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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456818303321

Titolo

Dynamics of globalization [[electronic resource] ] : location-specific advantages or liabilities of foreignness? / / edited by Christian Geisler Asmussen ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16041-2

9786613160416

0-85724-992-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Collana

Advances in international management, , 1571-5027 ; ; v. 24

Altri autori (Persone)

AsmussenChristian Geisler

Disciplina

337

338.9

Soggetti

Globalization

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

FRONT COVER; DYNAMICS OF GLOBALIZATION: LOCATION-SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES OR LIABILITIES OF FOREIGNNESS?; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORS' BIOGRAPHY; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW OF VOLUME 24; NOTE; PART I; INTRODUCTION TO PART I: BOOZ & CO./STRATEGY + BUSINESS EMINENT SCHOLAR IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT 2010; THE TRANSNATIONAL TRANSITION AND THE MULTINATIONAL FIRM; INTRODUCTION; THE TRANSNATIONAL TRANSFORMATION; SPACE AND GEOGRAPHY; THE FRAGMENTATION OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY; STATES AND MARKETS; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FIRM; NOTES; REFERENCES

CONNECTING THE PLOTS: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF STEPHEN J. KOBRIN TO INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INTRODUCTION; POLITICAL RISK AND MNC-HOST GOVERNMENT BARGAINING; GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE; SCHOLARLY IMPACT AND PERSONAL REFLECTIONS; CLOSING COMMENTS; REFERENCES; GOVERNANCE IN A TRANSNATIONAL ERA: STEPHEN J. KOBRIN AND THE POST-WESTPHALIAN REALITY; INTRODUCTION; THE GLOBAL SPACE; TRANSNATIONAL GOVERNANCE AND NEW GOVERNANCE REGULATION;



CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II

INTRODUCTION TO PART II: DYNAMICS OF GLOBALIZATION: LOCATION-SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES OR LIABILITIES OF FOREIGNNESS?AN ORGANIZING MODEL OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION; REDUCED-FORM SOLUTION; THE EMERGENCE OF (PRE- AND POST-) EMERGING MARKETS; CONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; THE HOME-BASED ADVANTAGES AND A HIERARCHY OF LOCATION RESOURCES: FOREIGN AND LOCAL FIRMS DEPENDENCY ON LOCATION RESOURCES; INTRODUCTION; RESOURCE DEPENDENCY THEORY AND THE MNE: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGNNESS AND THE MNE INTERNAL NETWORK; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION AND EXTENSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES THE BENEFITS OF HIERARCHY? - EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS; INTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; OVERCOMING LIABILITIES OF FOREIGNNESS BY MODES OF STRUCTURAL COORDINATION: REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR ROLE IN TNCs; INTRODUCTION; TERMINOLOGY AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND; A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO SOLVE THE 'GLOCAL' DILEMMA; SUMMARY AND LIMITATIONS; REFERENCES; MOVING ABROAD: FACTORS THAT MOTIVATE FOREIGN LOCATION OF HEADQUARTER ACTIVITIES; INTRODUCTION

FIVE PREDICTIONS OF HEADQUARTERS LOCATION CHOICES RESEARCH DESIGN, CONTEXT AND DATA; RESULTS; ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SELECTING STATE OR PRIVATE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS IN EMERGING MARKETS: IMPACT OF LIABILITY OF FOREIGNNESS AND RULE OF LAW; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND; LOF AND PARTNER SELECTION; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; LIABILITY OF FOREIGNNESS AND LOCATION-SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES: TIME, SPACE AND RELATIVE ADVANTAGE; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF IB RESEARCH

FIRM VERSUS CONTEXT AND COMPARATIVE VERSUS INTERACTIVE: A TWO BY TWO MATRIX

Sommario/riassunto

Cross-border flows of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and ideas have substantially increased over the last decades. These developments have increased the interdependencies among previously separated economies, given rise to arguments regarding the flattening of the world. Yet, firms investing overseas continue to experience substantial liabilities stemming from their foreignness. At the same time new locations are appearing on the global map that offers very attractive location-specific advantages. In addition, the range of participants in international competition has widened, in terms o