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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Krug teaches strategic management and international business in the Ph.D.! Executive MBA! MBA! and undergraduate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also an adjunct professor of international management at the University of Munster in Germany. He was named Outstanding Instructor of the Year by the University of Illinois Executive MBA program in 2003 and 2000. He also received the Faculty Service Award from the Executive MBA program for his work leading consulting projects in Europe with such companies as Porsche! Volkswagen! Caterpillar! Warsteiner! Deutsche Telekom! BASF! and Bertelsmann. Before entering academia! Dr. Krug was manager of planning & analysis in Latin America for PepsiCo's Kentucky Fried Chicken International division. Krug's research focuses on mergers and acquisition! corporate strategy! corporate governance! top management team effectiveness! and global strategy. His articles have been published in Harvard Business Review! Strategic Management Journal! California Management Review! Journal of World Business! Journal of Management & Governance! Journal of International Management! and other related journals Klappentext The study of multinational enterprises that invest and control business activities in multiple countries is a cornerstone of international business scholarship. This major work is the first of its kind to collate, in three carefully structured volumes, the key writing of leading researchers of multinational enterprise theory. Selected by two of the most acclaimed and respected academics in the field, the seminal articles in this collection focus on core issues. Volumes include: VOLUME I: The Multinational Enterprise: Defining the Multinational Enterprise, Multinational versus Domestic Firms, Reactive Motivations for Foreign Direct Investment. VOLUME II: Internationalization Process of the MNE: Proactive Motivations for Foreign Direct Investment, The Internationalization Process, Modes of Entry, Emerging MNC Forms. VOLUME III: Organizational Structure and Control: Organizational Structure, Location of Decision Making, Forms of Operations. Zusammenfassung The study of multinational enterprises that invest and control business activities in multiple countries is a cornerstone of international business scholarship. This work collates in three volumes the key writing of leading researchers of multinational enterprise theory. It focuses on core issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume One The Multinational Enterprise PART ONE: DEFINING THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE (MNE) The Nature and Scope of Multinational Enterprise - Franklin R Root The Multinational Enterprise as an Economic Organization - Richard E Caves PART TWO: MULTINATIONAL VERSUS DOMESTIC FIRMS A: International Diversification Investor Recognition of Corporate International Diversification - Tamir Agmon and Donald R Lessard Investment Performance of U S-Based Multinational Companies - Raj Aggarwal Comments and a Perspective on International Diversification of Real Assets B: Multinationality and Firm Performance Effects of International Diversity and Product Diversity on the Performance of Multinational Firms - Stephen Tallman and Jiatao Li Multinationality and Firm Performance - Ki C Han, Suk Hun Lee and David Y Suk The Evidence from Canadian Firms on Multinational Diversification and Performance - Ike Mathur, Manohar Singh and Kimberly C Gleason The Relationship between Multinationality and the Performance of Taiwan Firms - Yi-Chein Chiang and Tzu-Hui Yu International Diversification and Firm Performance in Mexican Firms - Douglas E Thomas A Curvilinear Relationship? C: Capital Structure Multinational Corporations versus Domestic Corporations - Kwang Chul Lee and Chuck C Y Kwok International En...