Davies, Sheena
Contemporary Challenges to International Business
1. Perspectives on Contemporary Challenges to International Business
Kevin Ibeh, Sheena Davies
Part I. Cross-Border Management and Institutional Challenges
2. The Challenge of Managing Employee Tenure in China
Angelika Zimmermann, Xiaohui Liu, Trevor Buck
3. Organizational Identification and Commitment Following a Cross-Border Acquisition
Mélanie Elina Raukko
4. Cross-Border Transfer of Employment Relations Approaches: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalization
Heinz Josef Tüselmann, Frank Mcdonald, Matthew Allen, Sougand Golesorkhi, Despoina Filiou
5. Tensions Arising from Process of Transferring HRM Practices across Borders: The Case of Taiwanese MNCs in the UK
Yi Ying Chang, Kamel Mellahi, Adrian John Wilkinson
Part II. SMEs’ Resource-Related Challenges
6. Micromultinationals: Transcending Resource Challenges in International Business
Kevin Ibeh, Oliver Borchert, Colin Wheeler
7. Survival and Failure of Born Globals: The Case of Software Firms
Mika Gabrielsson, Peter Gabrielsson
8. The Challenge of Accelerated International Growth: A Focus on Winners and Losers in the Finnish Software Sector
Niina Nummela, Sami Saarenketo, Jussi Hätönen, Mika Ruokonen
9. International New Ventures and the Development of Partnerships: A Social Capital Approach
Arild Aspelund, Roger Sørheim, Magne Sivert Berg
10. Clustering and the Internationalization of SMEs in the Media Industry
Gary Cook, Naresh R. Pandit
Part III. Emerging Market Challenges
11. Learning in International Joint Ventures in Central and Eastern European Countries: System of Innovation Approach
Irina Jormanainen
12. Returning Entrepreneurs vs Indigenous Entrepreneurs: An Investigation of High Technology SMEs in Emerging Markets
Ou Dai, Xiaohui Liu
13. The Emergence of Low-Cost Airlines in Africa: A Preliminary Analysis of Internal and External Drivers
Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, Yaw A. Debrah
14. Re-examining Women’s International Management Experiences: A Middle Eastern Perspective
Beverly Dawn Metcalfe, Kate Hutchings, Brian Cooper
Part IV. Emergent Challenges
15. Trends in International Terrorism against Business Targets
Andrew Lee
16. The Automotive Industry and Environmental Regulations: Challenges to Corporate Political Activities of Multinational Enterprises in the European Union
Sigrun M. Wagner
17. Intra-Community Fraud among UK and German Expatriate Entrepreneurs in Spain: A Trust and Social Networks-Based Explanation
Andreas Hoecht
Keywords: Business and Management, International Business, International Economics, Organization, Human Resource Management
- Editor
- Davies, Sheena
- Ibeh, Kevin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- The Academy of International Business
- Page amount
- 323 pages
- Category
- Economy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230237322
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-30443-1