Table Of ContentEmerging Issues in
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Emerging Issues in International Business Research
Edited by Masaaki Kotabe and Preet S. Aulakh
Emerging Issues in
International Business
Research
Edited by
Masaaki Kotabe
Preet S. Aulakh
Temple University, USA
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Includes index.
1. International trade—Research—Congresses. 2. Business—Research—
Congresses. 3. Foreign trade promotion—Research—Congresses. 4. International
business enterprises—Research—Congresses. I. Kotabe, Masaaki. II. Aulakh,
Preet S., 1962– III. International Business Research Forum on ‘Emerging Issues
in International Business Research’ (2000 : Fox School) IV. New horizons in
international business.
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Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
List of boxes ix
List of contributors x
Foreword M. Moshe Porat xvii
Foreword Arvind Phatak xviii
Preface xx
1. International business research: from functional to issue-based
focus 1
Masaaki Kotabe and Preet S. Aulakh
PART I THE MACRO-ENVIRONMENT
2. Regional integration and foreign direct investment: theory and
lessons from NAFTA 15
Lorraine Eden
3. Intellectual property rights and international business 37
Subhash C. Jain
4. Global financial markets and global firms: implications for
international business research 65
Jongmoo Jay Choi
5. Cultural Balkanization and hybridization in an era of
globalization: implications for international business research 81
Bryan W. Husted
PART II INTERFACES BETWEEN BUSINESS AND INSTITUTIONS
6. Emerging issues in MNC–host government relations in
developing countries 99
Ravi Ramamurti
7. National export promotion: A statement of issues, changes, and
opportunities 123
Michael R. Czinkota
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8. Industrial endowments in international business: an analytical
framework 140
Yadong Luo
9. Business groups and economic development: a resource-based
view 163
Mauro F. Guillén
PART III STRATEGY AND COMPETITION
10. Globalization of firms: strategies and outcomes 201
Saeed Samiee
11. Entering foreign markets through strategic alliances and
acquisitions 223
Michael A. Hitt and Klaus Uhlenbruck
12. Towards a research agenda on hybrid organizations: R&D,
production and marketing interfaces 241
Xavier Martin
13. The Internet and international business: a cross-regional study 260
Indrajit Sinha and Yaniv Gvili
Index 273
Figures
3.1 Differing views on intellectual property protection 50
6.1 Bargaining model of MNC–host government relations 104
6.2 Liberalization of FDI policies of developing countries:
subjective characterization of trends 107
6.3 Two-tier bargaining model 108
8.1 An integrated framework of industry selection 157
12.1 Functional interfaces within a firm 243
12.2 Functional interfaces between firms 246
12.3 Functional scope of 389 alliances among international
airlines, 1982–94 248
13.1 Online shopping: relative importance of low price 264
13.2 Online shopping: relative importance of reputation 265
13.3 Online shopping: relative importance of convenience 265
13.4 Online shopping: relative importance of service 267
13.5 Online shopping: relative importance of branding 267
13.6 Percentage agreeing that prices are lower on the Internet 268
13.7 Percentage expected discount on the Internet 268
13.8 Difficulty in buying from another country’s sites 269
13.9 Need fulfillment by domestic e-tailers relative to US sites 269
13.10 Product selection of domestic e-tailers relative to US sites 270
13.11 Quality of ‘deals’ offered by domestic e-tailers relative to
US 270
13.12 Likelihood of shopping online 271
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Tables
3.1 Losses suffered by US industries resulting from intellectual
property inadequacies, 1986 44
3.2 International intellectual property rights protection: regime
deficiencies 46
3.3 Major enforcement deficiencies 47
3.4 Effect of patent protection on inventions, 1981–83 52
3.5 Social and private rates of return from investment in innovation 53
4.1 A valuation framework 68
9.1 The effect of foreign trade and investment flows on business
groups in emerging economies 171
9.2 Cross-sectional sample descriptive statistics and correlation
coefficients 183
9.3 OLS regression results of the top ten business groups in 1995
on various characteristics of nine emerging countries, 1995 184
9.4 OLS regression results of the top ten business groups in 1995
on various characteristics of nine emerging countries, 1990 185
9.5 The top 100 non-financial firms in South Korea, Spain, and
Argentina in 1975 and 1995, by organizational form 187
9.6 Saturated log-linear model of the largest 100 non-financial
firms in South Korea, Spain, and Argentina by form of control
and year 189
10.1 International sales and growth patterns among leaders in the
appliance industry, 1986–98 216
10.2 Relationship between industry environment and firm-level
globalization initiatives 217
12.1 Correlations among dimensions of supplier influence 253
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Boxes
1.1 Shift in international business research 2
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