This book examines the role of knowledge within multinational enterprises and their global networks. It introduces the concept of 'Global Factory' - a framework for the understanding of spatially distributed activities under the control of a focal firm. It examines knowledge transfer processes in MNEs with particular reference to technology transfer to China. It also focuses on the role of foreign direct investment in the transformation of China. It ends with a research agenda.
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Foreward by Edward M. Graham
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction and Overview
PART ONE: THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE, KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORKS
A Global System View of Firm Boundaries; P.J.Buckley & N.Hashai
A Formal Analysis of Knowledge Combination in Multinational Enterprises; P.J.Buckley & M.J.Carter
Asian Network Firms: An Analytical Framework; P.J.Buckley
PART TWO: GLOBALISATION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Globalisation, Economic Geography and the Strategy of International Enterprises; P.J.Buckley & P.N.Ghauri
Cartography and International Business; P.J.Buckley
United States Foreign Direct Investment into Canada: An Empirical Analysis with Emphasis on the Free Trade Hypothesis; P.J.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.J.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan
The Art of Knowledge Transfer: Secondary and Reverse Transfer in China's Telecommunications Manufacturing Industry; P.J.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan
Language and Social Knowledge in Foreign Knoweldge Transfer to China; P.J.Buckley, M.J.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.J.Buckley, J.Clegg & C.Wang
Reform and Restructuring in a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise: Sinotrans in the 1990s; P.J.Buckley, J.Clegg & H.Tan
The Strategy of Foreign-Invested Manufacturing Enterprises in China: Export-Oriented and Market-Oriented FDI Revisited; P.J.Buckley & C.Meng
PART FIVE: RESEARCH AGENDA
The Research Agenda in International Business: Past, Present and the Future; P.J.Buckley & F.De Beule
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