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Informationen zum Autor ZUHAIE AL-OBAIDI Professor of International Business! Helsinki School of EconomicsJIM BELL School of International Business! University of UlsterCRISTINA BOARI Department of Business Studies! University of BolognaSUSAN BRIDGEWATER Warwick Business SchoolLANCE E. BROUTHERS Department of Marketing and International Business! University of AkronKEITH D. BROUTHERS Fox School of Business and Management! Temple UniversityTREVOR BUCK Leicester Graduate School of Business! De Montfort UniversityGIULLIO CARDILLI School of Economics and Business! LUISS Guido Carli RomeFABRIZIO COCCIOLA Founder! Brandner SRLMARK COOK Northampton Business SchoolPAVLOS DIMITRATOS Department of Marketing! University of StrathclydeGRAHAME FALLON Northampton Business SchoolUCIANO FRATOCCHI School of Engineering! University of L'AquilaMIKA GABRIELSSON Professor of International Business! Helsinki School of EconomicsLUCA GIUSTINIANO Department of Economics and Business! University of L'AquilaPAUL N. GOODERHAM Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH)LE HANG Department of Economics! Nottingham Trent UniversityULRICK HOPPE Director of the German-British Chamber of Commerce and IndustryROBERT JOHNSTON Professor of Operations Management! Warwick Business SchoolJORMA LARIMO Department of Marketing! University of VaasaLESTER LLOYD-REASON Anglia Polytechnic UniversitySHARON LOANE School of International Business! University of UlsterBRIAN MATTHEWS Luton Business School! University of LutonJAN MATTSON Professor in Business Administration! Roskilde University BRUCE MILLETT Department of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations! University of Southern QueenslandANNA MORGAN-THOMAS Warwick Business SchoolTREVOR MORROW School of International Business! University of UlsterTERRY MUGHAN Anglia Polytechnic UniversityGEORGE NAKOS School of Business Administration! Clayton College and State UniversityODD NORDHAUG Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH)MANUELA PRESUTTI Department of Business Studies! University of BolognaKRISTEN RINGDAL Department of Sociology and Political Science! Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)HABTE SELASSIE Luton Business School! University of LutonBRIDGETTE SULLIVAN-TAYLOR Warwick Business SchoolJAMES H. TAGGART Department of Business and Management! University of GlasgowJENNIFER M. TAGGART Department of Business and Management! University of GlasgowDENISE TSANG Department of Management! University of Reading School of BusinessHEINX TUSELMANN Manchester Metropolitan University Business SchoolDAVID WILLIAMS Department of Economics! Nottingham Trent University Zusammenfassung The book is based on the best papers presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business. The focus of the papers revolves around the process of internationalization and is centred on four main themes: * The strategic and organizational development of the internationalized firm * The role of culture and institutions in international business * Internationalization of Small and Medium Sized Enterprizes * Foreign Direct Investment, impact and policy implications Covering a wide variety of topical internationalization issues, this book brings together findings from many of the foremost researchers in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; M.Mayer & F.McDonald PART 1: THE STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIALIZED FIRM Winners and Losers of the Internet Game: A Study of British Exporters; A.Morgan-Thomas & S.Bridgewater International Joint Venture Performance: Empirical Evidence from Finnish International Joint Ventures; J. Larimo US Foreign Direct Investment within the UK Microcomputer Industry: The Interaction between Supply Chain Strategy and Industry Environment; D.Tsang The Role of the Human Resource Function in the Internationalisation of I...
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Introduction; M.Mayer & F.McDonald PART 1: THE STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIALIZED FIRM Winners and Losers of the Internet Game: A Study of British Exporters; A.Morgan-Thomas & S.Bridgewater International Joint Venture Performance: Empirical Evidence from Finnish International Joint Ventures; J. Larimo US Foreign Direct Investment within the UK Microcomputer Industry: The Interaction between Supply Chain Strategy and Industry Environment; D.Tsang The Role of the Human Resource Function in the Internationalisation of Irish Organisations; S.Loane , T.Morrow & J.Bell A Typology of International Business Strategies; P.Dimitratos PART 2: THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS National Cultural Influences in International Entry Mode Selection; L.Brouthers , K.Brouthers & G.Nakos The Impact of National Culture Differences on MNC Subsidiary Management; J.H.Taggart & J.M.Taggart The Impact of the Local Institutional Context on the HRM Adaptations of US Subsidiaries in Europe; P.Gooderham , O.Nordhaug & K.Ringdal The 'Americanization' of International Corporate Governance and the Special Case of Germany: Some Propositions; T.Buck PART 3: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRIZES Internationalization and Firm Size: An Empirical Study of the East of England; H.Selassie , B.Mathews , L.Lloyd-Reason & T.Mughan Regional Products and Internationalization Processes in the Internet Era: Does Location Still Matter?; L.Frattochi , G.Cardilli & F.Cocciola The Internationalization Process and the Role of Learning in Small, Service Firms; S.Bridgewater , B.Sullivan-Taylor , R.Johnston , J.Mattsson & B.Millett Pricing Strategies of Born Globals; M.Gabrielsson & Z.Al-Obaidi PART 4: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, IMPACT AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS Economic Growth, Inward FDI and Trade Policy in ASEAN Countries Evidence from Simultaneous-Equation Panel Data Estimation; H.Le Employment and the Embeddedness of German Subsidiaries in the UK; F.McDonald , U.Hoppe , H.Tûselmann & D.Williams A Four Regional Approach to Inbound FDI Location Decisions; G.Fallon & M.Cook Regional Clusters Between Localization and Globalization An Empirical Investigation of a High-tech Metropolitan Cluster; C.Boari , L.Fratocchi & M.Presutti
