The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has soared and multinational enterprises (MNEs) have grown in numbers and complexity as globalization has intensified. This volume takes stock of important new issues relating to FDI and MNEs in a changing world. Contributors are distinguished international business scholars who have written specifically for the book in their areas of expertise. The volume focuses on four key areas: How do managers and firms make internationalization decisions? How does the national origin of MNEs affect their competitive advantages and strategies, particularly those spawned by emerging markets? How is the scope of MNEs changing, in terms of what gets done inside and outside the firm, product vs. geographic diversification, manufacturing vs. services, and the pace of internationalization? And finally, what can or should governments do to harness MNEs for the greater good? In each area, authors propose interesting and important questions for further research. The volume is a Festschrift to Yair Aharoni of Tel Aviv University, whose pioneering research, including the seminal book, The Foreign Investment Decision Process (1966), helped launch the systematic study of FDI and MNEs almost fifty years ago.
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The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has soared and multinational enterprises (MNEs) have grown in numbers and complexity as globalization has intensified. This volume takes stock of important new issues relating to FDI and MNEs in a changing world. Contributors are distinguished international business scholars who have written specifically for the book in their areas of expertise. The volume focuses on four key areas: How do managers and firms make internationalization decisions? How does the national origin of MNEs affect their competitive advantages and strategies, particularly those spawned by emerging markets? How is the scope of MNEs changing, in terms of what gets done inside and outside the firm, product vs. geographic diversification, manufacturing vs. services, and the pace of internationalization? And finally, what can or should governments do to harness MNEs for the greater good? In each area, authors propose interesting and important questions for further research. The volume is a Festschrift to Yair Aharoni of Tel Aviv University, whose pioneering research, including the seminal book, The Foreign Investment Decision Process (1966), helped launch the systematic study of FDI and MNEs almost fifty years ago.
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The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise

The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise

The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise

The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise

Overview

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has soared and multinational enterprises (MNEs) have grown in numbers and complexity as globalization has intensified. This volume takes stock of important new issues relating to FDI and MNEs in a changing world. Contributors are distinguished international business scholars who have written specifically for the book in their areas of expertise. The volume focuses on four key areas: How do managers and firms make internationalization decisions? How does the national origin of MNEs affect their competitive advantages and strategies, particularly those spawned by emerging markets? How is the scope of MNEs changing, in terms of what gets done inside and outside the firm, product vs. geographic diversification, manufacturing vs. services, and the pace of internationalization? And finally, what can or should governments do to harness MNEs for the greater good? In each area, authors propose interesting and important questions for further research. The volume is a Festschrift to Yair Aharoni of Tel Aviv University, whose pioneering research, including the seminal book, The Foreign Investment Decision Process (1966), helped launch the systematic study of FDI and MNEs almost fifty years ago.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780857245557
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date: 04/27/2011
Series: Research in Global Strategic Management , #15
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.60(d)

Table of Contents

List of Figures ix

List of Tables xv

List of Contributors xv

Acknowledgements xvii

Dedication To Yair Aharoni xix

Introduction: Research on FDI And MNEs In A Changing World Niron Hashai Ravi Ramamurti 1

Part I The Decision To Internationalize

Behavioral Elements In Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Yair Aharoni 23

Bringing Managers' Decision Models Into FDI Research Timothy M. Devinney 61

FDI And The Role of Financial Market Quality Jens Forssbaeck Lars Oxelheim 85

Part II New Multinationals

The Evolution of Multinationals Yair Aharoni Ravi Ramamurti 113

New Players In FDI: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Private Equity, And Emerging Market Multinationals Ravi Ramamurti 137

Revisiting The "Modern" Multinational Enterprise Theory: An Emerging Market Multinational Perspective Stephane J. G. Girod Joshua B. Bellin 167

Part III The Changing Role of Multinationals The Impact of Globalisation And The Emergence of The Global Factory Peter J. Buckley 213

The Born Global Illusion And The Regional Nature of International Business Alan M. Rugman Paloma Almodovar 251

UnraVeling The Relationships Between Internationalization And Product Diversification Among The World's Largest Food And Beverage Enterprises Niron Hashai Tamar Almor Marina Papanastassiou Fragkiskos Filippaios Ruth Rama 271

Trade In Services: The Global Sourcing of Business Services Arie Y. Lewin 301

Governance Of Foreign Affiliates As A Distinctive Choice Between-Networks, Market, And Hierarchy Lilach Nachum 315

Global Service Multinationals From A Small Open Economy - The Case of Israeli High-Tech Service Providers Niron Hashai 335

Part Iv MNEs And The State

If Teva Changes Its "Nationality," Would Israel's Economy Be Affected? Seev Hirsch 357

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Local Firms: Western Firms In Emerging Markets Pervez N. Ghauri Rebecca Firth 379

The Regulatory Framework For Investment: Where Are We Headed? Karl P. Sauvant 407

Author's Biographies 435

Subject Index 443

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