International Business and Management
1st Edition
Published on 11. December 2002
Book
Hardback
1660 pages
978-0-7619-4882-7 (ISBN)
Description
International Business and Management provides scholars and libraries with a focused coverage of the most widely cited and theoretically important articles in the international business field.
The four-volume set is based on an extensive analysis of the literature of the discipline and contains both classics and more recent work that has proven its seminal value to the researcher.
These seminal articles cover a range from theoretical to empirical, and include work from authors such as Adler, Bartlett, Boddewyn, Buckley, Child, Douglas, Doz, Dunning, Ghoshal, Hamel, Hofstede, Kerr, Kobrin, Kogut, Oberg, Porter, Pugh, Shapiro, Solnik, Triandis, Vernon, Wells, Zeira and many others.
Each volume focuses on both general issues such as internationalization, strategy and culture and on specific functional disciplines such as government relations, ethics, operations management, international finance, human resources management and marketing.
Derek Pugh and Allan Plath provide an overview of the field and introduce the set. They trace the development of the discipline and explain the rationale behind the selection of the articles. Additionally, each volume in the set includes an instructive essay discussing the works covered in greater depth. These informative essays show how the articles in the volume fit into and contribute to the development of the practical and theoretical debates in the field.
This major reference, organized to ensure comprehensive coverage of the essential issues in the discipline, is the definitive resource for students, researchers and academics interested in all aspects of international business and management.
The four-volume set is based on an extensive analysis of the literature of the discipline and contains both classics and more recent work that has proven its seminal value to the researcher.
These seminal articles cover a range from theoretical to empirical, and include work from authors such as Adler, Bartlett, Boddewyn, Buckley, Child, Douglas, Doz, Dunning, Ghoshal, Hamel, Hofstede, Kerr, Kobrin, Kogut, Oberg, Porter, Pugh, Shapiro, Solnik, Triandis, Vernon, Wells, Zeira and many others.
Each volume focuses on both general issues such as internationalization, strategy and culture and on specific functional disciplines such as government relations, ethics, operations management, international finance, human resources management and marketing.
Derek Pugh and Allan Plath provide an overview of the field and introduce the set. They trace the development of the discipline and explain the rationale behind the selection of the articles. Additionally, each volume in the set includes an instructive essay discussing the works covered in greater depth. These informative essays show how the articles in the volume fit into and contribute to the development of the practical and theoretical debates in the field.
This major reference, organized to ensure comprehensive coverage of the essential issues in the discipline, is the definitive resource for students, researchers and academics interested in all aspects of international business and management.
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Four-Volume Set
Language
English
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Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
3070 gr
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978-0-7619-4882-7 (9780761948827)
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Derek S. Pugh is Emeritus Professor of International Manage-ment at the Open University, United Kingdom, having previously been at the Universities of Edinburgh and Aston, the London Business School, and the Open University Business School. He has been a visiting professor at business schools in France, Germany, Israel, and Italy and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Royal Statistical Society, the Italian Academy of Business Administration, and the International Acad-emy of Management. He has served as Chairman and Honorary Vice-President of the Association of Teachers of Management of the United Kingdom and as editor of the newsletter of the British Academy of Management. He is a founding Academician of the British Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Northampton.
Professor Pugh is joint author and editor of 12 books, including the first three volumes of the Aston research program: PUGH, D.S. (ed.) The Aston Programme, vols 1, 2 and 3, Ashgate(Dartmouth), 1998. His latest books are Great Writers on Organizations: The Second Omnibus Edition (2000, Dartmouth Publishing, with David J. Hickson), How to Get a Ph.D. (4th ed., 2005, Open University Press, with Estelle M. Phillips), Management Worldwide (enhanced ed., 2001, Penguin Books, with David J. Hickson), and Anglo-German Business Collaboration: Pitfalls and Potentials (1996, Macmillan, with Dagmar Ebster-Grosz). His edited volume Organization Theory: Selected Classic Readings (5th ed., Penguin Books) appears in 2007.
Professor Pugh is joint author and editor of 12 books, including the first three volumes of the Aston research program: PUGH, D.S. (ed.) The Aston Programme, vols 1, 2 and 3, Ashgate(Dartmouth), 1998. His latest books are Great Writers on Organizations: The Second Omnibus Edition (2000, Dartmouth Publishing, with David J. Hickson), How to Get a Ph.D. (4th ed., 2005, Open University Press, with Estelle M. Phillips), Management Worldwide (enhanced ed., 2001, Penguin Books, with David J. Hickson), and Anglo-German Business Collaboration: Pitfalls and Potentials (1996, Macmillan, with Dagmar Ebster-Grosz). His edited volume Organization Theory: Selected Classic Readings (5th ed., Penguin Books) appears in 2007.
Content
VOLUME ONE: INTERNATIONALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY
PART ONE: HISTORY OF THE FIELD
Background Concepts and Philosophy of International Business from World War Two to the Present - R D Robinson
PART TWO: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE ORGANIZATION
The Path to Foreign Direct Investment
A Synthesis of Foreign Direct-Investment Theories and Theories of The Multinational-Firm - A L Calvert
International Investment and International Trade in the Product Life Cycle - R Vernon
The Internationalization Process of the Firm - J Johanson and J E Vahlne
A Model of Knowledge Development on Increasing Foreign Commitments
Toward an Eclectic Theory of International Production - J H Dunning
Some Empirical Tests
Analyzing Foreign Market Entry Strategies - Peter J Buckley and Mark C Casson
Extending the Internalization Approach
Forces That Impinge on Internationalization
Changing Patterns of International Competition - M E Porter
Global Strategy - In a World of Nations - G S Yip
The Effect of National Culture on the Choice of Entry Mode - B Kogut and H Singh
Organizational Aspects of Internationalization
The Tortuous Evolution of the Multinational Corporation - H V Perlmutter
Managing across Borders - New Strategic Requirements - C A Bartlett and S Ghoshal
Managing across Borders - New Organizational Responses - C A Bartlett and S Ghoshal
PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY
From Strategic Planning to Strategic Resources
The Strategy of Multinational Enterprise - M Z Brooke and B S Remmers
Organization and Finance
A Conceptual and Operational Framework for Developing the Long-Range Planning Process - S Prakash Sethi and J Hogle
Strategy and Structure in Multinational Corporations - A Revision of the Stopford and Wells Model - W G Egelhoff
The Core Competence of the Corporation - C K Prahalad and G Hamel
A Resource-Based Analysis of Global Competition - The Case of the Bearings Industry - D J Collis
Developing Global Strategies for Service Businesses - C H Lovelock and G S Yip
Strategic International Alliances
Joint Ventures - Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives - B Kogut
Competition for Competence and Inter-Partner Learning within International Strategic Alliances - G Hamel
Interfirm Diversity, Organizational Learning and Longevity in Global Strategic Alliances - A Parkhe
VOLUME TWO: THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON MANAGEMENT
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND STYLES
Organizational Contrasts on British and American Ships - S A Richardson
Interpersonal Relations in International Organizations - H C Triandis
Authority, Function and Status in British and Japanese Factories - R P Dore
What Do Russian Managers Really Do? An Observational Study with Comparisons to US Managers - F Luthans, D H B Welsh and S A Rosenkrantz
Anglo-German Business Collaboration - D Ebster-Grosz and D Pugh
Pitfalls and Potentials
PART TWO: ANALYTICAL COMPARISONS OF INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN MANAGEMENT
Cultural Patterns in the Role of the Manager - M Haire, E E Ghiselli and L W Porter
On Looking at an Elephant - K H Roberts
An Evaluation of Cross-Cultural Research Related to Organizations
For a Study of the `Societal Effect' - M Maurice
Universality and Specificity in Organization Research
Motivation, Leadership and Organization - G Hofstede
Do American Theories Apply Abroad?
Culture, Contingency and Capitalism in the Cross-National Study of Organizations - J Child
Clustering Countries on Attitudinal Dimensions - S Ronen and O Shenkar
The Social Construction of Business Systems in East Asia - R D Whitley
Culture and Congruence - K L Newman and S D Nollen
The Fit between Management Practices and National Culture
PART THREE: ORGANIZATIONAL CONSISTENCIES ACROSS CULTURES
The Culture-Free Context of Organizational Structure - D J Hickson et al
Communication and Decision-Making across Cultures - R T Pascale
Japanese and American Comparisons
Size and Bureaucracy in East and West - L Donaldson
A Preliminary Meta-Analysis
Host Country Managerial Behaviour and Learning in Chinese and Hungarian Joint Ventures - J Child and L Markoczy
Industrialism and Industrial Man - C Kerr et al
Convergence or Divergence - P Sparrow, R S Schuller and S E Jackson
Human Resource Practices and Policies for Competitive Advantage Worldwide
Organizational Convergence - D Pugh and D J Hickson
VOLUME THREE: GOVERNMENT, OPERATIONS AND FINANCE
PART ONE: GOVERNMENTS, ETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
The Consequences of Governmental Action
The Influence of Policy Instruments on Manufacturing Direct Foreign Investment in Developing Countries - Franklin R Root and Ahmed A Ahmed
Bargaining Power of Multinationals and Host Governments - N Fagre and L T Wells
Expropriation as an Attempt to Control Foreign Firms in LDCS - Trends from 1960 to 1979 - S J Kobrin
Political Aspects of MNE Theory - J J Boddewyn
International Business Ethics
Multinational Decision-Making - Reconciling International Norms - T Donaldson
The Influence of Country and Industry on Ethical Perceptions of Senior Executives in the US and Europe - B B Schlegelmilch and D C Robertson
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
International Operations Strategy
The Co-ordination of Manufacturing Interdependence in Multinational Companies - B Mascarenhas
Post-Industrial Manufacturing - R Jaikumar
Flexibility - The Next Competitive Battle - The Manufacturing Futures Survey - A Demeyer et al
Investment and Location
The Motivation for Investment in Offshore Plants - Richard Moxon
The Case of the US Electronics Industry
Sourcing International Supplies
Sourcing Strategies of European and Japanese Multinationals - M Kotabe and G Omura
A Comparison
Distribution
Strategic Logistics in Co-ordinated Global Manufacturing Success - S E Fawcett
PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Value of International Activity
The Effects of International Operations on the Market Value of the Firm - Theory and Evidence - V R Errunza and L W Senbet
Capital Structure
Financing Foreign Subsidiaries of US Controlled Multinational Enterprises - R B Stobaugh Jr
Financial Structure and the Cost of Capital in the Multinational Corporation - A Shapiro
What Do We Know about Capital Structure - Some Evidence from International Data - R G Rajan and L Zingales
Risk and Mechanisms for Its Control
Management of Foreign Exchange Risk - L L Jacque
A Review Article
International Portfolio Choice and Corporation Finance - A Synthesis - M Adler and B Dumas
The World Price of Foreign-Exchange Risk - B Dumas and B Solnik
VOLUME FOUR: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
The Expatriate
Cultural Shock, Adjustment to New Cultural Environments - K Oberg
Sojourner Adjustment - A T Church
Expecting International Success - Female Managers Overseas - N J Adler
Toward a Comprehensive Model of International Adjustment - An Integration of Multiple Theoretical Perspectives - J S Black, M Mendenhall and G Oddou
International Issues in HRM
Transfer of Managers as a Co-ordination and Control Strategy in Multinational Organizations - Anders Edstrom and Jay R Galbraith
Controlled Variety - Y Doz and C K Prahalad
A Challenge for Human Resource Management in the MNC
Human Resources Management in International Joint Ventures - Directions for Research - O Shenkar and Y Zeira
Organizational Life-cycles and Strategic International Human Resouce Management in Multinational Companies - J Milliman, M A Vonglinow and M Nathan
Implications for Congruence Theory
Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations - P M Rosenzweig and N Nohria
Towards a European Model of Human Resource Management - C Brewster
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Historical Context
Comparative Marketing - J J Boddewyn
The First Twenty-Five Years
Marketing - D A Ricks
Market Globalization
Standardization or Adaptation
The Globalization of Markets - T Levitt
The Myth of Globalization - S P Douglas and Y Wind
The Influence of Global Marketing Standardization on Performance - S Samiee and K Roth
Marketing Research
Cross-National Comparisons and Consumer Stereotypes - S P Douglas
A Case Study of Working and Non-Working Wives in the US and France
Guidelines for Export Market Research - S T Cavusgil
Buyer Behaviour
Country of Origin Effects on Product Evaluations - W J Bilkey and E Nes
Marketing Universals - Consumers Use of Brand-Name, Price, Physical Appearance and Retailer Reputation as Signals of Product Quality - N Dawar and P Parker
PART ONE: HISTORY OF THE FIELD
Background Concepts and Philosophy of International Business from World War Two to the Present - R D Robinson
PART TWO: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE ORGANIZATION
The Path to Foreign Direct Investment
A Synthesis of Foreign Direct-Investment Theories and Theories of The Multinational-Firm - A L Calvert
International Investment and International Trade in the Product Life Cycle - R Vernon
The Internationalization Process of the Firm - J Johanson and J E Vahlne
A Model of Knowledge Development on Increasing Foreign Commitments
Toward an Eclectic Theory of International Production - J H Dunning
Some Empirical Tests
Analyzing Foreign Market Entry Strategies - Peter J Buckley and Mark C Casson
Extending the Internalization Approach
Forces That Impinge on Internationalization
Changing Patterns of International Competition - M E Porter
Global Strategy - In a World of Nations - G S Yip
The Effect of National Culture on the Choice of Entry Mode - B Kogut and H Singh
Organizational Aspects of Internationalization
The Tortuous Evolution of the Multinational Corporation - H V Perlmutter
Managing across Borders - New Strategic Requirements - C A Bartlett and S Ghoshal
Managing across Borders - New Organizational Responses - C A Bartlett and S Ghoshal
PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY
From Strategic Planning to Strategic Resources
The Strategy of Multinational Enterprise - M Z Brooke and B S Remmers
Organization and Finance
A Conceptual and Operational Framework for Developing the Long-Range Planning Process - S Prakash Sethi and J Hogle
Strategy and Structure in Multinational Corporations - A Revision of the Stopford and Wells Model - W G Egelhoff
The Core Competence of the Corporation - C K Prahalad and G Hamel
A Resource-Based Analysis of Global Competition - The Case of the Bearings Industry - D J Collis
Developing Global Strategies for Service Businesses - C H Lovelock and G S Yip
Strategic International Alliances
Joint Ventures - Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives - B Kogut
Competition for Competence and Inter-Partner Learning within International Strategic Alliances - G Hamel
Interfirm Diversity, Organizational Learning and Longevity in Global Strategic Alliances - A Parkhe
VOLUME TWO: THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON MANAGEMENT
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND STYLES
Organizational Contrasts on British and American Ships - S A Richardson
Interpersonal Relations in International Organizations - H C Triandis
Authority, Function and Status in British and Japanese Factories - R P Dore
What Do Russian Managers Really Do? An Observational Study with Comparisons to US Managers - F Luthans, D H B Welsh and S A Rosenkrantz
Anglo-German Business Collaboration - D Ebster-Grosz and D Pugh
Pitfalls and Potentials
PART TWO: ANALYTICAL COMPARISONS OF INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN MANAGEMENT
Cultural Patterns in the Role of the Manager - M Haire, E E Ghiselli and L W Porter
On Looking at an Elephant - K H Roberts
An Evaluation of Cross-Cultural Research Related to Organizations
For a Study of the `Societal Effect' - M Maurice
Universality and Specificity in Organization Research
Motivation, Leadership and Organization - G Hofstede
Do American Theories Apply Abroad?
Culture, Contingency and Capitalism in the Cross-National Study of Organizations - J Child
Clustering Countries on Attitudinal Dimensions - S Ronen and O Shenkar
The Social Construction of Business Systems in East Asia - R D Whitley
Culture and Congruence - K L Newman and S D Nollen
The Fit between Management Practices and National Culture
PART THREE: ORGANIZATIONAL CONSISTENCIES ACROSS CULTURES
The Culture-Free Context of Organizational Structure - D J Hickson et al
Communication and Decision-Making across Cultures - R T Pascale
Japanese and American Comparisons
Size and Bureaucracy in East and West - L Donaldson
A Preliminary Meta-Analysis
Host Country Managerial Behaviour and Learning in Chinese and Hungarian Joint Ventures - J Child and L Markoczy
Industrialism and Industrial Man - C Kerr et al
Convergence or Divergence - P Sparrow, R S Schuller and S E Jackson
Human Resource Practices and Policies for Competitive Advantage Worldwide
Organizational Convergence - D Pugh and D J Hickson
VOLUME THREE: GOVERNMENT, OPERATIONS AND FINANCE
PART ONE: GOVERNMENTS, ETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
The Consequences of Governmental Action
The Influence of Policy Instruments on Manufacturing Direct Foreign Investment in Developing Countries - Franklin R Root and Ahmed A Ahmed
Bargaining Power of Multinationals and Host Governments - N Fagre and L T Wells
Expropriation as an Attempt to Control Foreign Firms in LDCS - Trends from 1960 to 1979 - S J Kobrin
Political Aspects of MNE Theory - J J Boddewyn
International Business Ethics
Multinational Decision-Making - Reconciling International Norms - T Donaldson
The Influence of Country and Industry on Ethical Perceptions of Senior Executives in the US and Europe - B B Schlegelmilch and D C Robertson
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
International Operations Strategy
The Co-ordination of Manufacturing Interdependence in Multinational Companies - B Mascarenhas
Post-Industrial Manufacturing - R Jaikumar
Flexibility - The Next Competitive Battle - The Manufacturing Futures Survey - A Demeyer et al
Investment and Location
The Motivation for Investment in Offshore Plants - Richard Moxon
The Case of the US Electronics Industry
Sourcing International Supplies
Sourcing Strategies of European and Japanese Multinationals - M Kotabe and G Omura
A Comparison
Distribution
Strategic Logistics in Co-ordinated Global Manufacturing Success - S E Fawcett
PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Value of International Activity
The Effects of International Operations on the Market Value of the Firm - Theory and Evidence - V R Errunza and L W Senbet
Capital Structure
Financing Foreign Subsidiaries of US Controlled Multinational Enterprises - R B Stobaugh Jr
Financial Structure and the Cost of Capital in the Multinational Corporation - A Shapiro
What Do We Know about Capital Structure - Some Evidence from International Data - R G Rajan and L Zingales
Risk and Mechanisms for Its Control
Management of Foreign Exchange Risk - L L Jacque
A Review Article
International Portfolio Choice and Corporation Finance - A Synthesis - M Adler and B Dumas
The World Price of Foreign-Exchange Risk - B Dumas and B Solnik
VOLUME FOUR: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
The Expatriate
Cultural Shock, Adjustment to New Cultural Environments - K Oberg
Sojourner Adjustment - A T Church
Expecting International Success - Female Managers Overseas - N J Adler
Toward a Comprehensive Model of International Adjustment - An Integration of Multiple Theoretical Perspectives - J S Black, M Mendenhall and G Oddou
International Issues in HRM
Transfer of Managers as a Co-ordination and Control Strategy in Multinational Organizations - Anders Edstrom and Jay R Galbraith
Controlled Variety - Y Doz and C K Prahalad
A Challenge for Human Resource Management in the MNC
Human Resources Management in International Joint Ventures - Directions for Research - O Shenkar and Y Zeira
Organizational Life-cycles and Strategic International Human Resouce Management in Multinational Companies - J Milliman, M A Vonglinow and M Nathan
Implications for Congruence Theory
Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations - P M Rosenzweig and N Nohria
Towards a European Model of Human Resource Management - C Brewster
PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Historical Context
Comparative Marketing - J J Boddewyn
The First Twenty-Five Years
Marketing - D A Ricks
Market Globalization
Standardization or Adaptation
The Globalization of Markets - T Levitt
The Myth of Globalization - S P Douglas and Y Wind
The Influence of Global Marketing Standardization on Performance - S Samiee and K Roth
Marketing Research
Cross-National Comparisons and Consumer Stereotypes - S P Douglas
A Case Study of Working and Non-Working Wives in the US and France
Guidelines for Export Market Research - S T Cavusgil
Buyer Behaviour
Country of Origin Effects on Product Evaluations - W J Bilkey and E Nes
Marketing Universals - Consumers Use of Brand-Name, Price, Physical Appearance and Retailer Reputation as Signals of Product Quality - N Dawar and P Parker