Boxall, Hugh Bainbridge and Stephen Frenkel PART IV Concluding Remarks 34. Future Avenues for Comparative HRM Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Chris Brewster and Elaine Farndale Index

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Book SynopsisEdited by three renowned specialists in comparative human resource management (CHRM) this expanded and updated Handbook explores the range of approaches for conceptualizing CHRM and highlights different policies and practices across the world.Leading experts challenge the assumption that there are consistent solutions for managing human resources across nations. Valuing the importance of context, particularly at a national and regional level, the chapter authors question the ‘best practice’ solutions by discussing theoretical, issue-based and regional-based distinctions in HRM. New to this edition:• an extended focus on the most essential theoretical underpinnings of CHRM including an anthropological comparative method additional in-depth studies in comparative areas covering the range of current HRM practice, including sustainable HRM• a broader set of countries and regions now including Central and South America, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, to create the most comprehensive global coverage of comparative HRM research. This extensive Handbook is an essential resource for researchers and postgraduate students in international business, business administration, HRM, socio-economics and cross-cultural management.Contributors include: I. Aust, H. Bainbridge, C. Bischoff, T. Bondarouk, A. Bos-Nehles, P. Boselie, P. Boxall, J. Brandl, J. Briscoe, M.Y. Brannen, C. Brewster, P. Budhwar, H. Chung, D.G. Collings, N. Collins, G. Combs, A. Davila, P. Debroux, M. Dickmann, P.J. Dowling, M Elvira, A.D. Engle Sr., E. Farndale, M. Festing, S. Frenkel, B. Gerhart, L. Golden, D.T. Hall, R. Haq, W. Harry, S. Hayashi, N. Heraty, M. Hermans, M. Hirekhan, H.J. Huang, K. Jackson, S.E. Jackson, A. Kim, T. Kiyomiya, A. Klarsfeld, M. Lazarova, Y.-t. Lee, P.E.M. Ligthart, J.A. Los Baños, S.M. Madero-Gómez, W. Mayrhofer, K. Mellahi, E.K. Metwally, S. Michailova, D. Minbaeva, F. Moore, M.J. Morley, M. Muller-Camen, W. Nienhüser, I. Nikandrou, M.R. Olivas-Luján, J. Paauwe, L. Panayotopoulou, E. Parry, T. Peltonen, A. Pendleton, E. Poutsma, A. Psychogios, J. Quintanilla, B.S. Reiche, H.J.M. Ruel, I. Sahakiants, R.S. Schuler, P. Sparrow, E. Suarez, V.T. Supangco, L. Susaeta, S. Sweet, L.T. Szamosi, T. Tantoush, O. Tregaskis, E. Vaara, A. Varma, C. Warhurst, M. Warner, I. Weller, G. Wood, Y. Zhu, D.B. ZoogahTrade Review'The Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management, Second Edition is an important and comprehensive resource for researchers and students seeking to better understand the contextual challenges and difference in human resource systems, strategies, and practices across countries. The Handbook is written by an impressive collection of thought leaders in the field of comparative CHRM, each offering cutting-edge insights on regional, functional, or strategic issues.' --Paula Caligiuri, Northeastern University, US'This Handbook is a timely, impressive, and well-organized contribution, with excellent authors from around the world. In particular, I appreciate the integration of two key elements: extensive consideration of the theories and research methods that serve as the foundations for the study of CHRM; and, specific consideration of a wide range of HRM practices and a wide range of country and regional contexts. The Handbook can be an invaluable resource for scholarship and for educational purposes.' --David Allen, Texas Christian University, Neeley School of Business, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Meaning and Value of Comparative Human Resource Management: An Introduction Elaine Farndale, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Chris Brewster PART I Theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues in comparative HRM 2. Comparative Institutional Analysis and Comparative HRM Geoffrey Wood, Alexandros Psychogios, Leslie T. Szamosi and David G. Collings 3. Cultural Perspectives on Comparative HRM B. Sebastian Reiche, Yih-teen Lee and Javier Quintanilla 4. Critical Approaches to comparative HRM Tuomo Peltonen and Eero Vaara 5. Methodological Challenges for Quantitative Research in Comparative HRM Ingo Weller and Barry Gerhart 6. The Anthropological Comparative Method as a Means of Analysing and Solving Pressing Issues in Comparative HRM Fiona Moore and Mary Yoko Brannen PART II HRM tasks and themes 7. Recruitment and Selection in Context Elaine Farndale, Irene Nikandrou and Leda Panayotopoulou 8. Comparative Total Rewards Policies and Practices Ihar Sahakiants, Marion Festing, Allen D. Engle Sr. and Peter J. Dowling 9. Comparing Performance Management across Contexts Paul Boselie, Elaine Farndale and Jaap Paauwe 10. Human Resource Development: National Embeddedness Olga Tregaskis and Noreen Heraty 11. Comparative Employment Relations: Definitional, Disciplinary and Development Issues Werner Nienhüser and Chris Warhurst 12. The Psychological Contract within the International and Comparative HRM Literature Paul Sparrow 13. Positive and Negative Application of Flexible Working Time Arrangements: Comparing the United States of America and the EU Countries Lonnie Golden, Stephen Sweet and Heejung Chung 14. Comparative Career Studies: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Results Mila Lazarova, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Jon Briscoe, Michael Dickmann, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall and Emma Parry 15. Financial Participation: the Nature and Causes of National Variation Andrew Pendleton, Erik Poutsma and Paul E.M. Ligthart 16. Comparative perspectives on Diversity and Equality: the challenges of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and religion Gwendolyn Combs, Rana Haq, Alain Klarsfeld, Lourdes Susaeta and Esperanza Suarez 17. Organising HRM in a comparative perspective Julia Brandl, Anna Bos-Nehles and Ina Aust 18. The Intersection between Information Technology and Human Resource Management from a Cross-National Perspective: Towards a Research Model Huub J. M. Ruël and Tanya Bondarouk 19. Sustainable HRM: A comparative and international perspective Ina Aust, Michael Muller-Camen and Erik Poutsma PART III Regional perspectives 20. HRM Practice and Scholarship in North America Susan E. Jackson, Andrea Kim and Randall S. Schuler 21. Revisiting the Latin American HRM model Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira 22. HRM in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Sergio M. Madero-Gómez and Miguel R. Olivas-Luján 23. Comparative HRM research in South America: A call for comparative institutional approaches Michel Hermans 24. HRM in Western Europe: Differences Without, Differences Within Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Paul Sparrow 25. The Transition States of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Michael J. Morley, Dana Minbaeva and Snejina Michailova 26. HRM in the Middle East Pawan Budhwar and Kamel Mellahi 27. HRM in Northern Africa David B. Zoogah, Elham Kamal Metwally and Tarek Tantoush 28. HRM in Sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative Perspectives Christine Bischoff and Geoffrey Wood 29. HRM in the Indian Subcontinent Pawan Budhwar, Arup Varma and Manjusha Hirekhan 30. HRM and Asian Socialist Economies in Transition: China, Vietnam and North Korea Ngan Collins, Ying Zhu and Malcolm Warner 31. Japan, Korea and Taiwan: Issues and Trends in HRM Philippe Debroux, Wes Harry, Shigeaki Hayashi, Heh Jason Huang, Keith Jackson and Toru Kiyomiya 32. Comparative HRM Research in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Vivien T. Supangco and Jessica A. Los Baños 33. Styles of HRM in Australia and New Zealand Peter Boxall, Hugh Bainbridge and Stephen Frenkel PART IV Concluding Remarks 34. Future Avenues for Comparative HRM Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Chris Brewster and Elaine Farndale Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Measures for International Entrepreneurship Research is a user-friendly collection of multi-item measures developed and used in the research of international entrepreneurship and important areas related to it: international business, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategy, and innovation. Editors Nicole Coviello and Helena Yli-Renko carefully compiled 212 scales from over 820 possible measures using rigorous selection criteria. The scales fall into eight distinct categories: Individual-level influences Firm and team-level influences External environmental influences Relationships, networks, and social capital Organizational learning Capabilities Orientation and strategy Performance and innovation outcomes For each scale, the book includes the following information to enable ease of use: summary, construct definition, description, source, development or adaptation procedures, sample, validity, scores, references, and scale items. This standout Handbook not only builds a compelling case for a more rigorous approach to research methods in international entrepreneurship research, but also explores the best practices in development, adaptation, use, and reporting of multi-item measures. Academic researchers in international entrepreneurship, international business, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategy, and/or innovation will find this reference tool a welcome addition to their survey research practices. Policy-makers conducting research in these areas will also appreciate this book.Trade Review'This handbook is novel. It brings together in a single volume, numerous measures (multi-item scales) on topics which scholars of international entrepreneurship will find very handy. Thus, it contributes in two ways - improved use of multi-item measures in quantitative research and enhanced focus towards interface disciplines. This volume is a must-have in every department where students (postgraduate and doctoral) conduct any form of research in the areas of international entrepreneurship, international business and entrepreneurship.' --Journal of Entrepreneurship'Developing valid and reliable measures is a minefield for most doctoral students and even experienced and accomplished scholars. The top-tier publication graveyard is littered with the ghosts of manuscripts and their authors tripped by poor construct measures. Coviello and Yli-Renko provide a ''toolkit'' of conceptually and empirically validated measures, their sources and from across a spectrum of disciplines and contexts to help you clear the minefield.' --Kwaku Atuahene-Gima, Nobel International Business School, GhanaTable of ContentsContents: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL INFLUENCES Affect: Negative Affect Affect: Positive Affect Autonomy Effectiveness in Acquiring New Information Effectiveness in Acquiring New Resources Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Opportunity Recognition Ability Passion for Developing Passion for Founding Passion for Inventing Perceived Passion Perception of Preparedness Personal Cultural Orientation Prior Knowledge of Customer Problems Prior Knowledge of Markets Prior Knowledge of Technology Prior Knowledge of Ways to Serve Markets Social Competence: Expressiveness Social Competence: Ingratiation Social Competence: Self-Promotion Social Competence: Social Adaptability Social Competence: Social Perception 3. FIRM- AND TEAM-LEVEL INFLUENCES Bricolage Causation Centralization Coordination Cross-Functional Integration Decentralization Effectuation Effectuation vs. Causation: Acknowledge the Unexpected vs. Overcome the Unexpected Effectuation vs. Causation: Affordable Loss vs. Expected Returns Effectuation vs. Causation: Means-Driven vs. Goal-Driven Effectuation vs. Causation: Partnerships vs. Competitive Market Analysis Exposure to Foreign Market Particularities Firm Resources Imitability Innovation Ambidexterity Knowledge Intensity Leadership Style: Consideration Leadership Style: Participation Operational Flexibilities: Cognitive Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Political Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Relational Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Structural Flexibility Organizational Culture: Adhocracy Organizational Culture: Bureaucracy Organizational Culture: Clan Organizational Culture: Market Organizational Innovativeness Protectability Reputation Resource Flexibility Resources Available to the Export Venture Scalability Team Creativity Technological Distinctiveness Technology Scanning 4. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES Competitive Intensity Competitive Turbulence Environmental Competitiveness Environmental Dynamism Institutional Impediments Institutional Influences: Contract Enforcement Institutional Influences: Corruption Institutional Influences: Cost of Business Closing Institutional Influences: Costs of Trade Institutional Influences: Ease of Hiring Institutional Influences: Ease of Starting a Business Institutional Influences: Economic Situation Institutional Influences: Infrastructure Institutional Influences: Need Institutional Influences: Social Norms Institutional Influences: Taxes Market Dynamism Market Turbulence Technological Turbulence 5. RELATIONSHIPS, NETWORKS, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL Behavioural Uncertainty Commitment Communication Intensity Cooperative Competency Cross-Functional Relationship Conflict Cross-Functional Task Conflict Cross-Functional Trust Customer Participation Customer Reputation Interaction with Foreign Market Players Managerial Network: Strength of Expressive Ties Managerial Network: Strength of Instrumental Ties New Venture’s Commitment to Supplier New Venture’s Power over Supplier Partner Fit Partner Opportunism Procedural Justice Relationship-Specific Investment Satisfaction (with Customer) Social Capital: Customer Network Ties Social Capital: Identification-Based Trust Social Capital: Relationship Quality Social Capital: Shared Values Social Capital: Social Interaction (v1) Social Capital: Social Interaction (v2) Social Ties: Direct Tie Social Ties: Indirect Tie Social Ties: Political Ties Strength of Ties Tie Strength Tie Strength: Knowledge Redundancy Tie Strength: Relational Embeddedness Willingness of Support Firms to Cooperate 6. ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING Alliance Learning Process Customer Knowledge Development Exploitative Market Learning Exploratory Market Learning Foreign Market Knowledge Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge Integration Learning Effectiveness Learning Efficiency Learning Effort: Domestic Learning Effort: International Market Information Acquisition Market Information Use New Process Creativity New Product Creativity Perceived Business Familiarity Perceived Institutional Familiarity Prior Foreign Market Analysis Process-Based Creativity Process Information Acquisition Product Information Acquisition Resource-Based Learning Capacity Speed of Technological Learning Team Information Exchange Team-Level Experiential Knowledge 7. CAPABILITIES Absorptive Capacity Bilateral Communication Capabilities Bilateral Investment Capabilities Competence Exploitation Competence Exploration Coordination Flexibility Export Capabilities Founding Team Marketing Capabilities Founding Team Market-Linking Capabilities Founding Team Service Design Capabilities Global Technological Competence Incremental Innovation Capability Information and Communication Technology Capability International Business Competence Knowledge Capability Upgrading Market Launch Capability Marketing Capabilities: Distribution Capability Marketing Capabilities (for Exporting): Architectural Marketing Capabilities (for Exporting): Specialized Marketing Capabilities: Marketing Communication Capability Marketing Capabilities: Pricing Capability Marketing Capabilities: Product Development Capability Network Capabilities Network Capability Upgrading Networking Capability Overseas Market-Related Exploitative Capabilities Overseas Market-Related Explorative Capabilities Product Development Exploitative Capabilities Product Development Explorative Capabilities Sensing Capability 8. ORIENTATION AND STRATEGY Attitude to International Markets Competitive Strategy in Export Markets Customer Orientation: Emerging Customers Customer Orientation: Mainstream Customers Entrepreneurial Management Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture (aka Entrepreneurial Orientation) Export Entrepreneurial-Oriented Behavior Export Market Orientation Export Marketing Strategy: Distribution Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Pricing Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Product Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Promotion Adaptation Growth by Acquisition Growth through Partnership International Entrepreneurial Culture International Entrepreneurial Orientation International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Innovativeness International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Proactiveness International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Risk Taking Learning Orientation Leveraging Foreign Distributor Competences Market Orientation (v1) Market Orientation (v2) Marketing Exploitation Strategies Marketing Exploration Strategies Quality Focus Technological Orientation Unique Products Development 9. PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION OUTCOMES Competitiveness during Firm Growth Stage Disruptive Innovation Exploitative Innovation Exploratory Innovation Export Venture Performance Evaluation of Partner Performance Firm Performance (Perceived) Innovation Performance: Incremental Innovation Performance: Radical Innovation Radicalness Innovation Type New Product Cost Efficiency New Product Development Speed New Product Differentiation New Product Meaningfulness New Product Novelty New Product Performance Outcome-Based Creativity Performance: Financial Radical Innovation Index

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