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Bundling in a semi‐global economy

Mourdoukoutas, Pavlos; Mourdoukoutas, Panos - In: European Business Review 16 (2004) 5, pp. 522-530

Crosscurrents between globalization and localization have created two world industry segments, an open highly …

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Finance strategies of rapidly‐growing Finnish SMEs: Born Internationals and Born Globals

Gabrielsson, Mika; Sasi, Viveca; Darling, John - In: European Business Review 16 (2004) 6, pp. 590-604

of financing strategies and the commensurate finance management capabilities on the globalization of Finnish Born …

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FDI, international business and regulation

Vindelyn Smith‐Hillman, A.; Omar, Maktoba - In: European Business Review 17 (2005) 1, pp. 69-82

Purpose – Multinational corporations (MNCs) occupy a central role within the process of globalisation as evidenced through global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows valued at US$3.1 trillion by the end of 2000. The importance of regulation is evident through the significant growth in...

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Renault‐Nissan: a marriage of necessity?

Donnelly, Tom; Morris, David; Donnelly, Tim - In: European Business Review 17 (2005) 5, pp. 428-440

Purpose – To examine the reasons why Renault of France and Nissan of Japan entered into a merger. Over the past decade the automotive industry has been subject to a spate of merges and take‐overs which not only brought about a considerable degree of consolidation, which made it increasingly...

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Company oriented investment interest and cross‐border transactions under globalisation

Bitzenis, Aristidis P. - In: European Business Review 17 (2005) 6, pp. 547-565

Purpose – To investigate the trends of world foreign direct investment (FDI) flows during the last decades and to explore the reasons behind these trends and to examine the role of multinationals and their investment activities. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the...

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An examination of the globalisation of authorship in publishing in 20 leading marketing journals

Polonsky, Michael Jay; Garma, Romana; Mittelstaedt, John D. - In: European Business Review 18 (2006) 6, pp. 437-456

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the global contribution of academics to marketing literature between 1999 and 2003, based on an examination of the location of academics institution of employment, as reported in published works. The data is used to evaluate the global...

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The remarkable performance of international marketing in the second half of the twentieth century

Czinkota, Michael R.; Coskun Samli, A. - In: European Business Review 19 (2007) 4, pp. 316-331

in the age of globalization. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a chronological review of international … international marketing to continue to perform in its spectacular manner, the field needs to cross fertilize with globalization …/value – The paper carefully identifies the relationship between globalization and international marketing and posits that the …

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The strategic orientations of rapidly internationalizing software companies

Ruokonen, Mika; Saarenketo, Sami - In: European Business Review 21 (2009) 1, pp. 17-41

internationalization behavior. Findings – It is argued that the manifestations of the orientations evolve as the small company develops …, and these concepts are thus strongly related to the internationalization process. Further, an entrepreneurial orientation … of the strategic orientations during the internationalization process of small companies. …

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Child labour and supply chain: profitability or (mis)management

Zutshi, Ambika; Creed, Andrew; Sohal, Amrik - In: European Business Review 21 (2009) 1, pp. 42-63

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a realistic assessment, with an historical perspective, of the current practises and progress made by organisations towards elimination of child labour in global supply chains. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review in the area of...

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Enhancement of global business practices: lessons from the Hindu Bhagavad Gita

Chinna Natesan, N.; Keeffe, Michael J.; Darling, John R. - In: European Business Review 21 (2009) 2, pp. 128-143

Purpose – The basis of global business operations in the twenty‐first century is knowledge. The Hindu scriptural reference, the Bhagavad Gita , interpreted as “Celestial Song” or “Song of God,” is quickly becoming a critical resource in this relatively new paradigm. This paper aims...

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