This book explores the regional strategy and management of Japanese MNEs in Europe. Ken-ichi Ando investigates, using case studies of the auto and pharmaceutical industries, how these companies can, and do, overcome the inherent difficulties and opportunities of trading in Europe, including the...

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...

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- I. Internationale Megafusionen auf globalisierten Märkten -- II. Wettbewerb und Wettbewerbspolitik -- III. Vorteile und Gefahren von Fusionen auf globalen Märkten -- IV. Internationale Fusionen und wirksame Wettbewerbspolitik -- Literatur -- Register --...