Alan M. Rugman is L. Leslie Waters Chair of International Business at Indiana University, and Fellow of Templeton College, University of Oxford. Previous positions have included Professor of International Business at Delhousie University (1980-87) and Professor of International Business at the University of Toronto (1987-98).Joseph R. D'Cruz is Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He consults widely with multinational corporations in the areas of global strategy and international operations. He is the co-author (with Professor Rugman) of the Kodak series of studies on Canada's international competitiveness, and winner (with Professor Fleck) of the Touche Ross Award for the best article in Business Quarterly entitled 'The Globablization of Manufacturing'.

Review from previous edition raises the important question how asymmetric decision power in global flagship networks affects regional development

• Introduction ; PART I: THE CONCEPT OF THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 1. The Flagship Firm and the Five Partners Business Network ; 2. Corporate Strategy and the Flagship Firm ; 3. Internalization and De-internalization: Will Business Networks Replace Multinationals? ; PART II: MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE THEORY AND THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 4. Partners Across Borders: Organizational Learning and the Flagship Firm ; 5. The Theory of the Flagship Firm ; 6. The Canadian Telecommunications Industry Network ; 7. The French Telecommunications Network ; PART III: CASE STUDIES OF FLAGSHIP BUSINESS NETWORKS ; 8. The Canadian Speciality Chemicals Network ; 9. The Five Partners/Flagship Model and the Scottish Electronics Cluster ; 10. The North American Automotive Cluster ; 11. Managerial Implications of Flagship Relationships

Alan M. Rugman is L. Leslie Waters Chair of International Business at Indiana University, and Fellow of Templeton College, University of Oxford. Previous positions have included Professor of International Business at Delhousie University (1980-87) and Professor of International Business at the University of Toronto (1987-98).Joseph R. D'Cruz is Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He consults widely with multinational corporations in the areas of global strategy and international operations. He is the co-author (with Professor Rugman) of the Kodak series of studies on Canada's international competitiveness, and winner (with Professor Fleck) of the Touche Ross Award for the best article in Business Quarterly entitled 'The Globablization of Manufacturing'.

Review from previous edition raises the important question how asymmetric decision power in global flagship networks affects regional development

• Introduction ; PART I: THE CONCEPT OF THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 1. The Flagship Firm and the Five Partners Business Network ; 2. Corporate Strategy and the Flagship Firm ; 3. Internalization and De-internalization: Will Business Networks Replace Multinationals? ; PART II: MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE THEORY AND THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 4. Partners Across Borders: Organizational Learning and the Flagship Firm ; 5. The Theory of the Flagship Firm ; 6. The Canadian Telecommunications Industry Network ; 7. The French Telecommunications Network ; PART III: CASE STUDIES OF FLAGSHIP BUSINESS NETWORKS ; 8. The Canadian Speciality Chemicals Network ; 9. The Five Partners/Flagship Model and the Scottish Electronics Cluster ; 10. The North American Automotive Cluster ; 11. Managerial Implications of Flagship Relationships

Alan M. Rugman is L. Leslie Waters Chair of International Business at Indiana University, and Fellow of Templeton College, University of Oxford. Previous positions have included Professor of International Business at Delhousie University (1980-87) and Professor of International Business at the University of Toronto (1987-98).Joseph R. D'Cruz is Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He consults widely with multinational corporations in the areas of global strategy and international operations. He is the co-author (with Professor Rugman) of the Kodak series of studies on Canada's international competitiveness, and winner (with Professor Fleck) of the Touche Ross Award for the best article in Business Quarterly entitled 'The Globablization of Manufacturing'.

Review from previous edition raises the important question how asymmetric decision power in global flagship networks affects regional development

• Introduction ; PART I: THE CONCEPT OF THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 1. The Flagship Firm and the Five Partners Business Network ; 2. Corporate Strategy and the Flagship Firm ; 3. Internalization and De-internalization: Will Business Networks Replace Multinationals? ; PART II: MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE THEORY AND THE FLAGSHIP FIRM ; 4. Partners Across Borders: Organizational Learning and the Flagship Firm ; 5. The Theory of the Flagship Firm ; 6. The Canadian Telecommunications Industry Network ; 7. The French Telecommunications Network ; PART III: CASE STUDIES OF FLAGSHIP BUSINESS NETWORKS ; 8. The Canadian Speciality Chemicals Network ; 9. The Five Partners/Flagship Model and the Scottish Electronics Cluster ; 10. The North American Automotive Cluster ; 11. Managerial Implications of Flagship Relationships