Handbook of Research on International Strategic Management

Edited by Alain Verbeke, McCaig Chaired Professor in Management, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada, Associate Fellow, Centre for International Business and Management, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK and Solvay Business School, University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium and Hemant Merchant, Professor of Global Business, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, US

’Verbeke and Merchant have assembled a remarkable collection of brand new essays by the who's-who of international business. It will become a standard reference for both junior and senior scholars working in this increasingly important area.’ - Ravi Ramamurtim, Northeastern University, US

• Contents:IntroductionAlain Verbeke and Hemant Merchant PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 1. Twenty Key Hypotheses that Make Internalization Theory the General Theory of International Strategic ManagementBirgitte Grøgaard and Alain Verbeke 2. The End of the Opportunism versus Trust Debate: Bounded Reliability as a New Envelope Concept in Research on MNE GovernanceAlain Verbeke and Nathan Greidanus 3. The New Eclectic Paradigm and International Business StrategySarianna M. Lundan 4. The Multinational Enterprise as a Global FactoryPeter Buckley 5. Dynamics of Foreign Operation Modes and their Combinations: Insights for International Strategic ManagementGabriel R.G. Benito, Bent Petersen and Lawrence S. Welch 6. Triple Testing the Quality of Multinationality–Performance ResearchAlain Verbeke and Paul Brugman PART II: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 7. New Ideas about Organizational Design for Modern MNEsWilliam G. Egelhoff and Joachim Wolf 8. Initiative in Multinational SubsidiariesJulian Birkinshaw and Shameen Prashantham 9. Collaboration Across Borders: Benefits to Firms in an Emerging EconomyRekha Krishnan, Niels G. Noorderhaven and Alex Eapen 10. Joint Venture Configurations in Big Emerging MarketsHemant Merchant 11. Building Competitive Advantage in International Acquisitions: Grey Box Conditions, Culture, Status and MeritocracyUdo Zander, Lena Zander and H. Emre Yildiz12. What Can International Finance Add to International Strategy?Lars Oxelheim, Trond Randøy and Arthur Stonehill PART III: THE IMPLICATIONS OF DISTANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY 13. A New Perspective on the Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Services FirmsAlan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke 14. Foundations of Regional versus Global Strategies of MNEsChristian Geisler Asmussen 15. New Insights on the Role of Location Advantages in International InnovationRajneesh Narula and Grazia D. Santangelo 16. The Tenuous Link between Cultural Distance and International Strategy: Navigating the Assumptions of Cross-Cultural ResearchHemant Merchant, Rosalie L. Tung and Alain Verbeke 17. Institutional Distance and International StrategyDeeksha Singh and Ajai S. Gaur18. Real Options Theory and International Investment Strategy: Past, Present and FutureJing Li, Yong Li and Alan M. Rugman PART IV: NEW TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 19. Management Research on Emerging Markets: Existing Trends and Future OpportunitiesHemant Merchant and Lori Allen-Ford 20. Institutions and International EntrepreneurshipDara Szyliowicz and Tiffany Galvin 21. Offshoring and MNC StrategyDebmalya Mukherjee and Ben L. Kedia 22. Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Strategies and NetworksMiguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín 23. Reconceptualizing the MNE–Development Relationship: The Role of Complementary ResourcesJonathan P. Doh and Jennifer Oetzel 24. Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change StrategiesAns Kolk and Jonatan Pinkse Index