provided by this work. As such, it makes a distinct contribution to the furtherance of evidence-based management theory and … practice and will strongly appeal to those with an interest in management, international business and Asian studies …

This book expands the business network view on managerial issues in multinational corporations. Specifically, it … scrutinises the importance of a subsidiary's external and internal business network for its strategic and organizational role …. Management of the embedded multinational …

the concept of alliance blocks from a social network perspective, and explores the relationship between alliance block … membership and innovative performance in a changing technological environment. The book demonstrates that as an alliance network …, firms in alliance blocks are likely to apply for more patents, hold more central positions in the network, have larger …