Managerial Issues in International Business

This thirteenth volume of the Academy of International Business series reflects the complexity of challenges faced by managers in today's global economy and the richness of the academic field of international business. It is novel in the range of issues it brings together with a number of chapters on two important contemporary themes in international business: the internationalization of services and doing business in China. The book concludes with the collective thoughts of several prominent international business scholars on new directions for international business scholarship.

FELICIA M. FAI is a Lecturer in International Business and ELEANOR J. MORGAN is Senior Lecturer in Business Economics, both at the University of Bath's School of Management.

List of Tables

vii

List of Figures

viii

Foreword

ix

Jeremy Clegg

Notes on the Contributors

xi

1 Managerial Issues in International Business: Introduction

1

(8)

Felicia M. Fai and Eleanor J. Morgan

2 The Relevance of Internationalization Theories: a Contingency Framework

9

(24)

Carl Arthur Solberg and Vidar Askeland

3 Cheating and Incentive Schemes in International Joint Ventures

33

(17)

Ursula F. Ott

4 Managerial Perspectives on Business Purpose: Values, National Values and Institutions

50

(17)

Simon Harris and Chris Carr

5 A New Perspective on Parenting Spin-offs for Cluster Formation

67

(18)

Manuel P. Ferreira, William Hesterly and Ana Teresa Tavares

6 Towards an Explanation of MNE FDI in the City of London Financial Services Cluster

85

(17)

Naresh R. Pandit, Gary A.S. Cook and Pervez N. Ghauri

7 International Entrepreneurship and Managing Network Dynamics: SMEs in the UK Advertising Sector

102

(21)

Dev K. Boojihawon

8 Cross-border Management Issues in International Law Firms

123

(18)

Susan Segal-Horn and Alison Dean

9 The Performance Management—Training Interface in Australian Firms in China

141

(21)

Susan McGrath-Champ and Xiaohua Yang

10 Country of Origin Effects on Knowledge Transfers from MNEs to their Chinese Suppliers: an Exploratory Investigation

162

(18)

Jing-Lin Duanmu

11 Foreign Direct Investment Flows into an Integrating Europe: MNE Strategy and Location Decisions, 1981-2001

180

(15)

Dimitra Dimitropoulou and Robert Pearce

12 New Directions in International Business

195

(13)

Simon Collinson, Peter Buckley, John Dunning and George Yip

Index

208

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