Table of Contents

Part I: History and Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
1: Mira Wilkins: The History of Multinational Enterprise
2: John H. Dunning: The Key Literature on IB Activities: 1960-2006
3: Michele Fratianni: The Gravity Model in International Trade
4: Peter Buckley and Mark Casson: Strategic Complexity in International Business
5: Jean-François Hennart: Theories of the Multinational Enterprise
6: Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke: Location, Competitiveness, and the Multinational Enterprise
Part II: The Political and Regulatory Environment
7: Stephen J. Kobrin: Sovereignty@Bay: Globalization, Multinational Enterprise, and the International Political System
8: Debora L. Spar: National Policies and Domestic Politics
9: Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke: Multinational Enterprises and Public Policy
10: Mike Peng with Theodore A. Khoury: An Institution-Based View of International Business Strategies
11: Thomas L. Brewer and Stephen Young: Multilateral Institutions and Policies and Their Implications for Multinational Business Strategy
Part III: Strategy and International Management
12: Stephen B. Tallman and George S. Yip: Strategy and the Multinational Enterprise
13: D. Eleanor Westney and Srilata Zaheer: The Multinational Enterprise as an Organization
14: Julian Birkinshaw and Torben Pedersen: Strategy and Management in MNE Subsidiaries
15: Andrew C. Inkpen: Strategic Alliances
Part IV: Managing the MNE
16: John Cantwell: Innovation and Information Technology in the MNE
17: Masaaki (Mike) Kotabe with Crystal X. Jiang: International Marketing and the Supply Chain
18: John L. Graham: Culture and Human Resources Management
19: Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke: Environmental Policy and International Business
20: Michael Bowe: International Financial Management and Multinational Enterprises
21: Lorraine Eden: Taxes, Transfer Pricing, and the Multinational Enterprise
Part V: Area Studies
22: D. Eleanor Westney: Japan
23: John Child: China and International Business
24: Gordon Redding: The Smaller Scale Economies of Pacific Asia and their Business Systems
Part VI: Methodological Issues
25: Bruce Kogut: Methodological Contributions in International Business Research
26: Yadong Luo: Issues in Country and International Business Risk
27: Simon Collinson and Andrew Pettigrew: Comparative International Business Research Methods
28: Bernie Yeung and Randall Morck: Metrics for International Business Research

Reviews

Very comprehensive reference work with a wide variety of topics - a real "Handbook".
*Prof L Radder, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University*