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Title Internalization, international diversification and the multinational enterprise : essays in honour of Alan M. Rugman / [edited by] Alain Verbeke.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Research in global strategic management ; v. 11
Research in global strategic management ; v. 11.
Note Title from title screen.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- Essays in Honour of Alan M. Rugman -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part A: Alan Rugman as Eminent Scholar of the Academy of Management's International Management Division -- Cave! HIC Dragones! Alan M. Rugman's Contributions to the Field of International Business -- Introduction -- A Segue: Susan Strange and the Dragons -- Alan Rugman's Dragons -- The ''Big Bad'' MNE versus Internalization Theory -- The Anti-Free Traders: Alan Rugman and the CUSFTA/NAFTA Debates -- Porter's Diamond versus the Double Diamond -- The Myth of Globalization versus the Reality of Regionalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The MNE'S Spatial Positioning -- Introduction -- Career Parallels -- Adding Outsourcing to the MNE's Spatial Positioning -- Significance of the Spatial Framework -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part B: The 25th Anniversary of ''International Diversification and the Multinational Enterprise'' -- Rugman and the Geography of MNE Activity -- Introduction -- THE 1970s -- THE 1980s -- THE 1990s -- THE 2000s -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Financial and Non-Financial Theories of International Diversification -- Background -- A Shift in Focus in Discussions of Corporate Diversification -- Two Strands of Analysis -- Innovation in the MNE as an Evolutionary Process: The Analytical Background -- Implications for the Analysis of MNEs -- International Diversification of the Technological Competence Base in the MNE -- Patterns of International Technological Diversification -- References -- Internalization Theory and the International Diversification: Performance Conundrum -- A Critical Review of the Theoretical Reasons why International Diversification and Internal Expansion Should Affect Performance -- International Diversification and Performance -- The ''Portfolio Diversification'' Argument -- The Resource Access Argument -- The Economies of Scale Argument -- International Expansion and Performance -- The Economies of Scale Argument -- The Resource Access/Learning/Competition Arguments -- Internalization Theory to the Rescue -- Multinationality and Risk Reduction -- Investment in Intangibles and Foreign Operations -- Multinationality and Profitability -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part C: Extending Alan Rugman's Work on Regional Strategies and the Environment -- Regional Strategy and Performance in the Global Automotive Industry -- Introduction -- Transaction Cost Economics -- Multinationality and Performance -- The Data -- Where do Firms Sell? -- Who Makes Money -- Conceptual Analysis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Regional and Global Strategies in the Intercontinental Passenger Airline Industry: The Rise of Alliance-Specific Advantages -- Regional and Global Strategies in the Intercontinental Passenger Airline Industry -- A Transaction Cost Approach to Regional Multinationals -- Alliance Specific Advantage as a Vehicle to Host Region Mark.
Summary The contributors to this volume cover a diverse range of subjects including Rugman's contributions to the field of international business, financial and non-financial theories of international diversification, and the rethinking international management theory in a world of regional multinationals.
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Subject Rugman, Alan M.
Rugman, Alan M.
Rugman, Alan M.
International business enterprises -- Management.
International business enterprises -- Management.
International business enterprises.
International business enterprises.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Festschriften.
Festschriften.
Added Author Verbeke, Alain.
Other Form: Print version: Internalization, international diversification and the multinational enterprise. Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2005 0762312203 (OCoLC)61528675
ISBN 0080460682 (electronic book)
9780080460680 (electronic book)
9781849503501 (electronic book)
1849503508 (electronic book)
9780762312207
0762312203