Multinational Firms, Cooperation and Competition in the World Economy

PETER J. BUCKLEY is one of the world's leading academics in the area of International Business. He is currently Professor of International Business and Director of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds. He is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Reading and Visiting Professor at the University of Paris 1 : Panthion-Sorbonne, the University of Rennes I and the University of Groningen, Netherlands. - V.N. BALASUBRAMANYAN is Head of the Department of Economics at the Management School, Lancaster University.

• Foreword by V. N. Balasubramanyan Introduction PART ONE: THEORY OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE Models of Multinational Enterprise with Mark C. Casson The Investment Development Path - the Case of Portugal with Francisco B. Castro PART TWO: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND FOREIGN MARKET SERVICING STRATEGY Analysing Foreign Market Entry Strategies: Extending the Internalisation Approach with Mark C. Casson Atlantic Foreign Direct Investment Flows with Jeremy Clegg Transfer Pricing and Economics Functions Analysis: the Japanese Paradigm with Jane Frecknall-Hughes Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Theoretical Explanation and Evidence from European Direct Investors PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES AND ALLIANCES Measures of Performance in UK International Joint Ventures with Keith W. Glaister Management-Performance Relationships in UK Joint Ventures with Keith W. Glaister The Use of Native Categories in Management Research with Malcolm Chapman The Management of Co-operative Strategies in R&D and Innovation Programmes with Malcolm Chapman Cross-Border Governance in Multinational Enterprises