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This PIBR volume examines a number of idiosyncratic elements in the
internationalization strategies of BRIC MNEs and, in particular, in
their relationship with home country policies: 1. The theoretical
challenge: do we need different or more specific theories of EMNEs
to assess the phenomenon of BRIC multinationals? 2. The empirical
challenge: what marks the changing position of BRIC countries in
the world economy? 3. The managerial challenge: with the coming of
age of a new breed of multinationals, what distinguishes BRIC
multinationals from other (emerging market) multinationals? 4. The
policy making challenge: what impact have MNEs from BRIC countries
had on their domestic economy?
This highly topical book brings together some of the world's
leading specialists on the global car industry who discuss the ins
and outs of the faster lane of regionalism at a time that the world
is reassessing the ins and outs of globalization. It provides a
thorough and up-dated mapping of the worldwide geography of the car
industry, in the triad regions (Europe, North America and Japan),
and in the emerging countries and regions.
In the twenty-first century, as traditional divides are redefined,
bargaining over corporate responsibilities has increasingly centred
around corporate reputation and the question of whether businesses
are part of society's problems or part of their solution. This
ground-breaking book treats issues, strategies and societal
interaction in a homogenous manner and analyzes the nature of the
international bargaining society as it has matured. Discussing and
contextualizing contemporary debates on international corporate
social responsibility, globalization and the impact of reputation,
this key text integrates them into a new and coherent framework:
Societal Interface Management. Using this unique framework, it
explores the interfaces between international corporations,
governments and civil society representatives. Analytic and
revealing, the text applies the framework to in-depth studies of
Nike, Shell, Triumph International, GlaxoSmithKline and ExxonMobil.
It investigates the conflicts surrounding Burma, blood diamonds,
child labour, oil spills, food safety, patents on HIV/AIDS
medication and labour rights that have resulted in a large number
of disciplining activities. An accompanying website (www.ib-sm.org)
contains additional case studies, as well as issue dossiers on the
challenges confronting international firms. Drawing on a wealth of
experience both in research and teaching, the authors have
developed a text that integrates reputation, responsibility, ethics
and accountability. Clearly constructed, it is a must-have book for
all those studying or teaching business ethics, political
economics, economic geography, public relations, and corporate
social responsibility.
An accessible textbook for professionals, undergraduate, graduate
and executive students in business studies and economics that are
interested in effective approaches towards sustainability
challenges. The first textbook to take a multidisciplinary approach
to address wicked problems relating to the SDGs. Provides a guide
for action research by practitioners, as well as students.
An accessible textbook for professionals, undergraduate, graduate
and executive students in business studies and economics that are
interested in effective approaches towards sustainability
challenges. The first textbook to take a multidisciplinary approach
to address wicked problems relating to the SDGs. Provides a guide
for action research by practitioners, as well as students.
"The Logic of International Restructuring" argues that an
international restructuring race is evolving and is likely to
intensify over the coming years. The race is understod as a race
between industrial complex rather than between individual firms.
Industrial complexes are bargaining networks organized by large
core firms consisting of suppliers, distributors/dealers,
governments, financiers and trade unions. Ruigrok and van Tulder
identify five distinct ways according to which a core firm may
organize its relationship with its bargaining partners. Each of
these ways is unique in the sense that they have their own
bargaining logic. This implies that it is very difficult for a
company to successfully adopt isolated parts of what appear to be
"winning formulas" or "best-practices" at a given moment.
According to "The Logic of International Restructuring," this
logic is extended abroad. When a company establishes international
activities, it seeks to emulate its domestice restructuring
pattern. Ruigok and van Tulder identify a series of rival
internationalism strategies which follow from the logic of domestic
restructuring. Theses rival internationalism strategies, in turn,
each have different implications for the flows of international
trade. While some strategies depend heavily on global free trade
regime, others actually advance the formation of regional trade
blockings.
The Logic of International Restructuring addresses many current
debates on post-Fordism, globalisation and lean production. They
present an abundance of new and historical data on the world's one
hundred largest companies. These data show that not one of the
largest core firms is truly "global" or"borderless" and that
virtually all of them in their history have benefitted decisively
from governmental trade or industrial policies.
"The Logic of International Restructuring" argues that an
international restructuring race is evolving and is likely to
intensify over the coming years. The race is understod as a race
between industrial complex rather than between individual firms.
Industrial complexes are bargaining networks organized by large
core firms consisting of suppliers, distributors/dealers,
governments, financiers and trade unions. Ruigrok and van Tulder
identify five distinct ways according to which a core firm may
organize its relationship with its bargaining partners. Each of
these ways is unique in the sense that they have their own
bargaining logic. This implies that it is very difficult for a
company to successfully adopt isolated parts of what appear to be
"winning formulas" or "best-practices" at a given moment.
According to "The Logic of International Restructuring," this
logic is extended abroad. When a company establishes international
activities, it seeks to emulate its domestice restructuring
pattern. Ruigok and van Tulder identify a series of rival
internationalism strategies which follow from the logic of domestic
restructuring. Theses rival internationalism strategies, in turn,
each have different implications for the flows of international
trade. While some strategies depend heavily on global free trade
regime, others actually advance the formation of regional trade
blockings.
The Logic of International Restructuring addresses many current
debates on post-Fordism, globalisation and lean production. They
present an abundance of new and historical data on the world's one
hundred largest companies. These data show that not one of the
largest core firms is truly "global" or"borderless" and that
virtually all of them in their history have benefitted decisively
from governmental trade or industrial policies.
Managing the transition towards sustainable enterprise is a
daunting task for corporations and business leaders. Uniquely
combining practice and theory, this textbook provides a management
perspective, by considering the extent to which the 'business case'
for sustainability can be proven. Drawing on examples from twenty
frontrunner companies located in the Netherlands, it builds upon a
unique research project in which CEOs and middle-managers gave
access not only to their decision-making process, but also revealed
how their perceptions shaped the transition process. This book
identifies four different archetypes of business cases and related
business models that business students and managers can use to
identify phases and related attitudes towards sustainability.
Structured around this four phase model, the book provides in-depth
analysis and insight into: theoretical concepts and overview of the
relevant literature the business case for sustainability
behavioural characteristics of each phase and the typical barriers
between them more than seventy tipping points the role and
different categories of stakeholders; approaches to shaping
stakeholder dialogue; effective engagement of stakeholders in each
phase of transition how companies move through the phases towards
higher levels of sustainability insights of employees of the 20
companies to illustrate whether the business case was really
achieved summary of the interventions and efforts which have proved
successful in these companies. In addition to being a source of
inspiration for company managers, this book aims to offer students
of vocational and academic institutions at undergraduate and
postgraduate level insight into real-life transition processes
towards sustainability.
The Multiple Dimensions of Institutional Complexity in
International Business Research provides a fresh overview of many
novel international business research challenges as they pertain to
salient institutional dimensions with a locational component. The
first part of the Volume includes chapters honoring the work of
Eleanor Westney. These chapters address subject matter related to
globalization challenges in the realm of the 'new normal' of
populism and de-globalization tendencies. They focus on how the
'new normal', as well as various rapidly evolving institutions,
will affect the functioning of multinational enterprises. The
subsequent parts explore the impacts on international business of
home country institutions; host country institutions; cross-country
and subnational institutions; and finally, sustainability
pressures. The book is strongly focused on the multiple
contemporary dimensions of institutions and how they affect
internationally operating firms. It is a must read for scholars and
postgraduate students interested in the 'new normal' on a global
scale.
In the twenty-first century, as traditional divides are redefined,
bargaining over corporate responsibilities has increasingly centred
around corporate reputation and the question of whether businesses
are part of society's problems or part of their solution. This
ground-breaking book treats issues, strategies and societal
interaction in a homogenous manner and analyzes the nature of the
international bargaining society as it has matured. Discussing and
contextualizing contemporary debates on international corporate
social responsibility, globalization and the impact of reputation,
this key text integrates them into a new and coherent framework:
Societal Interface Management. Using this unique framework, it
explores the interfaces between international corporations,
governments and civil society representatives. Analytic and
revealing, the text applies the framework to in-depth studies of
Nike, Shell, Triumph International, GlaxoSmithKline and ExxonMobil.
It investigates the conflicts surrounding Burma, blood diamonds,
child labour, oil spills, food safety, patents on HIV/AIDS
medication and labour rights that have resulted in a large number
of disciplining activities. An accompanying website (www.ib-sm.org)
contains additional case studies, as well as issue dossiers on the
challenges confronting international firms. Drawing on a wealth of
experience both in research and teaching, the authors have
developed a text that integrates reputation, responsibility, ethics
and accountability. Clearly constructed, it is a must-have book for
all those studying or teaching business ethics, political
economics, economic geography, public relations, and corporate
social responsibility.
This research and teaching volume has been composed in honour of
Rosalie Tung, a distinguished institution builder, thought leader
and educator in the field of international business (IB). The
volume addresses Rosalie Tung's main research focus in a career
that has already spanned several decades, namely the analysis of
distance facing multinational enterprises (MNEs), with a focus on
state-of-the-art conceptual and fact-based empirical developments
in the realm of cultural and institutional distance elements. The
impact of distance on international business transactions and
operations remains ill-understood. How should distance be
conceptualized? Which dimensions of distance should be considered?
Is distance always a cost, or can it sometimes confer value? This
twelfth volume in the Progress in International Business Research
series presents extensive accounts of the contemporary scientific
debate on how to assess the impacts of distance, both negative and
positive ones, on the conduct of international business. This
volume covers five dimensions related to the concept, cost and
value of distance, in International business: * The concept of
distance * The cost of cultural and psychic distance * The cost of
institutional distance * The value of distance * Alternative lenses
for IB research
This latest volume of Progress in International Business Research
explores novel ways in which international business is organized.
Contributions advance our understanding and stretch our thinking
about new organizational and geographic structures in MNCs, and
other organizational forms across borders and geographies. Authors
ask challenging questions: will the traditional MNC as we know it
be replaced by other dominant designs, and what new forms of global
organizing can we expect in the future? What do contemporary
digital and technological developments, e.g. social media, virtual
worlds, and cloud services, imply for the international
organization of work, communication, and management practices?
This research volume in honour of the late Daniel Van Den Bulcke,
one of the founding fathers of the European Business Academy (EIBA)
and a core institution builder of the Academy of International
Business (AIB), focuses on conceptual innovations in assessing the
impact of institutions on multinational enterprise (MNE)
strategies.
Sustainable development is one of the key challenges of our time.
It has social, ecological and economic dimensions, which makes it
also a multi-faceted and complex problem. International Business
scholars have stressed that the Multinational Enterprise should be
considered the most important vehicle through which sustainable
development occurs in developing countries. However, actual study
of the topic remains fraught with theoretical and empirical
caveats. This eighth volume in the Progress in International
Business Research series includes new texts from a number of
leading scholars and opinion leaders in the area. Contributors
develop new levels of analysis (in particular global value chains
or the partnership strategies of firms) that present promising
areas for new theoretical and empirical insights. Whilst authors
from leading international institutes are brought together in this
volume, younger scholars with innovative ideas also offer valuable
insights.
This volume takes stock of the latest international business
research on the relationship between European multinational
enterprises (MNEs) and their policy environment. The volume brings
together a variety of scholarly contributions from an European
perspective. European MNEs were amongst the earliest to
internationalize and many now command globally dispersed
operations. European MNEs pioneered the multi-centric
organizational form, which can be interpreted in part as an effort
to address the policy challenges facing these firms in environments
fraught with natural and government-imposed market imperfections.
The volume covers four dimensions of MNE corporate strategy in the
face of complex policy environments: corporate strategic responses
to national policy institutions; pro-active institution-oriented
strategies; dynamics of international business-government
relations; and, corporate strategies in turbulent times.
This 15-chapter volume provides the latest research insights from
the international business field on entrepreneurship in the global
firm. The first section of the book addresses entrepreneurship
challenges in smaller, internationalizing companies. The second
section analyses a variety of entrepreneurship problems in large,
established multinational enterprises, with a focus on subsidiary
entrepreneurial initiatives. The third section discusses
entrepreneurial activity impacts, both within the firm and in the
broader external networks and clusters within which the
multinational enterprise is embedded. This collection provides a
unique, comprehensive perspective on the wide variety of conceptual
and managerial issues that arise as a result of entrepreneurial
action in firms operating in the global economy. It is a must read
for scholars and managers alike, who face the need for continuous
change in dynamic international business environments.
Managing the transition towards sustainable enterprise is a
daunting task for corporations and business leaders. Uniquely
combining practice and theory, this textbook provides a management
perspective, by considering the extent to which the 'business case'
for sustainability can be proven. Drawing on examples from twenty
frontrunner companies located in the Netherlands, it builds upon a
unique research project in which CEOs and middle-managers gave
access not only to their decision-making process, but also revealed
how their perceptions shaped the transition process. This book
identifies four different archetypes of business cases and related
business models that business students and managers can use to
identify phases and related attitudes towards sustainability.
Structured around this four phase model, the book provides in-depth
analysis and insight into: theoretical concepts and overview of the
relevant literature the business case for sustainability
behavioural characteristics of each phase and the typical barriers
between them more than seventy tipping points the role and
different categories of stakeholders; approaches to shaping
stakeholder dialogue; effective engagement of stakeholders in each
phase of transition how companies move through the phases towards
higher levels of sustainability insights of employees of the 20
companies to illustrate whether the business case was really
achieved summary of the interventions and efforts which have proved
successful in these companies. In addition to being a source of
inspiration for company managers, this book aims to offer students
of vocational and academic institutions at undergraduate and
postgraduate level insight into real-life transition processes
towards sustainability.
This volume is dedicated to Lorraine Eden for her lifetime
contributions to IB scholarship. Her research, spanning several
decades, has addressed many interdisciplinary and societal themes
at the heart of the IB field. The story of her intellectual journey
-- strongly influenced by the coming of age of the fourth
industrial revolution -- is shared in the opening chapter of this
volume. This thirteenth volume in the PIBR series covers an
increasingly important area of research for International Business
(IB) scholars: the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the
digital and information age. A limited number of MNEs now dominate
the landscape of the digital age, but almost all internationally
operating firms are being affected by prevailing trends. How to
take stock of these trends? How to develop resilient international
business models? How to regulate? The digital age presents new
opportunities but also major challenges for established and
emerging MNEs alike. This volume brings together papers from
leading IB scholars and from academics in adjacent disciplines such
as economic geography, international relations and political
science, strategic management, and technology studies. Four
dimensions of the information and digital age are analyzed using an
IB angle: Trends and theories in the information age
Entrepreneurial strategies in the information age Functional
strategies in the information age Industry 4.0
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