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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
Preface x
Notes on the Contributors xi
PART ONE THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS
Introduction to Part One
Ray Loveridge 3
1 Towards an Integrative Framework of the
Internationalization of the Firm
Jim Bell and Stephen Young 5
2 The Determinants of Subsidiary Mandates and Subsidiary
Initiative: A Three-Country Study
Julian Birkinshaw and Neil Hood 29
3 Locating International Pharmaceutical R&D Subsidiaries:
Between-Countries and Within-Countries Determinants
James Taggart 56
4 Working with Organizational Complexity and Diversity:
An Empirical Study of the Formation and Evolution of a
European-Japanese International Joint Venture
Diana Rosemary Sharpe 78
PART TWO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN AN
INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
Introduction to Part Two
David Wilson 99
5 Absorptive Capacity and Learning in Technology Transfer:
The Case of Taiwanese Information Technology Firms
Peter Sher, Veronica Wong and Vivienne Shaw, 105
6 The Role of Resources in Global Competition
John Fahy 122
7 R&D Strategy in the Multinational Affiliate
James Taggart 136
8 Human Resource Management in Multinational Enterprise:
Styles, Modes, Institutions and Ideologies
Mark Casson, Ray Loveridge and Satwinder Singh 158
PART THREE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN
DEVELOPING MARKETS
Introduction to Part Three
Graham Hooley 173
9 The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Transition
Process in Central and Eastern Europe
Graham Hooley, Tony Cox, Jozsef Beracs, Krzyztof Fontana,
and Boris Snoj 176
10 Entry Mode and Performance in Hungary and Poland:
The Case of British Firms
Shaukat Ali and Hafiaz Mirza 201
11 Central and Eastern Europe Investments: A Comparison
of US, Dutch and German Firm Activities
Keith D. Brouthers and George Nakos 220
12 The Business Environment for IJV Formation in LDCS:
A Case Study
Habte Selassie and Roy Hill 238
13 Networking in the Baltic: The 'Kieler Modell'
Godfrey Carr 254
Index 269