International business : new challenges, new forms, new perspectives

Provides an in-depth analysis of some of the most recent challenges for international businesses, such as corporate social responsibility and the phenomenon of outward foreign direct investment from China. Reflects on the new perspectives in international business by presenting the experience of suc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Harris, Simon , 1956- (Author), Kuivalainen, Olli (Author), Stoyanova, Veselina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan , c2012
Series:Academy of International Business series
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Are corruption and ease of doing business correlated? an analysis of 172 nations
  • 2. 'Old wine in new bottles?' the meaning and drivers of CSR in SMEs in a transition economy
  • 3. Second-best institutions and global sustainability
  • 4. The internationalization of Chinese state owned enterprises: what challenges do they face?
  • 5. The formation of Chinese outward FDI strategy in Africa: a historical perspective
  • 6. The exporting trading companies from China: an institutional-based view
  • 7. Switching operation mode
  • 8. The international growth of e-commerce ventures
  • 9. The type and number of resources and the performance of early internationalizing South Korean SMEs
  • 10. Cyber space: a paradigm shift for international entrepreneurs relationships?
  • 11. Managing complex cross-border collaborative projects : Tamer Cavusgil interviews four managers experienced in doing it
  • 12. Managing the process of internationalization : Pervez Ghauri interviews four managers experienced in doing it
  • 13. Practices of innovation in mobile computing alliances