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Resources, Efficiency and Globalization

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Pavlos Dimitratos

    1. Athens University of Economics and Business, UK

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  2. Marian V. Jones

    1. University of Glasgow, UK

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

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Resources, Efficiency, and Globalization: International Business in the Modern Era

    1. Resources, Efficiency, and Globalization: International Business in the Modern Era

      • Pavlos Dimitratos, Marian V. Jones
      Pages 1-9

  4. MNE Location and Human Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. The Importance of Location: Does Outward FDI lead to Unemployment?

      • Yama Temouri, Nigel L. Driffield, Dolores Añón Higón
      Pages 47-62

    3. Agglomeration and Flows of Inward and Outward Direct Investment: An Analysis of Financial Services in the United Kingdom

      • Gary A. S. Cook, Naresh R. Pandit
      Pages 63-83

    4. Resources of Multinational Enterprises Used for Corporate Political Activities in the European Union

      • Sigrun M. Wagner
      Pages 84-113

    5. Career Orientations of the 21st-Century Knowledge Professionals

      • Dimitris Manolopoulos, Pavlos Dimitratos
      Pages 114-130

  5. Subsidiaries and Resource Transfer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Experience and Performance in Interunit Knowledge Transfer

      • Ulf Andersson, Magnus Persson
      Pages 133-155

    3. Embedded Subsidiaries and the Involvement of Headquarters in Innovation Transfer Processes

      • Henrik Dellestrand
      Pages 156-177

  7. Internationalized SMEs, Resources, and Entrepreneurship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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    2. Resources and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Case of High-Technology SMEs in Portugal

      • Luis Bernardino, Marian V. Jones, Anna Morgan-Thomas
      Pages 249-267
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International business for the modern firm has to compromise the need to use limited resources and achieve efficiency in the global marketplace. This book examines these issues from the viewpoint of the internationalized SME, the big multinational and the local subsidiary drawing on research conducted in different countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Athens University of Economics and Business, UK

    Pavlos Dimitratos

  • University of Glasgow, UK

    Marian V. Jones

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DR PAVLOS DIMITRATOS Assistant Professor, Athens University of Economics& Business, Greece.

DR MARIAN P. JONES Professor, University of Glasgow, UK.

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