In this timely volume emanating from the National Bureau of Economic Research's program in international economics, leading economists address recent developments in three important areas. The first section of the book focuses on international comparisons of output and prices, and includes...

People passionately disagree about the nature of the globalization process. The failure of both the 1999 and 2003 World Trade Organization's (WTO) ministerial conferences in Seattle and Cancun, respectively, have highlighted the tensions among official, international organizations like the WTO,...

Introduction -- The Lesson -- Applying The Lesson to Basic Transactions -- Applying The Lesson to More Complex Transactions -- Documentation and Tax Audits -- Closing Remarks - A Kind Word to Tax Auditors and Policymakers

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Past Research on Performance Evaluation of International Subsidiaries / Holzer, H. Peter -- Company Approaches -- Accounting Techniques Utilized for the Evaluation of International Subsidiaries: The IBM Case / Rubino, R. J. -- Monsanto Company - Managing...

International Joint Ventures (IJVs) combine the resources of local and foreign firms to create independent business entities that are able to avoid the risks of cross-border transactions and to gain access to new markets. Despite these advantages, the failure rate of IJVs is very high. This book...

This research volume in honour of the late Daniél Van Den Bulcke, one of the founding fathers of the European Business Academy (EIBA) and a core institution builder of the Academy of International Business (AIB), focuses on conceptual innovations in assessing the impact of institutions on...