Impact of International Business: Challenges and Solutions for Policy and Practice

Impact of International Business: Challenges and Solutions for Policy and Practice (Academy of International Business (UKI) Series)
The international community is confronted with a new set of challenges, the scale and complexity of which is virtually unprecedented. In this connection, there are heightened demands for international business research to provide guidance for decision-makers on how to solve actual problems. Impact of International Business addresses current challenges and issues, and provides fresh insights that are pertinent for policy and practice. The book examines various contemporary international business issues from various viewpoints, draws on research conducted in different countries, examines IB issues in both developed and emerging country contexts, offers various theoretical perspectives and different methodologies. It provides both rigorous empirical and conceptual advances and insights that are useful and relevant for managers and policy makers in their search for solutions in face of current challenges posed by the international environment.

Table of Contents

Part I The Impact of Locations, Institutions and Governments
Chapter 1 Effects of Geographic, Institutional and Linguistic Regions on FDI Performance
Chapter 2 Exploring Regional-Level Impact of Corruption and Crime on Multinational and Domestic Firms: The Evidence from Russia
Chapter 3 Determinants of Reinvested Earnings of Multinational Subsidiaries in Emerging Economies
Chapter 4 The Impact of Actors and the Aspect of Time in Institutional Change Processes in a Developing Country Context

Part II International Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Contexts and Outcomes
Chapter 5 Affordable Loss in Entrepreneurial Internationalisation: A Focus on Finnish Biotechnology Firms
Chapter 6 Business Strategies in Internationalisation Outcomes among SMEs
Chapter 7 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Indigenous Firms’ Innovation: The Moderating Effect of Environmental Dynamism

Part III Strategy and Management: Ownership Modes, Networks and People
Chapter 8 Multilevel Analysis of Ownership Mode Strategy in China
Chapter 9 Creating Value in Cross-Border M&As through Strategic Network
Chapter 10 Single or Hybrid Career Paths of MNC RD&E Employees?

Part IV Rigour and Relevance: Some Roadmaps for Internationalisation Research
Chapter 11 Making Research More Policy Relevant: A Longitudinal Case Study of Engaged Scholarship
Chapter 12 SME Internationalisation and Its Impact on Firm Performance
Chapter 13 Understanding Internationalisation through the Lens of Social Network Analysis