1. The Beginnings of the European Union and Overview of the Book -- 2. Car Production and the Four Phases of European Integration, 1958-2017 -- 3. Introduction to Part II: The Early Belgian Car Industry -- 4. Ford Motor in Belgium -- 5. General Motors in Belgium -- 6. A History of Renault...

1. Is Transaction Cost Economics Behavioral? -- 2. Clarifying Key Terms and Philosophical Foundations of Transaction Cost Economics -- 3. Opportunism and Bounded Rationality in Transaction Cost Economics: Values, Attitudes, or Behaviors? -- 4. Modeling Bounded Rationality: Mediation or...

This book introduces readers to the main types of corporate sustainability practices. The first section examines both the ratings provided by international agencies and the various ESG (Environmental, Social and Government) indexes existing at 2021. In turn, the second part empirically...

The global economy as the macro-environment -- Theories of internationalization -- Market entry decisions -- Market entry modes -- The coordination and configuration of global value chains (GVCs) -- The management of the multinational firm.

Managing Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment focuses on the management of Chinese outward foreign direct investment at the organisational level. Considering investment as a process, the book addresses managerial issues from strategic entry decisions to corporate sustainable development

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Description of the Research -- Part II: Capital Globalization and Institutional Activism: Foreign Institutional Investors in Emerging Economies -- Chapter 2: Institutional Investment and Integration of Global Capital System -- Chapter 3: QFIIs’ Institutional...

Insights on China's economic cooperation with foreign countries -- Science & Technology -- New Infrastructures for the Digital Economy -- Relaxed Financial Policies & Venture Capital -- Energy, Automobile & Aircraft -- Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) -- Health Care & Life Sciences --...

Based on their ability to facilitate interdependencies across the borders of national and regional markets, multinationals enterprises (MNEs) act as the key drivers of world trade and investment activities. While recent global challenges additionally highlight the need to explain and assess the...

INTRODUCTION—RETHINKING THE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN THEORY -- Chapter 1. Understanding the Background of the Upgrading of Chinese Enterprises -- Chapter 2. Literature Research into Enterprise Upgrading -- Chapter 3. Case Study of Enterprise Upgrading -- Chapter 4. Empirical Study on Overall...

Part I Introduction to Megatrends -- Megatrends in International Business: An Introduction to the Theme -- Megatrends and International Business -- Part II Entrepreneurship Trends -- Trends in International Entrepreneurship -- IGOs and Entrepreneurship: Understanding the Impact of Policy...