International Business

GEORGE ANASTASSOPOULOS University of the Aegean, ChiosMOHAMED BRANINE Senior Lecturer and MBA Director, University of StirlingROSS BROWN Research Unit, Scottish EnterpriseTREVOR BUCK Professor of Business Policy, Graduate School of Business, De Monfort UniversityGEERT DUYSTERS Associate Professor, Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of TechnologyGRAHAM FALLON Senior Lecturer in Economics, University College, NorthamptonREBECCA GUIDICE Phd Candidate, Washington State UniversityNEIL HOOD University of StrathclydeLOUISE HURDLEY Assistant Director, Ford Faculty, Business School, Loughborough UniversityALAN JONES Principal Lecturer in International Business, University College, NorthamptonXIAMING LIU Lecturer in Business Economics, Aston Business SchoolJIM NEWTON Lecturer, Hong Kong School of BusinessMARINA PAPANASTASSIOU Athens University of Economics and Business, GreeceROBERT PEARCE Reader in International Business, The University of ReadingPHILIP RAINES Senior Research Fellow, European Policies Research Centre, University of StrathclydeBERT SADOWSKI University of Technology DelftHELEN SAKHO Associate Lecturer, South Bank UniversityMICHAEL SANDERSON Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Napier University ROGER STRANGE Senior Lecturer in Economics, King's College LondonJAMES TAGGART Professor of International Business Strategy, University of GlasgowANA TERESA TAVARES Lecturer, University of PortoMONIR TAYEB School ofManagement, Heriot-Watt UniversityEMANUELA TODEVA South Bank UniversityASH VASUDEVAN Manager of Strategic Alliances, CommerceNetYINGQI WEI Lecturer in International Business, Department of Economics, Lancaster UniversityYUGUANG YANG Professor, Institute of the World Economy, Fudan University

• Introduction: Is There a European Dimension to International Business? PART ONE: EUROPEAN DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT International Human Resource Management: Americanization, Europeanization or Japanization? Does Workforce Flexibility Affect Foreign Investment Decisions? Germany and the UK Compared The Role of Expatriate Managers in Global Economic Restructuring: Some Key Components and Constraints Two Nations Divided by a Common Culture; Three American Companies in Scotland Globalisation of Technology and the Movement of Scientific Personnel in Multinational Enterprises in Europe PART TWO: EUROPEAN DIMENSIONS OF MULTINATIONAL SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS Subsidiary Strategy and Regional Economic Impact: A Conceptual Framework Differentiating MNC Strategy at Subsidiary Level European Integration and Structural Change in the Multinational; Evidence from Foreign Subsidiaries Operating in Portugal How Local Managers Influence Strategy in Multinational Corporations Inter Alliance Rivalry: Theory and an Application to the Global Telecommunications Industry Typology of Business Networks in Eastern Europe: Comparative Case Studies Exporting, Entry Modes and Transition: A Case Comparison Between Russia and China Obstacles to Inbound Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of Russia Control and Performance of EU-China Joint Ventures: The Perspective of Chinese Managers Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush; EU-China Trade in Silk