A cast of prestigious international business scholars explore the emerging challenges and issues facing multinational enterprises. This book integrates the latest theories, thoughts and empirical evidence along with several case studies of international business in the 21st century. Foreign Direct Investment, internationalization, trust and leadership, global education and knowledge transfer are covered along with other current and emerging issues. It will be useful for scholars and students of international business, practitioners and policymakers.
Contents:1. IntroductionJohn H. Dunning2. Introductory Speech- Three Important Trends in Recent Global Economic DevelopmentJen-Hu ChangPART I: FDI AND MNES: SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS3. FDI, Globalization and DevelopmentJohn H. Dunning4. Foreign Direct Investment and Investor Strategies in ChinaPhillip Grub and Jia-Wen Yang5. An Econometric Investigation of Chinese Outward Direct InvestmentAdam Cross, Peter Buckley, Jeremy Clegg, Hinrich Voss, Mark Rhodes, Ping Zheng and Xin Lui6. From the Internationalization of R&D to a Global R&D NetworkHiroo TakahashiPART II: NEW DIRECTIONS OF THINKING IN IB RESEARCH7. International Business Studies: Episoidic or Evolutionary?Daniel P. Sullivan and John D. Daniels8. Ignorant Internationalization? The Uppsala Model and Internationalization Patterns for Internet-Related FirmsMats Forsgren and Peter Hagstrom9. The Value Creation Perspective of International Strategic ManagementReid W. Click10. Embedding the Multinational: Bridging Internal and External Networks in Transitional Institutional ContextsRay Loveridge11. Managerial Trust and Leadership in Global Management: Propensities to Trust, the Influence of National Culture on Trust and Conditional Trust-A Cross Cultural StudyJames J. Cavazzini and Min H. Lu12. Cultural Genes, Trust Model and the Specialization and Internationalization of the Management of Chinese Family EnterprisesDong-Lin Song and Zheng Li13. Subsidiary Role of Multinational Enterprises and Procedural JusticeTai-Ning Yang and Chuan-Ling Kang14. The History and Prospect of International Business Education in Japan and in the Asian RegionNoritake Kobayashi15. Globalization and Higher Education: Some Strategies Adopted by Waseda UniversityKenichi Enatsu16. Developing Singapore as A Global Education Hub: Opportunities and ChallengesAh-Keng Kau17. The Global Impact of American Restaurant Franchises: An International PerspectiveMahmood A. Khan and Maryam Khan18. Sustainable Tourism, Industrial Development and Multinational Corporations: A Case of Production Spillovers in MalaysiaWong Kong Yew and Tom Baum19. Managerial Philosophies, Peace Culture and the Performance of Multinational Enterprises Cross Cultural ManagementTsai-Mei Lin and Gua-Ming ChuangPART III: SOME TAIWANESE CASE STUDIES20. Resource Linkage and Capability LifecycleChia-Wen Hsu and Ho-min Chen21. An Empirical Examination of the Association Between Manufacturing Decisions and Performance Evaluation: Evidences from Taiwanese Listed Electronic FirmsFu-Jiing Shiue and Yi-Yin Yen22. Domestic Inter-Firm Networks and Corporate Internationalization: A Cross-Industry Study of Taiwanese SMEsKu-Ho Lin, Isabella M. Chaney, Thomas C. Lawton and Meng-Chun Liu23. The Influence of the Internet on the Internationalization of SMEs in TaiwanYi-Long Jaw and Chang-Liang Chen24. Knowledge Transfer and Entry Strategies of Taiwan TransnationalsWen-Kuri LiangIndex
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