The multinational enterprise in developing countries : local versus global logic

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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Local-global view of multinationals in developing countries; 1 Organizational and institutional rationalities and Western firms in emerging countries: Proposal for a local/global analytical model; 2 Strategy implementation in emerging countries: Three theoretical approaches; Part II: Theoretical considerations; 3 West meets Southeast: A cultural fit of goal setting theory to the Filipino workforce; 4 Emergent global institutional logic in the multinational corporation

5 Political strategies of multinational enterprises in emerging economies: A theoretical model6 Business groups and corporate governance in emerging markets; Part III: Empirical perspectives; 7 Entrepreneurship, firm size and knowledge transfer to developing and emerging countries; 8 A comparison of foreign acquisitions in the Brazilian electricity industry: What determines success?; 9 The behavior of multinational enterprises in developing countries: Having a sense of the "good" through "smart partnerships" in Malaysia

10 Environment, strategy and leadership patterns as determinants of firm performance: The case of a developing countryPart IV: Emerging global roles of local firms; 11 Multinationals and corporate environmental strategies: Fostering subsidiary initiative; 12 Emerging multinationals from developing countries: Would their exposure to eclectic institutional conditions grant them unique comparative advantages?; 13 Conclusion: The challenges of developing competitive advantage from local and differential logics; Index

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