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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451554803321

Titolo

Critical perspectives on international business . Volume 3, Number 4 The Internet and its paradoxical nature in international business [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14346-4

9786611143466

1-84663-703-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

Critical Perspectives on International Business - Volume 3, Issue 4

Disciplina

338.8/897304

Soggetti

Globalization

Industrial management

International business enterprises - Social aspects

International trade

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Ignorant and impatient internationalization?; The ambiguous relationship of ICT and organizational performance: a literature review; ICT and MNE reorganisation: the paradox of control; Unravelling the paradoxes of the (new) digital economy: myths and realities; Paradoxical effects of the Internet from a consumer perspective

Sommario/riassunto

The guest editors of this e-book feel that role of the internet is often unjustly exaggerated in relation to international business theory and application. For them the internet has a paradoxical nature, which is explored in the articles that comprise the issue. The aim of the e-book was to bring together research that provides a basis for understanding novel international business phenomena, facilitated by the emergence the internet. The papers which are included cover areas of firm internationalization, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) facilitated relationships between small an