Multinational enterprises, markets and institutional diversity

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Progress in International Business Research ; 9

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Front Cover; Multinational Enterprises, Markets and Institutional Diversity; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Dedication; Chapter 1 New Analysis of Multinational Enterprises and Their Linkages with Markets and Institutional Diversity; Introduction; Part I: New Governance Determinants of MNE Behavior; Part II: New Approaches to Defining and Measuring Distance; Part III: New Perspectives on Country-Specific Advantages in International Business; Part IV: Institutional Diversity in the Emerging Economy Context; Notes; References; Part I: New Governance Determinants of MNE Behavior

Chapter 2 Internalization Theory and the Governance of the Global FactoryIntroduction; The Worldwide Distribution of Economic Activities; The Global Factory; Fine Slicing of Economic Activities and the Rise of the Global Factory; Decision Dynamics in the Global Factory; Requisite Change in Ownership Status; Requisite Change in Location Decision; The Quadrants; Strengths of the Global Factory; Ownership of Intangible Assets; Ownership of Core Activities; Contestability of Ownership Status and Location of Single Activity Sets; Flexibility; MNE Head Office as Controlling Intelligence

Conceptual WeaknessesOwnership of Intangible Assets; Ownership of Core Activities; Contestability of Ownership Status and Location of Single Activity Sets; Flexibility; MNE Head Office as Controlling Intelligence; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Considering the Local Partner. A Two-Sided Perspective on Transaction Costs During Market Entry; Introduction; Theoretical Background; Asset Specificity; Uncertainty; TCE and the Local Firm; Asset Specificity (Local Partner); Uncertainty (Local Partner); Theoretical Propositions; Situation 1: AS Low MNC/AS High Local Partner

Situation 2: IU Low MNC/IU High Local PartnerSituation 3: EU High MNC/EU High Local Partner; Implications; References; Chapter 4 Selling to Chinese Firms: A Seller's Perspective. Empirical Evidence from the German Automotive Industry; Introduction; Literature Review; The Decision to Sell from the Acquired Perspective; Motivations for Cross-Border Acquisitions; Theoretical Framework and Propositions; Methodology; Research Setting; Case Profiles; Empirical Findings; Preservation of Autonomy; Access to Local Market Knowledge and Resource Redeployment; Discussion and Conclusions

Implications of the Findings and Limitation of the ResearchNotes; References; Chapter 5 What Best Explains the Success of Cross-border Technology Transfers in MNCs: Traditional Coordination Instruments Or Modern Management Concepts?; The Changing Focus of International Management Research and the Need to Test its Usefulness; Conceptual Model and Hypothesis Development; Main Goals of Technology Transfers within MNCs; Information-Processing Capacities of Traditional Coordination Instruments and More Recent Abstract Management Concepts; Method; Sample; Measurement and Data; Epistemic Community

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