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Includes a synthesis of advances in the theory of the multinational enterprise, with a focus on internalization and international diversification issues. This research volume proposes important extensions of multinational enterprise theory, especially as regards the importance of geography to multinational strategy.
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Part A: Alan Rugman as Eminent Scholar of the Academy of Management's International Management Division. Cave! Hic Dragones! Alan M. Rugman's Contributions to the Field of International Business. (L. Eden). The MNE's Spatial Positioning. (B.M. Wolf). Part B: The 25th Anniversary of "International Diversification and the Multinational Enterprise". Rugman and the Geography of MNE Activity. (J.H. Dunning). Financial and Non-Financial Theories of International Diversification. (J. Cantwell). Internalization Theory and the International DiversificationPerformance Conundrum. (J-F. Hennart). Part C: Extending Alan Rugman's Work on Regional Strategies and the Environment. Regional Strategy and Performance in the Global Automotive Industry. (A. Verbeke, P. Brugman). Regional and Global Strategies in the Intercontinental Passenger Airline Industry: The Rise of Alliance Specific Advantages. (A. Verbeke, S. Vanden Bussche). Environmental Issues and the MNE. (A. Kolk). Part D: A Career in Progress: Retrospective Essays. Rethinking International Management Theory in a World of Regional Multinationals. (A.M. Rugman). Twenty-Five Years Of "International Diversification and the Multinational Enterprise". (A.M. Rugman). Overview of Alan Rugman's Academic Oeuvre. Index.
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Includes a synthesis of advances in the theory of the multinational enterprise, with a focus on internalization and international diversification issues. This research volume proposes important extensions of multinational enterprise theory, especially as regards the importance of geography to multinational strategy.
