International Business Strategy

Dr Alain Verbeke is a professor of International Business Strategy and holds the McCaig Research Chair in Management at the Haskayne School of Business (HSB), University of Calgary (Canada). In 2014, Dr Verbeke was elected as the Inaugural Alan M. Rugman Memorial Fellow at the Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK). In 2019, he was appointed as a Dean's Circle distinguished research fellow at the College of Business, Florida International University (USA). He is also an adjunct professor at the Solvay Business School, University of Brussels – VUB (Belgium). He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies – JIBS, and is an elected fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) and the European International Business Academy (EIBA). Dr I. H. Ian Lee is an associate professor of International Business and Strategy at the Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago (USA). Dr Lee has published in leading journals in the areas of international business and entrepreneurship. He currently serves as an editorial board member for the Journal of International Management, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, and Asian Business & Management. Prior to joining academia, Dr Lee served for eight years as a deputy director at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in South Korea. He was the recipient of the 2018–19 Alan M. Rugman Visiting Research Fellowship at the Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK).

'This revised edition of Alain Verbeke's textbook builds on the strengths of the very first edition, and continues to stand out from other textbooks in two respects. First, the analytical framework summarizing the nature of international business presented in the first half of the book is consistently used in all subsequent chapters. Second, this conceptual toolkit helps students to understand the complexities of international business in the real world.' Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Professor of International Business, University of Groningen

• List of figures; List of tables; About the authors; Foreword from Jean-François Hennart; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Walkthrough; Introduction and overview of the book's framework; Part I. Core Concepts; 1. Conceptual foundations of international business strategy; 2. The critical role of firm-specific advantages; 3. The nature of home country location advantages; 4. The problem with host country location advantages; 5. Combining firm-specific advantages and location advantages in a multinational network; Part II. Functional Issues; 6. International innovation; 7. International sourcing and production; 8. International finance; 9. International marketing;10. Managing managers in the multinational enterprise; Part III. Dynamics of Global Strategy; 11. Entry mode dynamics 1: Foreign distributors; 12. Entry mode dynamics 2: Strategic alliance partners; 13. Entry mode dynamics 3: Mergers and acquisitions; 14. The role of emerging economies; 15. Emerging economy multinational enterprises; 16. Multinational entrepreneurship; 17A. International strategies of corporate social responsibility; 17B. International strategies of corporate environmental sustainability; Conclusion: The true foundations of global corporate success; Notes; Index.