This is "not", however, a typical collection of conference proceedings. Instead, the authors have substantially revised their findings in light of criticisms offered at the meetings and have taken up issues debated by the other participants. The result is a very lively volume that reflects the divergent opinions and viewpoints of eighteen leading scholars in the field of international business. It really is a hard volume to put down once one picks it up. EH.NET and H-Business (Gordon Boyce, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington) 07/99

• PART I: INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND, THEORY, AND CONTROVERSIES ; PART II: COUNTRIES AND REGIONS THAT WERE HOST TO FREE-STANDING COMPANIES ; PART III: COUNTRIES THAT WERE HOMES TO FREE-STANDING COMPANIES: GENERAL AND BY SECTOR ; PART IV: CONCLUSION

This is "not", however, a typical collection of conference proceedings. Instead, the authors have substantially revised their findings in light of criticisms offered at the meetings and have taken up issues debated by the other participants. The result is a very lively volume that reflects the divergent opinions and viewpoints of eighteen leading scholars in the field of international business. It really is a hard volume to put down once one picks it up. EH.NET and H-Business (Gordon Boyce, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington) 07/99

• PART I: INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND, THEORY, AND CONTROVERSIES ; PART II: COUNTRIES AND REGIONS THAT WERE HOST TO FREE-STANDING COMPANIES ; PART III: COUNTRIES THAT WERE HOMES TO FREE-STANDING COMPANIES: GENERAL AND BY SECTOR ; PART IV: CONCLUSION

This is "not", however, a typical collection of conference proceedings. Instead, the authors have substantially revised their findings in light of criticisms offered at the meetings and have taken up issues debated by the other participants. The result is a very lively volume that reflects the divergent opinions and viewpoints of eighteen leading scholars in the field of international business. It really is a hard volume to put down once one picks it up. EH.NET and H-Business (Gordon Boyce, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington) 07/99

• PART I: INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND, THEORY, AND CONTROVERSIES ; PART II: COUNTRIES AND REGIONS THAT WERE HOST TO FREE-STANDING COMPANIES ; PART III: COUNTRIES THAT WERE HOMES TO FREE-STANDING COMPANIES: GENERAL AND BY SECTOR ; PART IV: CONCLUSION