Business networks and strategic alliances in China : an introduction / Stewart Clegg, Yuan Wang, and Mike Berrell -- The nature of power, control, trust, and risk in international joint ventures / Mike Berrell -- The role of culture in international business relations / Jan Selmer -- Social...

This cumulative dissertation deals with the potential of underexplored cultural sources for innovation. Nowadays, firms recognize an increasing demand for innovation to keep pace with an ever-growing dynamic worldwide competition. Knowledge is one of the most crucial sources and resource, while...

Multinational enterprises have increasingly sought to organise their activities internationally in order to achieve greater efficiency and better optimisation of their market share and rent generation. However, MNEs do not regard all locations as being equivalent. Smaller economies and...