The Oxford Handbook of International Business

by Rugman, Alan M.; Brewer, Thomas L.

• ISBN13: 9780199241828
• ISBN10: 0199241821
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of International Business comprises twenty-eight original chapters from the world's most distinguished scholars in the field of international business. United as a whole, these reflect both the present structure of the field and the major intellectual issues of current andlikely future interest. Demonstrating analytical insight and critical thinking, the authors are all authorities on their chosen topics and have been active as leaders in the Academy of International Business. Their chapters survey and synthesize relevant literature of recent years, ensuring that thevolume will be a primary reference for students and scholars throughout the social sciences. The book is split into five major sections, providing comprehensive coverage of the following areas: the history and theory of the multinational enterprise; the political and policy environment of international business; strategies of multinational enterprises; the financial areas of themultinational enterprise (marketing, finance and accounting, HRM, and innovation); and business systems in Asia, South America, and the transitional economies.

Author Biography

Alan M. Rugman is Thames Water Professor in Strategic Management, Templeton College, University of Oxford. Previous positions have included Professor of International Business at Delhousie University (1980-87) and Professor of International Business at the University of Toronto (1987-98). Thomas L. Brewer is Associate Professor and Editor of JIBS at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xiii
List of Tables	xv
List of Contributors	xvii
PART I HISTORY AND THEORY OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
The History of Multinational Enterprise	3	(33)
Mira Wilkins
The Key Literature on IB Activities: 1960-2000	36	(33)
John H. Dunning
International Trade Theory and International Business	69	(19)
James R. Markusen
Strategic Complexity in International Business	88	(39)
Peter Buckley
Mark Casson
Theories of the Multinational Enterprise	127	(23)
Jean-Francois Hennart
Location, Competitiveness, and the Multinational Enterprise	150	(31)
Alan M. Rugman
Alain Verbeke
PART II THE POLITICAL AND POLICY ENVIRONMENT
Sovereignty@Bay: Globalization, Multinational Enterprise, and the International Political System	181	(25)
Stephen J. Kobrin
National Policies and Domestic Politics	206	(26)
Debora L. Spar
The Multilateral Trading System	232	(27)
Sylvia Ostry
Capital Flows, Capital Controls, and International Business Risk	259	(23)
David M. Berg
Stephen E. Guisinger
Multilateral Institutions and Policies: Their Implications for Multinational Business Strategy	282	(35)
Thomas L. Brewer
Stephen Young
PART III STRATEGY FOR MNEs
Strategy and the Multinational Enterprise	317	(32)
Stephen B. Tallman
George S. Yip
The Multinational Enterprise as an Organization	349	(31)
D. Eleanor Westney
Srilata Zaheer
Strategy and Management in MNE Subsidiaries	380	(22)
Julian Birkinshaw
Strategic Alliances	402	(29)
Andrew C. Inkpen
PART IV MANAGING THE MNE
Innovation and Information Technology in the MNE	431	(26)
John Cantwell
Contemporary Research Trends in International Marketing: The 1990s	457	(46)
Masaaki (Mike) Kotabe
Culture and Human Resources Management	503	(34)
John L. Graham
Environmental Policy and International Business	537	(21)
Alan M. Rugman
Alain Verbeke
International Financial Management and Multinational Enterprises	558	(33)
Michael Bowe
James W. Dean
Taxes, Transfer Pricing, and the Multinational Enterprise	591	(32)
Lorraine Eden
PART V REGIONAL STUDIES
Japan	623	(29)
D. Eleanor Westney
Interenational Business in Latin America	652	(29)
Robert Grosse
China and International Business	681	(35)
John Child
International Business Research on Transition Economies	716	(44)
Klaus E. Meyer
The Smaller Economies of Pacific Asia and their Business Systems	760	(25)
Gordon Redding
PART VI CONCLUSIONS
Methodological Contributions in International Business and the Direction of Academic Research Activity	785	(33)
Bruce Kogut
Multinational Enterprises and Public Policy	818	(25)
Alan M. Rugman
Alain Verbeke
Subject Index	843	(17)
Author Index	860