Internationalization, Innovation and Sustainability of MNCs in Latin America

1. Introduction
Leonardo Liberman, William Newburry

2. Maintaining a Global Competitive Advantage: Sustainable Tourism in a World Heritage Site in Peru
James Patrick Johnson, Ronald M. Rivas

3. Foreign Direct Investment in the Water Sector in Latin America
Frederico Araujo Turolla

4. Absorptive Capacity in the Franchising System: Empirical and Comparative Dimensions from Brazil
Rogério Stival Morgado, Afonso Fleury

5. Brazilian Franchising Networks: Degree of Internationalization and Current Status
Livia Lopes Barakat, Sherban Leonardo Cretoiu, Mayara Ximenes Dalbem

6. Private Equity Investments in Emerging Markets, National Governance, and Geographic Distance: The Case of Latin America, 1996–2009
Santiago Mingo, Francisco Morales, Marc Junkunc

7. The Internationalization of Brazilian Fast-Food Chains: A Marketing Failure?
Gilberto Figueira Silva, Angela Rocha, Henrique Pacheco

8. Challenges in Strategy and Management of Multinational R&D Centres in Emerging Markets: Perspective from a German Headquarters in the Chemical Sector
Osmar Saito, Roberto Bernardes, Marcos Amatucci

9. Internationalization of Asian MNCs in Brazil: Factors and Motivations
Mario H. Ogasavara, Gilmar Masiero

Keywords: Business and Management, Sustainability Management, International Business, Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Organization, International Economics