Business Networks and Strategic Alliances in China addresses how knowledge transfer and innovation are interwoven within complex networks and how social capital contributes to the acquisition of crucial resources and business success in multi-type enterprises in China. The book explains how...

Craig Julian argues that the International Joint Venture (IJV) phenomena represents two opposing trends. On the one hand, an analysis of the number of new IJVs reveals that they are becoming increasingly popular as a mode of overseas market entry and expansion. On the other hand, however, the...

This book comprises eighteen cutting edge chapters by emerging scholars in international strategy, offering a variety of fresh perspectives on critical issues that the field will face in the near future. These young scholars have unique and innovative thoughts about international strategy, which...

Korea has been at the centre of intense debate concerning the role of government in economic development. Taking an in-depth approach, this book analyses the path of Korea's industrial technology development. In contrast to many previous studies on Korea, the author argues that the role of...

Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and manufacturing practices : insights from the 2005...

1. Relational assets, networks and international business activity -- 2. Alliance capitalism and macroeconomic policies -- 3. Alliance capitalism and microeconomic policies -- 4. Inter-firm R&D partnering in high technology industries -- 5. Financial liberalization, alliance capitalism and the...

Digital business ecosystems : theoretical underpinnings -- The business ecosystem as a multiple dynamic network / Angelo Corallo -- The paradigm of structural coupling in digital ecosystems / Paolo Dini, Francesco Nachira -- The organizational dimension of digital business ecosystems -- The...

Pt. 1. The role of the individual versus that of the institution -- Pt. 2. The econo-geographic aspects of emergence, cooperation and survival -- Pt. 3. The cultural levels of nation, gender, profession, sector and region in emergence, cooperation and survival.

Mergers and remedies in the EU : an overview -- The literature on merger remedies -- Classification of merger remedies -- Methodology for assessment of mergers and remedies -- Structure and competitive process in paper and board markets -- Assessment of remedies adopted by the EC in paper...