The Multinational Enterprise Revisited The Essential Buckley and Casson

by Buckley, Peter J.; Casson, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780230515994
• ISBN10: 0230515991
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book contains the key writings by the authors on the future of the multinational enterprise published over the last thirty years. It contains seminal pieces with a new introduction and conclusion to tie these pieces together in a comprehensive overview of the theory of the multinational enterprise.

Author Biography

Peter J. Buckley is Professor of International Business at the University of Leeds. Mark Casson is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vi
List of Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
The Future of the Multinational Enterprise after 30 Years	p. 1
The Optimal Timing of a Foreign Direct Investment	p. 25
A Theory of Cooperation in International Business	p. 41
Multinational Enterprises in Less Developed Countries: Cultural and Economic Interactions	p. 68
Organising for Innovation: The Multinational Enterprise in the Twenty-First Century	p. 96
An Economic Model of International Joint Venture Strategy	p. 118
Models of the Multinational Enterprise	p. 147
Analysing Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Extending the Internalization Approach	p. 177
The Moral Basis of Global Capitalism: Beyond the Eclectic Theory	p. 205
Strategic Complexity in International Business	p. 239
Edith Penrose's Theory of the Growth of the Firm and the Strategic Management of Multinational Enterprises	p. 277
Index	p. 301
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