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After more than fifty years of systematic research on multinational enterprises (MNEs) what is apparent is that there is, as yet, no unified or dominant theory of the MNE. The objective of this book is to bring into focus one particular dimension of MNE behaviour and activity that has been...
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This book offers an important contribution to the contemporary debate on the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in economic development in an increasingly globalizing, knowledge-intensive and alliance-based world economy
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Multinational companies are crucial actors in a global knowledge-based economy, combining the advantages of global and locally coordinated production and innovation strategies with specific regional and national factors. This book questions how MNCs can best exploit institutionally embedded...
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Globalisation is an issue that has been high on the research agenda for several years, spawning a vast and at times unwieldy literature. A concept often ill-defined, it has generated a plethora of unresolved and fiercely contested questions, the nature of which depends on which side of the...
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pt. 1. Learning from early scholars -- pt. 2. An institutional perspective on international business scholarship -- pt. 3. FDI and the competitiveness of firms and countries -- pt. 4. Some ethical challenges of global capitalism -- pt. 5. Some personal reflections.
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entrepreneurship, from a variety of national perspectives and from a variety of disciplines. Globalization has begun to dismantle the …. Local markets are becoming integral parts of broader, global markets. As globalization proceeds apace, entrepreneurs and …
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ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Stages of globalization : from knowledge transfer to industrialized innovation -- ch. 3 …
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This authoritative title presents seminal papers from leading academics on the evolving field of globalization and its … important research areas including the antecedents of the global factory, the effect of globalization on international networks …-22. -- Kaplinsky, R. (2001), 'Is Globalization all it is Cracked up to be?', Review of International Political Economy, 8 (1), 45 …
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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...
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emerging global economy : the multinational solution -- 4. Globalization, economic restructuring and development -- 5. Regions …, globalization and the knowledge-based economy : the issues stated -- 6. Location and the multinational enterprise : a neglected … factor? -- 7. Globalization, technological change and the spatial organization of economic activity -- 8. Evaluating the …
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