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 / 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...