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Contemporary Issues in International Business

Institutions, Strategy and Performance

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Enhances understanding of changing international business environments and the implications for MNE strategy and performance
  • Considers the major aspects of the new balance in international business including institutions, emerging economies and CSR
  • Offers new insights on forces driving significant changes to firm strategies and to the global economy

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

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. No Longer at Ease in the Old Dispensation: Reappraising the Role of International Business in the World Economy

    • Davide Castellani, Rajneesh Narula, Quyen T. K. Nguyen, Irina Surdu, James T. Walker
    Pages 1-10
  3. Institutions and International Business Strategy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
  4. Institutions, Emerging Markets and Economic Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. Global Security Risks, Emerging Markets and Firm Responses: Assessing the Impact of Terrorism

      • Luis Alfonso Dau, Elizabeth M. Moore, Max Abrahms
      Pages 79-97
  5. HQ-Subsidiaries Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
    2. Unfolding the Intra-organisational Perception Gap in Decision-Making

      • Shasha Zhao, Marina Papanastassiou, Yiannis Bassiakos, Evis Sinani, Robert Pearce
      Pages 171-189
    3. Strategy Creativity in Multinational Subsidiaries

      • Dónal O’Brien, Pamela Sharkey Scott, Ulf Andersson
      Pages 191-210
    4. Subsidiary Combinative Capability for Knowledge Creation as a Co-evolutionary Development Process

      • Johanna Clancy, Paul Ryan, Ulf Andersson, Majella Giblin
      Pages 211-229
  6. Location Decisions and MNEs Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
    2. Establishing How MNCs Are Defined: A Response to the Regional/Global Debate

      • Louis Brennan, Lisa Spencer, Jim Stewart
      Pages 233-249
    3. Does It Pay to Be International? Evidence from Industrial District Firms

      • Marco Bettiol, Chiara Burlina, Maria Chiarvesio, Eleonora Di Maria
      Pages 277-296

About this book

The ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (UK and Ireland Chapter)
Published in association with the UK and Ireland Chapter of the Academy of International Business.

This brand new edited collection addresses the growing uncertainty and socio-economic challenges of globalisation and its profound implications for the strategies and operations of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Responding to the new balance in international business, the authors offer valuable insights into the co-evolutionary processes involved in headquarters-subsidiary relationships, the need for novel strategies by MNEs to retain competitive advantage, improve performance and contribute to the global economy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Henley Business School, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

    Davide Castellani, Rajneesh Narula, Quyen T. K. Nguyen, Irina Surdu, James T. Walker

About the editors

Davide Castellani is Professor of International Business at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.

Rajneesh Narula is Professor of International Business Regulation and the John H. Dunning Chair of International Business at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.

Quyen T.K. Nguyen is Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.

Irina Surdu is Lecturer of Strategy and International Business at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.

James T. Walker is Professor of International Business and Head of International Business and Strategy at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 99.00
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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