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Book SynopsisThis Festschrift in honour of Professor Yair Aharoni, a pioneer in the field of international business, looks at several of these new trends in FDI, what they will mean for firms and governments, and the opportunities created by these developments to enrich or extend extant theory.
Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Dedication to Yair Aharoni. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Research on FDI and MNEs in a Changing World. Behavioral Elements in Foreign Direct Investment Decisions. Bringing managers' decision models into FDI research. FDI and the Role of Financial Market Quality. The Evolution of Multinationals. New Players in FDI: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Private Equity, and Emerging-Market Multinationals. Revisiting the “Modern” Multinational Enterprise Theory: An Emerging-market Multinational Perspective. The Impact of Globalisation and the Emergence of the Global Factory. The Born Global Illusion and the Regional Nature of International Business. Unraveling the Relationships Between Internationalization and Product Diversification Among the World's Largest Food and Beverage Enterprises. Trade in Services: The Global Sourcing of Business Services. Governance of Foreign Affiliates as a Distinctive Choice between Networks, Market, and Hierarchy. Global Service Multinationals from a Small Open Economy – The Case of Israeli High-Tech Service Providers. If Teva Changes its “Nationality,” would Israel's Economy be Affected?. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Local Firms: Western Firms in Emerging Markets. The Regulatory Framework for Investment: Where are we Headed?. Subject Index. Authors’ Biographies. The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise. Research in Global Strategic Management. Research in Global Strategic Management. Copyright page.
