Internalization, International Diversification and the Multinational Enterprise, Volume 11: Essays in Honor of Alan M Rugman (Research in Global Strategic ... (Research in Global Strategic Management)

275 Pages·2005·2.4 MB·English

by  Alain Verbeke

INTERNALIZATION,
INTERNATIONAL
DIVERSIFICATION AND THE
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
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RESEARCH IN GLOBAL
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Series Editor: Alan M. Rugman
Volume 1: International Business Research in the 21st
Century
Volume 2: Global Competition and European
Community
Volume 3: Corporate Response to Global Change
Volume 4: Global Competition: Beyond The Three Generics
Volume 5: Beyond the Diamond
Volume 6: Multinational Location Strategy
Volume 7: International Entrepreneurship: Globalization
of Emerging Business
Volume 8: Leadership in International Business
Education and Research
Volume 9: Multinationals, Environment and Global
Competition
Volume 10: North American Economic and Financial Inte-
gration
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RESEARCHINGLOBALSTRATEGICMANAGEMENT VOLUME11
INTERNALIZATION,
INTERNATIONAL
DIVERSIFICATION AND
THE MULTINATIONAL
ENTERPRISE
ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF
ALAN M. RUGMAN
EDITED BY
ALAIN VERBEKE
Haskayne School of Business, Calgary, Canada and Solvay
Business School, University of Brussels (VUB) and Templeton
College, University of Oxford, UK
2005
Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
INTRODUCTION
Daniel Van Den Bulcke and Alain Verbeke 1
PART A: ALAN RUGMAN AS EMINENT SCHOLAR OF THE
ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT’S INTERNATIONAL
MANAGEMENT DIVISION
CAVE! HIC DRAGONES! ALAN M. RUGMAN’S
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Lorraine Eden 9
THE MNE’S SPATIAL POSITIONING
Bernard M. Wolf 29
PART B: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘‘INTERNATIONAL
DIVERSIFICATION AND THE MULTINATIONAL
ENTERPRISE’’
RUGMAN AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF MNE
ACTIVITY
John H. Dunning 41
FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL THEORIES OF
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION
John Cantwell 59
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INTERNALIZATION THEORY AND THE
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION:
PERFORMANCE CONUNDRUM
Jean-Franc-ois Hennart 75
PART C: EXTENDING ALAN RUGMAN’S WORK ON
REGIONAL STRATEGIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
REGIONAL STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE IN
THE GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Alain Verbeke and Paul Brugman 97
REGIONAL AND GLOBAL STRATEGIES IN THE
INTERCONTINENTAL PASSENGER AIRLINE
INDUSTRY: THE RISE OF ALLIANCE-SPECIFIC
ADVANTAGES
Alain Verbeke and Sarah Vanden Bussche 119
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THE MNE
Ans Kolk 147
PART D: A CAREER IN PROGRESS:
RETROSPECTIVE ESSAYS
RETHINKING INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
THEORY IN A WORLD OF REGIONAL
MULTINATIONALS
Alan M. Rugman 165
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ‘‘INTERNATIONAL
DIVERSIFICATION AND THE MULTINATIONAL
ENTERPRISE’’
Alan M. Rugman 203
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OVERVIEW OF ALAN RUGMAN’S ACADEMIC 219
OEUVRE
SUBJECT INDEX 255
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Paul Brugman Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium
John Cantwell Rutgers University, NJ, USA
John H. Dunning University of Reading, UK
Lorraine Eden Mays Business School, Texas A&M University,
TX, USA
Jean-Franc-ois Hennart Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Ans Kolk University of Amsterdam Business school,
The Netherlands
Alan M. Rugman Kelley School of Business, Indiana University,
IN, USA
Daniel Van Den Bulcke University of Antwerp, Belgium
Sarah Vanden Bussche Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium
Alain Verbeke Haskayne School of Business, University of
Calgary, Canada and Solvay Business School,
University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium and
Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK
Bernard M. Wolf Schulich School of Business, York University,
Toronto, Canada
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