Internationalization of Industry : An Assessment in the Light of a Small Open Economy (Switzerland)

I. Interdependency Through Internationalization in an Historical and Global Perspective -- 1 The “International Disorder”: Some Historical Digressions on the Structure of Global Interdependencies -- 2 Dimensions and Perspectives of Interdependence: Exports, Multinationals, and New Forms of Internationalization -- 3 Global Forces Behind New Forms of Internationalization -- 4 The Structural Adjustment Problems of the National Economy: Views on the “Competitiveness Debate” of Swiss Executives -- II. A Taxonomy of New Forms of International Investment and Export Financing -- 5 New Forms of International Investment -- 6 New Forms of Export Financing -- III. Economic Theory and New Forms of Internationalization: Toward the Synthesis of a General Model -- 7 Introduction: Synopsis of Theoretical Development with Regard to Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and New Forms of Internationalization (NFI) -- 8 The Transaction Cost Approach to New Forms of International Investment (NFII) -- 9 The Transaction Cost Approach to New Forms of Export Financing (NFEF) -- 10 Competitive Advantage and Technological Change from the Strategic Perspective of the Firm -- IV. Empirical Research on the Impact of New Forms of Internationalization on Swiss Industry -- 11 Empirical Research Concept and Data Base of Our Swiss Study -- 12 Case Study Results -- 13 Results of the Survey on New Forms of International Investment (NFII) -- 14 Results of the Survey on New Forms of Export Financing (NFEF) -- 15 Results of Surveys of Swiss Multinationals -- V. Synthesis: Conclusions and Recommendations for Economic Policy and Business Strategy -- 16 A Framework for the Evaluation of New Forms of Internationalization (NFI) -- 17 Recommendations for Private Business Strategies -- 18 Recommendations for Economic Policies at the National and International Levels.