This chapter is from the book "Conquering Global Markets: Secrets from the World's Most Successful Multinationals" which presents the findings of one of the largest research projects undertaken of its type. Senior executives from fifty multinational companies from sixteen countries were...

Since the advent of state sovereignty with the Peace of Westphalia, powerful Western nations have determined and applied international law in a manner that advance their national interests. In short, the international legal process has been a mechanism of hegemony, and powerful Western nations...

Transfer pricing rules in India, were introduced in 2001, however, there are issues of tedious documentation, complicated procedures, rigorous penalties. Therefore, this subject has emerged as biggest source of courtroom battles. Recently, system has been improved by incorporating APAs, SHRs,...

The paper opens by mapping the changes in the global auto industry in the 1990s, showing how the rapid growth in sales and production between 1990 and 1997 came largely from the emerging markets rather than the Triad regions (North America, the European Union and Japan). However, for some of...

Because of its resource and labour intensity, the wood furniture sector presents an opportunity for developing countries and their firms to participate effectively in the global economy. This paper begins with a brief description of the global wood furniture industry and highlights the...

This paper models strategic taxation policy of home and host governments when a multinational enterprise sets transfer prices on globally joint inputs such as research and development. Tax credit and deduction allowances, as well as no taxation of foreign-earned profits, result in identical...

We examine in this paper the differential response of establishments to the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in determining micro economic performance. Using a new worldwide dataset that reports the activities of more than 12...

This paper describes the trends in foreign bank ownership across the world and presents, for the first time, empirical evidence on the causes of foreign banks' withdrawal from other nations. Using maximum likelihood estimation techniques and data on 81 closed foreign bank subsidiaries across 37...