The Multinational Enterprise and the Globalization of Knowledge

This collection of papers explores the multinational enterprise and the transfer of knoweldge focusing in particular on foreign investment and the transformation of China.

PETER J. BUCKLEY is Professor of International Business and Director of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds.

Introduction and Overview * PART ONE: THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE, KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORKS * A Global System View of Firm Boundaries--P.Buckley & N.Hashai * A Formal Analysis of Knowledge Combination in Multinational Enterprises--P.Buckley & M.J.Carter * Asian Network Firms: An Analytical Framework--P.Buckley * PART TWO: GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY * Globalisation, Economic Geography and the Strategy of International Enterprises--P.Buckley & P.N.Ghauri * Cartography and International Business--P.Buckley * United States Foreign Direct Investment into Canada: An Empirical Analysis with Emphasis on the Free Trade Hypothesis--P.Buckley, J.Clegg, N.Forsans & K.T.Reilly * PART THREE: KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES * Knowledge Transfer to China: Policy Lessons from Foreign Affiliates--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan * The Art of Knowledge Transfer: Secondary and Reverse Transfer in China's Telecommunications Manufacturing Industry--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan * Language and Social Knowledge in the Foreign Knoweldge Transfer to China--P.Buckley, M.Carter, J.Clegg & H.Tan * PART FOUR: FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND TRANSFORMATION IN CHINA * The Relationship between Inward Foreign Direct Investment and the Performance of Domestically Owned Chinese Manufacturing Industry--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & C.Wang * Reform and Restructuring in a Chinese State Owned Enterprise: Sinotrans in the 1990s--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan * The Strategy of Foreign-Invested Manufacturing Enterprises in China: Export-Oriented and Market-Oriented FDI Revisited--P.Buckley & C.Meng * PART FIVE: RESEARCH AGENDA * The Research Agenda in International Business: Past, Present and the Future--P.Buckley & F.De Beule Introduction and Overview * PART ONE: THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE, KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORKS * A Global System View of Firm Boundaries--P.Buckley & N.Hashai * A Formal Analysis of Knowledge Combination in Multinational Enterprises--P.Buckley & M.J.Carter * Asian Network Firms: An Analytical Framework--P.Buckley * PART TWO: GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY * Globalisation, Economic Geography and the Strategy of International Enterprises--P.Buckley & P.N.Ghauri * Cartography and International Business--P.Buckley * United States Foreign Direct Investment into Canada: An Empirical Analysis with Emphasis on the Free Trade Hypothesis--P.Buckley, J.Clegg, N.Forsans & K.T.Reilly * PART THREE: KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES * Knowledge Transfer to China: Policy Lessons from Foreign Affiliates--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan * The Art of Knowledge Transfer: Secondary and Reverse Transfer in China's Telecommunications Manufacturing Industry--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan * Language and Social Knowledge in the Foreign Knoweldge Transfer to China--P.Buckley, M.Carter, J.Clegg & H.Tan * PART FOUR: FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND TRANSFORMATION IN CHINA * The Relationship between Inward Foreign Direct Investment and the Performance of Domestically Owned Chinese Manufacturing Industry--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & C.Wang * Reform and Restructuring in a Chinese State Owned Enterprise: Sinotrans in the 1990s--P.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan * The Strategy of Foreign-Invested Manufacturing Enterprises in China: Export-Oriented and Market-Oriented FDI Revisited--P.Buckley & C.Meng * PART FIVE: RESEARCH AGENDA * The Research Agenda in International Business: Past, Present and the Future--P.Buckley & F.De Beule