Reshaping the Boundaries of the Firm in an Era of Global Interdependence
by Pla-Barber, Jose; Alegre, JoaquinFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-11-08
Publisher(s): Emerald Group Pub Ltd
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Summary
Globalization is forcing companies to reshape their boundaries and causing business leaders to rethink corporate strategies within the firm. It is creating the basis for new ways of doing international business. The effects of this global interdependence are also being felt at the more aggregate levels of industries, financial markets, and countries' economies. The evolution of these trends has rendered obsolete some of the basic understandings of IB theory and practice, including traditional notions regarding the nature of the boundaries of the firm and even the definition of the multinational enterprise itself.
Table of Contents
| List of Contributors | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| The Boundaries of the Firm: Offshoring, Cooperation and Internationalization | |
| The Globalization of High-Value Activities: Why do Firms Offshore Advanced Tasks? | p. 3 |
| Reshaping the Boundaries of the Firm: Global Value Chains and Lead Firm Strategies | p. 29 |
| Comparative Evolution of Japanese-European Joint Ventures in Japan and Europe | p. 57 |
| New Models of Internationalization in Small Traditional Manufacturing Firms | p. 75 |
| The Influence of Environmental International Diversification on the Proactive Environmental Strategy of Small and Medium Enterprises | p. 97 |
| Networks and MNCS | |
| Networks in Internationalisation | p. 119 |
| Limitations of the Network Organization in MNCS | p. 143 |
| Subsidiary Contribution to Firm-Level Competitive Advantage - Disentangling the Effects of MNC External Embeddedness | p. 173 |
| Influence of Subsidiary Business Networks on the Performance of Inter-Subsidiary Innovation Transfer in MNCS | p. 197 |
| Knowledge and Innovation in International High-Tech Environments | |
| The Role of Globally Dispersed Knowledge in Explaining Performance Outcomes | p. 223 |
| Cooperation and Innovation in the Internationalisation of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services | p. 247 |
| Entrepreneurial Orientation and International Performance: A Contingent Approach | p. 271 |
| Technological Resources, External Research Partners and Export Performance: A Study of Italian High-Tech SMES | p. 299 |
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