Resources, Efficiency and Globalization

by Dimitratos, Pavlos; Jones, Marian V.

• ISBN13: 9780230236530
• ISBN10: 0230236537
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

International business for the modern firm has to compromise the need to use limited resources and achieve efficiency in the global marketplace. This book examines these issues from the viewpoint of the internationalized SME, the big multinational and the local subsidiary drawing on research conducted in different countries.

Author Biography

Dr Pavlos Dimitratos is Assistant Professor at the Athens University of Economics Business, Greece. Dr Marian V. Jones is Professor at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Foreword	p. xiii
List of Contributors	p. xiv
Resources, Efficiency, and Globalization: International Business in the Modern Era	p. 1
MNE Strategies, Governance, and Efficiency
Which Comes First: Domestic or Foreign Subsidiaries? Analysis of Global Integration and Local Responsiveness among Japanese Service Companies	p. 13
The Role of Virtual Integration, Commitment, and Knowledge-Sharing in Improving International Supplier Responsiveness	p. 27
MNE Location and Human Resources
The Importance of Location: Does Outward FDI lead to Unemployment?	p. 47
Agglomeration and Flows of Inward and Outward Direct Investment: An Analysis of Financial Services in the United Kingdom	p. 63
Resources of Multinational Enterprises Used for Corporate Political Activities in the European Union	p. 84
Career Orientations of the 21st-century Knowledge Professionals	p. 114
Subsidiaries and Resource Transfer
Experience and Performance in Interunit Knowledge Transfer	p. 133
Embedded Subsidiaries and the Involvement of Headquarters in Innovation Transfer Processes	p. 156
Internationalized SMEs, Strategies, and Efficiency
Hybrid Competitive Strategies for Achieving Superior Performance During Global Expansion: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Originating in SMOPECs	p. 181
Standardization versus Adaptation of the Marketing Mix Strategy in SME Exports	p. 193
Knowledge Management and Growth Strategies: Evidence from Chinese Knowledge-Intensive New Ventures	p. 212
A Conceptualization of e-Risk Perceptions and the Offline-Online Risk Trade-Off for Small Firm Internationalization	p. 233
Internationalized SMEs, Resources, and Entrepreneurship
Resources and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Case of High-Technology SMEs in Portugal	p. 249
The Internationalization of Knowledge-Based Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises from Syria	p. 268
Using the Resource-Based View to Advance International Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Review on How Far Have We Come since Peng's 2001 Predictions?	p. 294
Barriers to the Internationalization of SMEs: An Analysis from the Perspective of Support Service Providers	p. 310
Index	p. 327
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