Resources, Efficiency and Globalization (The Academy of International Business)

354 Pages·2010·3.66 MB·English

by  Pavlos Dimitratos

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THE ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Published in Association with the UK Chapter of the Academy
of International Business
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International Business and Europe in Transition
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In fond memory of Jim Bell (1954–2009)
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who was a close friend and colleague of ours and of many in the Academy
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Contents
List of Illustrations x
Acknowledgements xii
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1 W hich Comes First: Domestic or Foreign Subsidiaries? k C
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5 R esources of Multinational Enterprises Used for Corporate
Political Activities in the European Union 84
Sigrun M. Wagner
6 C areer Orientations of the 21st-Century
Knowledge Professionals 114
Dimitris Manolopoulos and Pavlos Dimitratos
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Part III Subsidiaries and Resource Transfer
7 E xperience and Performance in Interunit
Knowledge Transfer 133
Ulf Andersson and Magnus Persson
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14 The Internationalization of Knowledge-Based Small
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Laila Kasem and Kevin Ibeh
15 Using the Resource-Based View to Advance International
Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Review on How Far Have
We Come since Peng’s 2001 Predictions? 294
Alfredo D’Angelo and Karl S.R. Warner
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16 Barriers to the Internationalization of SMEs: An Analysis
from the Perspective of Support Service Providers 310
Antonella Zucchella, Alberto Brugnoli, and Antonio Dal Bianco
Index 327
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