Managing multinationals in a knowledge economy economics, culture, and human resources /

This volume includes contributing chapters from authors based in Asia, Europe, and North America to examine an emerging topic in the international management field - managing multinationals in a knowledge economy. They were selected to reflect the influences of three key factors - economics, culture...

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Other Authors: Cheng, Joseph L. C. (Joseph Lap-Chiu), 1952-, Hitt, Michael A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2004.
Series:Advances in international management ; v. 15.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Joseph L.C. Cheng, Michael A. Hitt
  • An evolving paradigm of the economic determinants of international business activity / John H Dunning
  • The eclectic paradigm: the developmental years as a mirror on the evolution of the field of international business / Timothy M. Devinney
  • John Dunning's eclectic model and the beginnings of global strategy / Stephen Tallman
  • Searching for theories of dynamic relationships in business strategy: comment on John Dunning's "Relational assets, networks, and international business activity" paper / Will Mitchell
  • Understanding the dynamics of relational assets: comment on John Dunning's "Relational assets, networks, and international business activity" paper / Jose<U+00cc><U+0081> de la Torre
  • The role of culture in entry-mode studies: from neglect to myopia? / Anne-Wil Harzing
  • Top management teams in their national context / Rene<U+00cc><U+0081> Olie, Ad van Iterson
  • Cultural attributes of Russian management / Mikhail V. Grachev
  • Explaining the utilization of managerial expatriates from the perspectives of resource-based, agency, and transaction-costs theories / Danchi Tan, Joseph T. Mahoney
  • Out of touch? an evaluation of the correspondence between academic and practitioner concerns in IHRM / S. Arzu Wasti, Christopher Robert.