Transnational Corporations and Transnational Governance

1. The Costs of Crossing Borders in the Global Economy
Sarianna Lundan

Part I. Behavioural Assumptions in the Theory of the TNC

2. A Transaction Cost Theory of the TNC
Jean-François Hennart

3. Bounded Reality: A New Behavioral Foundation for MNE Governance
Alain Verbeke, Nathan S. Greidanus

4. The ‘Parenting Advantage’ and Innovation Processes in the Multinational Firm: Does Top Management Mess Things Up?
Mats Forsgren

Part II. The Footprint of the TNC: The Role of Borders and Distance

5. Distance-Related Barriers and the Internationalization of Finnish MNEs
Sarianna Lundan

6. Looking into the Innovation Process: How International Is Innovation in Multinational Companies?
Jannika Mattes

7. Locations of Corporate Headquarters in Europe: Between Inertia and Co-evolution
Martin Heidenreich, Nina Baur

Part III. Managing Cross-Border Interdependencies

8. Intra-Firm Trade Law: Contract Enforcement and Dispute Resolution in Transnational Corporations
Gralf-Peter Calliess, Stephan Harder

9. Competence Building in Transnational Companies: The Role of Regional Headquarters in Subsidiary Coordination
Jörg Freiling, Sven Laudien

10. The Evolution of a Regional Headquarters Population: An Ecological Analysis
Perttu Kähäri, Rebecca Piekkari

Part IV. TNCs as Institutional Entrepreneurs

11. Accounting Firms: Global Reach without Transnational Form
Jochen Zimmermann, Jan-Christoph Volckmer

12. Operationalising the UN Business and Human Rights Framework: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights and Due Diligence
Peter Muchlinski

13. The Changing Role of Business in Global Society: Implications for Governance, Democracy, and the Theory of the Firm
Andreas Georg Scherer, Guido Palazzo, Hannah Trittin

Keywords: Business and Management, Management, International Business, Organization, Economics, general, Corporate Governance, International Economics