This sixth volume in the Academy of International Buiness Series presents leading-edge research on contemporary themes in international business. Part one explores several of the major issues that currently face multinational enterprises: government policy, the Asia crisis, knowledge and technology management, corporate-subsidiary relations, strategies for small firms and the impact of the technological revolution. Part Two of the volume examines the impact of foreign direct investment, FDI. Written by a range of international contributors, a key focus of these papers is the particular issues relating to foreign investment in the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe and South-East Asia.

Autorentext

CARLA M.MILLAR is Director, Flexible Master Programme, Department of Strategy and International Business, City University Business School.

ROBERT M.GRANT is Professor of Management at City University Business School and at Georgetown University.

CHONG JU CHOI is Professor, Department of Strategy and International Business, City University Business School.

Inhalt
Current Issues in International Business Research; C.J.M.Millar, R.M.Grant & C.J.Choi PART ONE: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Multinational Enterprises and Public Policy; A.Rugman & A.Verbeke Asian Economic Success and Crisis: Knowledge and Financial Capital; C.J.Choi & C.J.M.Millar International Capital Markets in Multinational Firms: The Effects of Subsidiary Strategic Independence ; R.Mudambi The Resource-Based Perspective and Small Firm Internationalisation: an Exploratory Approach; S.Young, J.Bell & D.Crick Knowledge and the Multinational Enterprise; R.M.Grant, P.Almeida & J.Song New Technologies and International Business in the Twenty-First Century ; L.Kaounides PART TWO: THE IMPACT OF FDI IN THE EU, CEE AND S.E.ASIA The Determinants of New Foreign Direct Investment Capital Flows into Europe: the USA and Japan Compared; J.Clegg & S.Scott-Green European Integration and the Restructuring of MNC Operations; M.E.Bleackley & P.J.Williamson FDI in the EU: Strategy Development in German Manufacturing Subsidiaries in the British Isles; J. H.Taggart & N.Hood PART THREE: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Transition and the Impact on Marketing Practice in Slovenia; J.Fahy, G.Hooley, T.Cox & B.Snoj Patterns and Management of FDI in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Hungary and Romania Compared; R.Carty & C.J.M.Millar Local Sourcing Practices of Foreign Owned Multinational Subsidiaries Operating in Poland; D.Floyd & R.Pearce PART FOUR: SOUTH EAST ASIA Japanese Ownership Strategies in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines: Japanese and US FDI Preferences Compared; Y.Takagaki The Role of FDI and the Impact of European MNE's on the Restructuring of the Chinese Automative Industry; I.H.Zhang & D.van den Bulcke