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Selecting the best strategy is important if a firm is to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage, but many strategies fail not because they are improperly formulated but because they are poorly implemented. Strategy implementation is among the most important and most challenging issues with...

Preface / Joseph L.C. Cheng, Michael A. Hitt -- An evolving paradigm of the economic determinants of international business activity / John H Dunning -- The eclectic paradigm: the developmental years as a mirror on the evolution of the field of international business / Timothy M. Devinney --...