Verbeke, Alain (Ed.) <br/><br/>
Handbook of research on international strategic management / 
edited by Alain Verbeke and Hemant Merchant. 
 - Cheltenham, UK :  Edward Elgar,  2012. 
 - x, 495 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Conceptual Foundation of International Strategic Management -- Twenty key hypotheses that make internalization theory the general theory of international strategic management -- The end of the opportunism versus trust debate: bounded reliability as a new envelope concept in research on MNE governance -- The new electric paradigm and international business strategy -- The multinational enterprise as a global factory -- Dynamics of foreign operation modes and their combinations: insights for international strategic management -- Triple testing the quality of multinationality-performance research -- Part II: Structural Complexities in International Strategic Management -- New ideas about organizational design for modern MNEs -- Initiative in multinational subsidiaries -- Collaboration across borders: benefits to firms in an emerging economy -- Joint venture configurations in big emerging markets -- Building competitive advantage in international acquisitions: grey box conditions, culture, status and meritocracy -- What can international finance add to international strategy? -- Part III: The Implications of Distance for International Strategy -- A new perspective on the regional and global strategies of multinational services firms -- Foundations of regional versus global strategies of MNEs -- New insights on the role of location advantages in international innovation -- The tenuous link between cultural distance and international strategy: navigating the assumptions of cross-cultural research -- Institutional distance and international strategy -- Real options theory and international investment strategy: past, present and future -- Part IV: New Topics in International Strategic Management -- Management research on emerging markets: existing trends and future opportunities -- Institutions and international entrepreneurship -- Offshoring and MNC strategy -- Bottom-of-the-pyramid strategies and networks -- Reconceptualizing the MNE-development relationship: the role of complementary resources -- Multinational enterprises and climate change strategies 
<br/><br/> The Handbook provides an impressive state-of-the-art overview of the international strategic management field as an area of scholarly inquiry. The great strength of the work is the thoughtfulness of the messages conveyed by the expert team of authors. The implications for future international strategy research and for international management practice are profound and will influence the next generation of scholars in international strategy as well as senior level managers. Corporate executives will continue to operate in a world that is far from flat and will use this volume as a reliable compass, in the form of powerful conceptual frameworks, to navigate uncharted territory in the global economy. The Handbook presents a collection of 24 original research papers that should serve international strategy scholars and reflective MNE managers alike. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781782540403 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Institutional Fund 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International business enterprises--Management.<br/>Strategic planning.