This 13th volume of the Academy of International Business (AIB) series focuses on a selection of issues reflecting the complexity of challenges faced by managers in today's global economy and the importance of context in managerial decision making. It contains a number of chapters on two major contemporary themes in international business: the internationalization of services and doing business in China. It introduces new perspectives to the conventional theoretical literature on internationalization, in particular the dynamics of corporate internationalization and the influence of culture. It then investigates motives for industrial clustering and the managerial challenges involved in the internationalization of services. Following this, foreign direct investment and its relation to micro-management issues in China, country of origin effects in knowledge transfer and locational strategy are examined. The book concludes with the thoughts of several prominent international business scholars on new directions for international business scholarship.
List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword; J.Clegg
Notes on the Contributors
Managerial Issues in International Business: Introduction; F.M.Fai & E.J.Morgan
The Relevance of Internationalization Theories: A Contingency Framework; C.A.Solberg & V.Askeland
Cheating and Incentive Schemes in International Joint Ventures; U.F.Ott
Managerial Perspectives on Business Purpose: Values, National Values and Institutions; S.Harris & C.Carr
A New Perspective on Parenting Spin-offs for Cluster Formation; M.P.Ferreira, W.Hesterley & A.T.Tavares
Towards an Explanation of MNE FDI in the City of London Financial Services Cluster; N.R.Pandit, G.A.S.Cook & P.N.Ghauri
International Entrepreneurship Strategy and Managing Network Dynamics: SMEs in the UK Advertising Sector; D.K.Boojihawon
Cross-Border Management Issues in International Law Firms; S.Segal-Horn & A.Dean
The Performance Management-Training Interface in Australian Firms in China; S.McGrath-Champ & X.Yang
Country of Origin Effects on Knowledge Transfers from MNEs to their Chinese Suppliers: An Exploratory Investigation; J-L.Duanmu
Foreign Direct Investment Flows into an Integrating Europe: MNE Strategy and Location Decisions1981-2001; D.Dimitropoulou & R.Pearce
New Directions in International Business; S.Collinson, P.Buckley, G.Yip & J.Dunning
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FELICIA M. FAI is a Lecturer in International Business at the University of Bath's School of Management, UK. Her research interests include competence development, knowledge transfers and foreign direct investment behaviour. She has contributed to academic journals and conferences, writing on corporate technological diversification, the role of language in cross-border alliances, knowledge transfer in supply chains, and evidence of rising technological competencies in China.
ELEANOR J. MORGAN is Senior Lecturer in Business Economics at the University of Bath's School of Management, UK. Her current research has two main strands - competition policy, especially towards mergers, and innovation strategies of small EU firms in a regional context. She has published extensively in these and other areas, and is founder editor of the International Journal of the Economics of Business.
Description
This 13th volume of the Academy of International Business (AIB) series focuses on a selection of issues reflecting the complexity of challenges faced by managers in today's global economy and the importance of context in managerial decision making. It contains a number of chapters on two major contemporary themes in international business: the internationalization of services and doing business in China. It introduces new perspectives to the conventional theoretical literature on internationalization, in particular the dynamics of corporate internationalization and the influence of culture. It then investigates motives for industrial clustering and the managerial challenges involved in the internationalization of services. Following this, foreign direct investment and its relation to micro-management issues in China, country of origin effects in knowledge transfer and locational strategy are examined. The book concludes with the thoughts of several prominent international business scholars on new directions for international business scholarship.
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword; J.Clegg
Notes on the Contributors
Managerial Issues in International Business: Introduction; F.M.Fai & E.J.Morgan
The Relevance of Internationalization Theories: A Contingency Framework; C.A.Solberg & V.Askeland
Cheating and Incentive Schemes in International Joint Ventures; U.F.Ott
Managerial Perspectives on Business Purpose: Values, National Values and Institutions; S.Harris & C.Carr
A New Perspective on Parenting Spin-offs for Cluster Formation; M.P.Ferreira, W.Hesterley & A.T.Tavares
Towards an Explanation of MNE FDI in the City of London Financial Services Cluster; N.R.Pandit, G.A.S.Cook & P.N.Ghauri
International Entrepreneurship Strategy and Managing Network Dynamics: SMEs in the UK Advertising Sector; D.K.Boojihawon
Cross-Border Management Issues in International Law Firms; S.Segal-Horn & A.Dean
The Performance Management-Training Interface in Australian Firms in China; S.McGrath-Champ & X.Yang
Country of Origin Effects on Knowledge Transfers from MNEs to their Chinese Suppliers: An Exploratory Investigation; J-L.Duanmu
Foreign Direct Investment Flows into an Integrating Europe: MNE Strategy and Location Decisions1981-2001; D.Dimitropoulou & R.Pearce
New Directions in International Business; S.Collinson, P.Buckley, G.Yip & J.Dunning
Index
Authors
FELICIA M. FAI is a Lecturer in International Business at the University of Bath's School of Management, UK. Her research interests include competence development, knowledge transfers and foreign direct investment behaviour. She has contributed to academic journals and conferences, writing on corporate technological diversification, the role of language in cross-border alliances, knowledge transfer in supply chains, and evidence of rising technological competencies in China.
ELEANOR J. MORGAN is Senior Lecturer in Business Economics at the University of Bath's School of Management, UK. Her current research has two main strands - competition policy, especially towards mergers, and innovation strategies of small EU firms in a regional context. She has published extensively in these and other areas, and is founder editor of the International Journal of the Economics of Business.
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