Strategic International Management Text and Cases /

• Main Authors: Morschett, Dirk (Author), Schramm-Klein, Hanna (Author), Zentes, Joachim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2010.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Business.; Marketing.; Management.; Leadership.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

“Strategic International Management” takes a global perspective and covers the major aspects of international business strategies. It introduces the complexity of international business based on the perspective of Multinational Corporations as inter-organisational and intra-organisational networks....

Table of Contents:

• & Basic Definitions
• & Basic Definitions
• to Strategic International Management
• Multinational Corporations as Networks
• The Integration/Responsiveness-Framework
• Role Typologies for Foreign Subsidiaries
• Motives for Intelnationalisation
• The External Environment
• Market Barriers, Global and Regional Integration
• Competitive Advantage of Nations and Regional Clusters
• The Role of Country Culture for International Management
• International Coordination
• Formal and Informal Coordination Mechanisms
• International Organisational Structures as Coordination Mechanism
• Corporate Culture as Coordination Mechanism
• Corporate Social Responsibility of MNCs
• Foreign Operation Modes
• Basic Types and Theoretical Explanations of Foreign Operation Modes
• Buying, Outsourcing and Offshoring
• International Alliances
• Wholly-owned Subsidiaries, Greenfield Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Selected Value Chain Activities
• International Production & Sourcing
• International Research & Development
• International Marketing
• Selected International Business Functions
• International Human Resource Management
• International Control.