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The Changing Geography of International Business

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Editors:
  1. Gary Cook

    1. University of Liverpool Management School, UK

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  2. Jennifer Johns

    1. University of Liverpool Management School, UK

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Part of the book series: The Academy of International Business (AIB)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: The Changing Geography of International Business

    1. Introduction: The Changing Geography of International Business

      • Gary Cook, Jennifer Johns
      Pages 1-8

    2. Flatness: The Global Disaggregation of Value Creation

      • Ram Mudambi
      Pages 9-16

  3. Institutional Perspectives on International Business

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Outward Foreign Direct Investment and the Adaptive Efficiency of the German Institutional System

      • Heinz-Josef Tüselmann, Frank McDonald, Martin T. Bohl, Svitlana Voronkova, Paul Windrum
      Pages 19-34

    3. The Impact of Institutions on Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Matthew M. C. Allen, Maria L. Aldred
      Pages 35-53

    4. Why Do MNEs Engage in MNE-Government Relations? Empirical Evidence from the European Union and the Automotive Industry

      • Sigrun M. Wagner
      Pages 54-76

  5. Placing Multinational Enterprise Activities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Service Sector Clustering and Multinational Enterprise: Evidence from UK Film and Television

      • Gary Cook, Naresh R. Pandit
      Pages 157-180

    3. Redundancies in External Relationships of Multinational Corporations — A Firm-Level Conceptual Model

      • Phillip C. Nell, Ulf Andersson, Björn Ambos
      Pages 181-199

    4. Examining Strategy Diversity and Interdependence in the MNC’s Subsidiaries and Their Functional Activities

      • Paz Estrella Tolentino, Odile E. M. Janne, Pi-Chi Chen
      Pages 200-221

    5. Exploring Foreign Direct Investment and Technology and Knowledge Transfer Issues in Africa

      • Ellis Osabutey
      Pages 222-238

    6. New Venture Internationalization and the Cluster Life Cycle: Insights from Ireland’s Indigenous Software Industry

      • Mike Crone
      Pages 239-259

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 260-267
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About this book

Presents papers which grapple with some of the most important developments and challenges in International Business, both for the firms who must fashion strategy within a rapidly changing world economic order and researchers who seek to explain the nature of these shifts and how firms respond.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Liverpool Management School, UK

    Gary Cook, Jennifer Johns

About the editors

Maria L. Aldred, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK Matthew M.C. Allen, Manchester Business School, UK Björn Ambos, University of St Gallen, Switzerland Ulf Andersson, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Martin T. Bohl, University of Muenster, Germany Peter J. Buckley, University of Leeds, UK Chris Carr, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK Pi-Chi Chen, University of London, UK Mike Crone, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Peter Enderwick, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Nicolas Forsans, University of Leeds, UK Mia Hsiao-Wen Ho, King's College London, UK Odile E.M. Janne, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Caleb CY Kwong, University of Essex, UK Frank McDonald, Bradford University School of Management, UK Ram Mudambi, Temple University, USA Surender Munjal, University of Leeds, UK Phillip C. Nell, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Ellis Osabutey, Middlesex University, UK Naresh R. Pandit, University of East Anglia, UK Paz Estrella Tolentino, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Heinz-Josef Tüselmann, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK Svitlana Voronkova, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Sigrun M. Wagner, University of London, UK Paul Windrum, Nottingham University Business School, UK Alessa Witt, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK Yong Yang, University of Surrey, UK.

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