Multinational Enterprise Theory

Three Volume Se
ISBN: 978-1-4129-3513-5
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 1088 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 2028 g

Reihe: SAGE Library in Business and Management

The study of multinational enterprises that invest and control business activities in multiple countries is a cornerstone of international business scholarship. This major work is the first of its kind to collate, in three carefully structured volumes, the key writing of leading researchers of multinational enterprise theory. Selected by two of the most acclaimed and respected academics in the field, the seminal articles in this collection focus on core issues. Volumes include:

VOLUME I: The Multinational Enterprise:

Defining the Multinational Enterprise, Multinational versus Domestic Firms, Reactive Motivations for Foreign Direct Investment.

VOLUME II: Internationalization Process of the MNE:

Proactive Motivations for Foreign Direct Investment, The Internationalization Process, Modes of Entry, Emerging MNC Forms.

VOLUME III: Organizational Structure and Control:

Organizational Structure, Location of Decision Making, Forms of Operations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krug, Jeffrey A.

Daniels, John D.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Multinationale Unternehmen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume One
The Multinational Enterprise
PART ONE: DEFINING THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE (MNE)
The Nature and Scope of Multinational Enterprise - Franklin R Root
The Multinational Enterprise as an Economic Organization - Richard E Caves
PART TWO: MULTINATIONAL VERSUS DOMESTIC FIRMS
A: International Diversification
Investor Recognition of Corporate International Diversification - Tamir Agmon and Donald R Lessard
Investment Performance of U S-Based Multinational Companies - Raj Aggarwal
Comments and a Perspective on International Diversification of Real Assets
B: Multinationality and Firm Performance
Effects of International Diversity and Product Diversity on the Performance of Multinational Firms - Stephen Tallman and Jiatao Li
Multinationality and Firm Performance - Ki C Han, Suk Hun Lee and David Y Suk
The Evidence from Canadian Firms on Multinational Diversification and Performance - Ike Mathur, Manohar Singh and Kimberly C Gleason
The Relationship between Multinationality and the Performance of Taiwan Firms - Yi-Chein Chiang and Tzu-Hui Yu
International Diversification and Firm Performance in Mexican Firms - Douglas E Thomas
A Curvilinear Relationship?
C: Capital Structure
Multinational Corporations versus Domestic Corporations - Kwang Chul Lee and Chuck C Y Kwok
International Environmental Factors and Determinants of Capital Structure
The Determinants of Capital Structure for Australian Multinational and Domestic Corporations - Shumi Akhtar
PART THREE: REACTIVE MOTIVATIONS FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI)
A: Horizontal and Vertical Integration
Managing Manufacturing Rationalization within Multinational Companies - Yves L Doz
Multinational Enterprises and Wage Costs - Henrik Braconier, Pehr-Johan Norb[um]ack and Dieter Urban
Vertical FDI Revisited
An Empirical Assessment of the Proximity-Concentration Trade-off between Multinational Sales and Trade - S Lael Brainard
B: Resource- and Knowledge-Seeking Motives
The Persistance of Distance? The Impact of Technology on MNE Motivations for Foreign Investment - Lilach Nachum and Srilata Zaheer
Investing for Strategic Resources and Its Rationale - Ping Deng
The Case of Outward FDI from Chinese Companies
C: Oligopolistic Reaction
Oligopolistic Reactions in European and Canadian Direct Investment in the United States - Edward Brown Flowers
D: Agglomeration and Regional Clustering
Host Country Characteristics and Agglomeration in Foreign Direct Investment - Pontus Braunerhjelm and Roger Svensson
Growth and Agglomeration - Philippe Martin and Gianmarco I P Ottaviano
Agglomeration Economies, Firm Heterogeneity and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States - Myles J Shaver and Fredrick Flyer
Volume Two
Internationalization Process of the MNE
PART FOUR: PROACTIVE MOTIVATIONS FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI)
A: Monopolistic Advantage Theory
The Influence of Hymer's Dissertation on the Theory of Foreign Direct Investment - John H Dunning and Alan M Rugman
The Theory of Direct Investment - Charles P Kindleberger
The Efficiency and Welfare Implications of the International Corporation - Harry G Johnson
B: Appropriability and Internalization Theories
The Theory of the International Firm - John C McManus
Information and the Multinational Corporation - Stephen P Magee
An Appropriability Theory of Direct Foreign Investment
New Theories of the Multinational Enterprise - Alan M Rugman
An Assessment of Internalization Theory
C: Eclectic Theory
The Eclectic (OLI) Paradigm of International Production - John H Dunning
Past, Present and Future
D: Product Life Cycle (PLC) Theory
International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle - Raymond Vernon
PART FIVE: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS
A: Risk and Commitment
Minimizing the Risks of Moving Abroad - John G McDonald
The Internationalization Process of the Firm - Jan Johanson and Jan-Erik Vahlne
A Model of Knowledge Development and Incr

Über Autor(innen)

Krug, Jeffrey A.
Jeffrey Krug teaches strategic management and international business in the Ph.D., Executive MBA, MBA, and undergraduate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also an adjunct professor of international management at the University of Munster in Germany. He was named Outstanding Instructor of the Year by the University of Illinois Executive MBA program in 2003 and 2000. He also received the Faculty Service Award from the Executive MBA program for his work leading consulting projects in Europe with such companies as Porsche, Volkswagen, Caterpillar, Warsteiner, Deutsche Telekom, BASF, and Bertelsmann. Before entering academia, Dr. Krug was manager of planning & analysis in Latin America for PepsiCo's Kentucky Fried Chicken International division. Krug's research focuses on mergers and acquisition, corporate strategy, corporate governance, top management team effectiveness, and global strategy. His articles have been published in Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, California Management Review, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management & Governance, Journal of International Management, and other related journals