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Zusatztext Twenty-eight original chapters from the world's most distinguished IB scholars are united as a whole, reflecting both the present structure of the field and the major intellectual issues involved. Informationen zum Autor Alan M. Rugman holds the L. Leslie Waters Chair of International Business at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, where he serves as Professor of International Business and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy. Previsous positions included Professor in Strategic Management, Templeton College, University of Oxford, Professor of International Business at Delhousie University (1980-87) and Professor of International Business at the University of Toronto (1987-98).Thomas L. Brewer is Associate Professor and Editor of JIBS at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. Klappentext The Handbook comprises 28 original chapters from the world's leading scholars in the field. United! these reflect both the present structure of the field and the major intellectual issues of current and likely future interest. About the SeriesOxford Handbooks in Business & Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy! Organizational Behavior! Public Management! International Business! and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas! the volumes! in hardback or paperback! serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike. Zusammenfassung Deals with globalization and international business scholarship. This handbook covers areas such as: the history and theory of the multinational enterprise; the political and policy environment of international business; strategies of multinational enterprises; financial areas of the multinational enterprise; and more. PART I: HISTORY AND THEORY OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; 1. The History of Multinational Enterprise; 2. The Key Literature on IB Activities, 1960-2000; 3. International Trade Theory and International Business; 4. Strategic Complexity in International Business; 5. Theories of the Multinational Enterprise; 6. Location, Competitiveness, and the Multinational Enterprise; PART II: THE POLITICAL AND POLICY ENVIRONMENT; 7. Sovereignty@Bay: Globalization, Multinational Enterprise, and the International Political System; 8. National Policies and Domestic Politics; 9. The Multilateral Trading System; 10. Capital Flows, Capital Controls, and International Business Risk; 11. Multilateral Institutions and Policies - and their Implications for Multinational Business Strategy; PART III: STRATEGY FOR MNES; 12. Strategy and the Multinational Enterprise; 13. The Multinational Enterprise as an Organization; 14. Strategy and Management in MNE Subsidiaries; 15. Strategic Alliances; PART IV: MANAGING THE MNE; 16. Innovation and Information Technology in MNE; 17. Contemporary Research Trends in International Marketing: The 1990s; 18. Culture and Human Resources Management; 19. Environmental Policy and International Business; 20. International Financial Management and Multinational Enterprises; 21. Taxes, Transfer Pricing, and the Multinational Enterprise; PART V: REGIONAL STUDIES; 22. Japan; 23. International Business in Latin America; 24. China and International Business; 25. International Business Research on Transition Economies; 26. The Smaller Economies of Pacific Asia and their Business Systems; PART VI: CONCLUSIONS; 27. Methodological Contributions in International Business and the Direction of Academic Research Activity; 28. Conclusions on Policy...
