Value Creation in International Business

Svetla Marinova is Associate Professor of International Business at Aalborg University, Denmark. Her research interests include company internationalization and the role of institutions, strategy of multinational firms from emerging economies and the management of firms undergoing intensive internationalization processes. She has published more than seventy papers in scholarly journals and edited seven academic books.Jorma Larimo is Professor of International Marketing at the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, Finland. His main research areas are internationalization of SMEs, acquisition and international joint venture strategies and performance, and entry and marketing strategies in CEE countries. He is an active member of several academic associations, and his research has been published in several edited books and international journals.Niina Nummela is Professor of International Business at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland, and Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Her areas of expertise include international entrepreneurship, cross-border acquisitions, and research methods. She has published widely in academic journals and edited academic books.

Patrizia Guarnieri is probably the leading Italian social historian. In this book she traces the fate of the persecuted Jewish psychologists in Italy during the Holocaust, victims in part of the racist ideology of the Fascist regime, in part of the stupefying indifference -- even after the War! -- of their non-Jewish colleagues. Guarnieri recreates brilliantly not just to the world of these brave psychologists, but of the entire Italian intellectual culture of the day."-Edward Shorter, Professor of the History of Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada "This is a remarkable and highly original study. It goes far beyond the academic world of psychology in Italy and the impact of the anti-Jewish racial laws of fascism."-Stuart Woolf, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Venice, Italy and translator of Primo Levi, If This Is a Man "Patrizia Guarnieri takes her readers on an amazing journey little known to most psychologists or scholars. Her meticulous research into the era of Italian fascism and its impact on the immigration of Jews enlightens a dark chapter in our history with brilliant narratives of heroes and villains, and the roles played by influential Italian psychologists."-Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University, USA

• Chapter 1 Meanings and Interpretations of Value and Value Creation (Svetla Marinova, Jorma Larimo and Niina Nummela).- Chapter 2 Value Creation in International Joint Ventures: Impact of Inter-Partner Factors and Location (Tahir Ali, Jorma Larimo and Huu Le Nguyen).- Chapter 3 Joint Venture Longevity in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (Dora Triki, Emna Moalla and Ulrike Mayrhofer).- Chapter 4 Role, Motivation and Performance of International Joint Ventures in Slovakia (Sonia Ferencikova and Tatiana Hluskova).- Chapter 5 Cross-border M&As from India – Motives and Integration Strategies of Indian Acquirers (Melanie Hassett, Zsuzsanna Vincze, Uma Urs, Duncan Angwin, Niina Nummela and Peter Zettinig).- Chapter 6 Value Creation of Mergers-Acquisitions in Mature and Emerging Markets: A Study of French Multinationals (Ludivine Chalençon and Ulrike Mayrhofer).- Chapter 7 Africa - An Emerging Context for Value Creation with Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions (William Degbey  and Kimberly Ellis).- Chapter 8 The Role of Trust in Value Creation: The Case of a Cross-Border Acquisition in Russia (Elina Pelto).- Chapter 9 Antecedents of Cross-Border Acquisition Performance: Implementation Issues (Daojuan Wang, Hamid Moini and John Kuada).- Chapter 10 Russian Oil and Gas MNEs Investing in China: Role of Government in Value Creation (Andrei Panibratov).- Chapter 11 When is FDI Valuable to the MNE? The Role of Firm Capabilities and International Experience (Piotr Trapczynski).- Chapter 12 Mission Impossible: How to Create Value in Time of Crises (Sonia Ferencikova).- Chapter 13 Dragons with Horsepower: Learning from the Internationalization of Emerging Market Firms (Anna Jonsson).- Chapter 14 Talent Management and Global Value Creation: How Russian Companies Do This? (Marina Latukha).