pt. I: Comparative analysis -- pt. II: Large national markets and large family groups (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina) -- pt. III: Business families and politics in small and medium sized markets (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras) -- pt. IV: Business families between dictatorship And democracy (Spain,...

This important book assembles formative articles that demonstrate how business history emerged as a discipline from the interwar years until the present day. The essays, drawn from authors in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America, document the remarkable intellectual achievements of...

pt. I. Extending theoretical and conceptual thinking about emerging markets -- pt. II. Operational practices in emerging markets and their implications -- pt. III. Looking forward : eclectic perspectives on emerging markets.

The world economy is near a critical crossroads, as a rising China, the greatest-ever beneficiary of US-led capitalism, dreams to replace America's supremacy as a new hegemonic power with a non-liberal world order. This third volume of the trilogy on reformulating the 'flying-geese' theory...

1. Introduction / Robert Taylor -- Part I: overall overview -- 2. Emerging Asian economies and MNC strategies: a review of the literature / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan -- 3. Regional production networks in Asia - a focus on china, japan and korea / Françoise Nicolas -- 4. Selected Asian...

Introduction -- 1. Towards corporate self-regulation -- 2. Disciplining MNCs: corporate reputation as a driver of ideational change -- 3. Exploring the idea of a self-regulating corporation -- 4. Royal Dutch Shell's PR-led approach to self-regulation -- 5. The rise and fall and rise of the...

1. International business in a changing world environment -- 2. Whither global capitalism? -- 3. Some paradoxes of the emerging global economy : the multinational solution -- 4. Globalization, economic restructuring and development -- 5. Regions, globalization and the knowledge-based economy :...

1. An institutional perspective on entrepreneurship in international business -- 2. Transnational entrepreneurship in two contrasting Asian contexts : Hong Kong and Singapore -- 3. City-states and their global reach : outward investments from Hong Kong and Singapore -- 4. Entrepreneurs in...

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...

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...