Introduction -- Defining and measuring globalization (with Steven A. Altman) -- The depth of globalization -- Globalization in historical perspective (with Geoffrey G. Jones) -- The globalization of business -- The breadth of globalization and distance -- Distances at industry and company level...

The Laws of Globalization and Business Applications employs a variety of empirical methodologies to establish two broad regularities that apply to international activity at the firm, industry, and country levels - the law of semiglobalization and the law of distance - and explores some of their...

The problem of designing, coordinating, and managing complex systems has been central to the management and organizations literature. Recent writings have tended to offer modularity as, at least, a partial solution to this design problem. Two unifying themes characterize the extant literature on...