Creating Value through International Strategy

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: International Strategy and Location Specificity; A.Ariño, 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.Esperança & 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.Garçia-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 and Organizational Risk: A Real Options Approach; J.J.Reuer & A.W.Tong PART 4: GLOBAL ALLIANCES AND NETWORKS Introduction; A.Ariño Globalizing Professional Services: Are Networked Organizations an Answer?; P.Smith Ring The Impact of Personal and Organizational Ties on Strategic Alliance Characteristics and Performance: A Study of Alliances in the USA, Israel and Taiwan; P.Olk, S.M.Gabbay & T.Chung PART 5: INTERNATIONALIZATION, COMPLEXITY AND CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION Introduction; J.E.Ricart The Roles of the Corporate Level in the Internationalization Process of the Firm; A.A.Caldart & J.E.RicartWireless Apostles and Global Emperors: Strategies for Domination in a Global Arena; M.Koza, S.Svejenova & L.Vives Index