Creating Value through International Strategy [Hardcover]

Everyday, more and more companies embark on international business. Through a collection of articles by leading scholars in International Business this book answers fundamental questions such as: How do companies create value through global strategy? What are the sources of value creation? How do companies organize themselves and manage the process of international expansion? How does location specificity matter in this process? Creating Value through International Strategy will be of interest to academics and professionals in international business and management.List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: International Strategy and Location Specificity; A.Ari?o, P.Ghemawat & J.E.Ricart PART 1: CREATING VALUE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION Introduction; J.Mair The Process of International Expansion in Knowledge-Intensive Settings: Research Questions, Theory, and Summary of Findings; W.Kuemmerle Multilatinas: Emerging Multinationals from Latin America; J.I.Martinez, J.P.Esperan?a & J.de la Torre Corporate Governance and Globalization: Toward an Actor-Centred Institutional Analysis; R.V.Aguilera & G.S.Yip PART 2: SOURCES OF VALUE IN GLOBAL STRATEGY Introduction: C.Gar?ia-Pont Firm-Specific and Non-Firm-Specific Sources of Advantage In International Competition; A.Cuervo-Cazurra & C.A.Un Chilean Foreign Direct Investment across Latin America: Alliances and Competitive Advance; P.del Sol International Geography and History in Host Market Competitiveness of Foreign MNEs: A Research Agenda; S.Rangan & A.Drummond PART 3: ORGANIZING MNCs FOR VALUE CREATION Introduction; B.Cassiman & G.Valentini Dual Paths to Multinational Subsidiary Performance: Networking to Learning and Autonomy to Innovation; S.Venaik, D.Midgley & T.Devinney Decentralization of R&D and Know-How Flows through MNEs: Some Stylised Facts and Insights from Theory; R.Veugelers & F.Sanna-Randaccio Multinational Investment andlSx