International Business: Adjusting to New Challenges and Opportunities [Hardcover]

Published in association with the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business (AIB), this ninth volume in the AIB series focuses on the new challenges and developments in the field of international business. The book successfully brings together an integrated set of research concepts and results to present some contrasting views about how international business is adjusting to the challenges and opportunities that the 21st century presents.Introduction; F.McDonald, H.T?selmann & C.Wheeler The Importance of Contact with the Foreign Market: Empirical Evidence from UK High Technology Small Firms; M.V.Jones PART 1: ETHICS ENVIRONMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Multinational Companies and Ethical Issues; S.Dhanarajan Multinational Companies and Environmental Issues; D.McLaren Russian History and the 'Americanization' of Corporate Governance; T.Buck PART 2: THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSIDIARIES Globalization, Corporate Restructuring and Influences on the MNC Subsidiary; S.Young, N.Hood & J.Firm Mandate Subsidiaries and High Value-Added Scope in MNEs' Operations in the UK: AN EU-Based Comparative Investigation; A.T.Tavares & R.Pearce Knowledge Transfer Between Parent and Developing Country Subsidiaries: A Conceptual Framework; P.Gooderham & S.Ulset Autonomy and Procedural Justice: Validating and Extending the Framework; J.H.Taggart &J.Taggart US Sales of Intellectual Property to the People's Republic of China: The Affiliate or Non-Affiliate Route? J.Clegg, A.Cross & Xiao Lian The Development of Pan-European Industrial Structures and the Strategic Development of Subsidiaries; F.McDonald, H.T?selmann & A.Heise Cluster Development Policy and New Forms of Public-Private Partnership; P.Raines PART 3: ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS UK Export Performance Research 1990-2000: Review and Theoretical Framework; C.Wheeler & K.I.Ibeh Understanding International Strategy in Professional Services Industries; D.Boojl3J