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Book SynopsisThis important book - written by leading scholars in international business - critically reviews the activities of European and Pacific international firms. Transformations of markets and national economic systems associated with the activities of these corporations are posing many issues of adjustment and development, and are affecting decisions on long term investments in industrial capacity.
The book provides a useful framework and source of reference for policy makers in government, international agencies and the private sector to address the challenges and opportunities that arise from corporate, regional and financial integration of the world economy.
Trade Review'. . . the book provides a useful framework for business, government and academia to address the challenges and opportunities arising from regional integration and interregional interdependencies.' -- H.W.-C. Yeung, Regional Studies
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword (J.C. Dodds) Preface 1. Reconfiguring the Boundaries of International Business Activity (J.H. Dunning) 2. Strategic Foreign Direct Investment (P.J. Buckley) 3. Strategies of Multinational Enterprises and Governments: The Theory of the Flagshiagliettap Firm (A.M. Rugman, J.R. D’Cruz) 4. Structural Transformations: Information Systems and Organizational Networks (M. Blaine, E.M. Roche) 5. Corporate Culture in Europe, Asia and North America (M. Casson, R. Loveridge, S. Singh) 6. Regional Economic Cooperation: EU, NAFTA and APEC (G. Boyd) 7. Regional Integration in Europe (P.M. Crowley) 8. The Economic Effects of an East Asian Trading Bloc (D.K. Brown, A.V. Deardorff, R.M. Stern) 9. Cross Border Capital Flows, Corporate Governance and Developing Financial Systems in the Asia-Pacific Region (J.C. Dodds) 10. Designing Institutions for Global Economic Cooperation: Investment and the WTO (G.R. Winham, H.A. Grant) 11. Political Entrepreneurship for Collective Management (G. Boyd) Index
