Multinationals in a new era : international strategy and management / edited by James H. Taggart , Maureen Berry , Michael McDermott.

Papers from the 27th Annual Conference of the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business hosted by the University of Strathclyde in 2000?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-281) and index.

Introduction Companies and countries: changes and choices; J.H.Taggart Industrial clusters and small firm internationalisation; P.Brown & J.Bell 'Born' exporting in regional clusters: preliminary empirical evidence; L.Sopas The internationalization of SMEs: alternative hypotheses and empirical survey; A.Zuchella International start-ups: a paradigm shift for the 21st century: two illustrative cases spanning the Atlantic; J.E.Johnson On the resource-based, integrative view of small firm internationalisation: an exploratory study of Nigerian firms; K.I.N.Ibeh Marketspace and the new mechanism of internationalisation: some preliminary insights; J.K-U.Brock Is the governance of transnationals really 'beyond the M-form'? A critical review of Bartlett and Ghoshal's 'new organisational model'; P.N.Gooderham & S.Ulset Multinational strategies and sustainable industrial transformation in CEE transition economies: the role of technology; J.Manea and R.Pearce Modes of integration and the diffusion of best practice in the multinational enterprise; M.Wright & P.Edwards Global operations managed by Japanese and in Japanese; H.Yoshihara A new view of the advantage of multinationality; M.Yamin Strategic evolution of foreign-owned subsidiaries in a host country: a conceptual framework; R.Luostarinen & R.Marschan-Piekkari Multinational enterprises in Ireland: the dynamics of subsidiary strategy A.T.Tavares From globalization to internationalization to Americanization: the example of 'little Americas' in the hotel sector; D.Nickson and C.Warhurst A survey-based investigation of the determinants of FDI in Portugal; P.J.Buckley & F.B.Castro

This eighth volume in the AIB series focuses on globalisation and international business, and presents the work of leading international business scholars delivered at the 27th Academy of International Business conference at the University of Strathclyde.