The book is based on the best papers presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business. The focus of the papers revolves around the process of internationalization and is centred on four main themes: * The strategic and organizational development of the internationalized firm * The role of culture and institutions in international business * Internationalization of Small and Medium Sized Enterprizes * Foreign Direct Investment, impact and policy implications Covering a wide variety of topical internationalization issues, this book brings together findings from many of the foremost researchers in the field.

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ZUHAIE AL-OBAIDI Professor of International Business, Helsinki School of Economics JIM BELL School of International Business, University of Ulster CRISTINA BOARI Department of Business Studies, University of Bologna SUSAN BRIDGEWATER Warwick Business School LANCE E. BROUTHERS Department of Marketing and International Business, University of Akron KEITH D. BROUTHERS Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University TREVOR BUCK Leicester Graduate School of Business, De Montfort University GIULLIO CARDILLI School of Economics and Business, LUISS Guido Carli Rome FABRIZIO COCCIOLA Founder, Brandner SRL MARK COOK Northampton Business School PAVLOS DIMITRATOS Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde GRAHAME FALLON Northampton Business School UCIANO FRATOCCHI School of Engineering, University of L'Aquila MIKA GABRIELSSON Professor of International Business, Helsinki School of Economics LUCA GIUSTINIANO Department of Economics and Business, University of L'Aquila PAUL N. GOODERHAM Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) LE HANG Department of Economics, Nottingham Trent University ULRICK HOPPE Director of the German-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry ROBERT JOHNSTON Professor of Operations Management, Warwick Business School JORMA LARIMO Department of Marketing, University of Vaasa LESTER LLOYD-REASON Anglia Polytechnic University SHARON LOANE School of International Business, University of Ulster BRIAN MATTHEWS Luton Business School, University of Luton JAN MATTSON Professor in Business Administration, Roskilde University BRUCE MILLETT Department of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations, University of Southern Queensland ANNA MORGAN-THOMAS Warwick Business School TREVOR MORROW School of International Business, University of Ulster TERRY MUGHAN Anglia Polytechnic University GEORGE NAKOS School of Business Administration, Clayton College and State University ODD NORDHAUG Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) MANUELA PRESUTTI Department of Business Studies, University of Bologna KRISTEN RINGDAL Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) HABTE SELASSIE Luton Business School, University of Luton BRIDGETTE SULLIVAN-TAYLOR Warwick Business School JAMES H. TAGGART Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow JENNIFER M. TAGGART Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow DENISE TSANG Department of Management, University of Reading School of Business HEINX TUSELMANN Manchester Metropolitan University Business School DAVID WILLIAMS Department of Economics, Nottingham Trent University

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Introduction; M.Mayer & F.McDonald PART 1: THE STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIALIZED FIRM Winners and Losers of the Internet Game: A Study of British Exporters; A.Morgan-Thomas & S.Bridgewater International Joint Venture Performance: Empirical Evidence from Finnish International Joint Ventures; J. Larimo US Foreign Direct Investment within the UK Microcomputer Industry: The Interaction between Supply Chain Strategy and Industry Environment; D.Tsang The Role of the Human Resource Function in the Internationalisation of Irish Organisations; S.Loane , T.Morrow & J.Bell A Typology of International Business Strategies; P.Dimitratos PART 2: THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS National Cultural Influences in International Entry Mode Selection; L.Brouthers , K.Brouthers & G.Nakos The Impact of National Culture Differences on MNC Subsidiary Management; J.H.Taggart & J.M.Taggart The Impact of the Local Institutional Context on the HRM Adaptations of US Subsidiaries in Europe; P.Gooderham , O.Nordhaug & K.Ringdal The 'Americanization' of International Corporate Governance and the Special Case of Germany: Some Propositions; T.Buck PART 3: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRIZES Internationalization and Firm Size: An Empirical Study of the East of England; H.Selassie , B.Mathews , L.Lloyd-Reason & T.Mughan Regional Products and Internationalization Processes in the Internet Era: Does Location Still Matter?; L.Frattochi , G.Cardilli & F.Cocciola The Internationalization Process and the Role of Learning in Small, Service Firms; S.Bridgewater , B.Sullivan-Taylor , R.Johnston , J.Mattsson & B.Millett Pricing Strategies of Born Globals; M.Gabrielsson & Z.Al-Obaidi PART 4: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, IMPACT AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS Economic Growth, Inward FDI and Trade Policy in ASEAN Countries Evidence from Simultaneous-Equation Panel Data Estimation; H.Le Employment and the Embeddedness of German Subsidiaries in the UK; F.McDonald , U.Hoppe , H.Tûselmann & D.Williams A Four Regional Approach to Inbound FDI Location Decisions; G.Fallon & M.Cook Regional Clusters Between Localization and Globalization An Empirical Investigation of a High-tech Metropolitan Cluster; C.Boari , L.Fratocchi & M.Presutti