This examination of multinational location strategy focuses on the areas of economics, management and policy. It discusses issues such as regionalism and international trade; location patterns, local content rules and foreign direct investment; and, plant location in Eastern European countries

This book contains selected papers first presented at the Canada-United States Business Conference held at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, on April 11-12, 2003. The set of 18 chapters in this book are grouped into three major sections. Part I deals with regional economic...

International Business education and research became institutionalized in leading US business schools in the 1960's. One of the most influential business schools and one of the first to develop a full international business department was Indiana University. In the first two sections of this...

This volume contains recent chapters dealing with empirical tests of the relationship between multinationality (M) and performance (P). This is a traditional topic in the area of international business, but recently there has been renewed interest, partly due to theoretical advances such as the...

Introduction / Richard W. Wright -- Theoretical foundations of international entrepreneurship / Leo-Paul Dana, Hamid Etemad, Richard W. Wright -- A framework for understanding accelerated international entrepreneurship / Benjamin M. Oviatt, Patricia P. McDougall -- The role of alliances in...

Introduction / Alan M. Rugman, Alain Verbeke -- Generic strategies in global competition / Alan M. Rugman, Alain Verbeke -- From Adam Smith to Schumpeterian global firms / Yair Aharoni -- Methodological limitations of Porter's three generic strategies' framework / Marc Jegers -- The dynamics of...

Introduction / Alan M. Rugman -- Transnational networks and global competition : an organizing framework / Alan M. Rugman, Alain Verbeke -- The strategic management of multinationals in a triad-based world economy / Daniel van den Bulcke -- A critical analysis of Porter's framework on the...