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 --...

The early research on multinational enterprises usually relied on traditional economic theory or relatively simple but powerful theories developed in the field of international business. They were developed to help us understand why firms entered international markets. However, as the field of...

Preface / Joseph L.C. Cheng, Elizabeth Maitland, Stephen Nicholas -- In search of the matrix advantage: a reexamination of the fit of matrix structures to transnational strategy / Lex Donaldson -- The dynamics of attention markets in multinational enterprises / Cyril Bouquet, Julian Birkinshaw...

Offers details on the topic of managing multinational teams. Divided into three parts, this book presents theorizing and research from a multidisciplinary (e.g., psychology-, communications/technology-, organizational behavior-, and strategy-oriented) group of scholars