This book brings together the major, state-of-the-art approaches to the transnational firm in one volume. Leading international thinkers present overviews of a vibrant theoretical literature and assess the current state of analysis. Thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the explosive...

We claim that International Business (IB) scholars have made significant contributions of general interest and applicability to business and strategy scholarship, that could be attributed to their focus on the cross-border operations of firms; that theories and envelopes of foreign direct...

We explore conditions under which collaboration between pharmaceutical firms from 'advanced' and emerging countries becomes preferable to rivalry. We show that that when agreements, such as Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights, allow advanced country firms to take legal...