The Multinational Enterprise in Developing Countries: Local Versus Global Logic

ISBN-13: 9780415492522 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str.

Rick Molz;Catalin Ratiu;Ali Taleb

Opis

This book focuses on the uneasy interaction between a developing country traditional logic and Multinational Enterprise (MNE) economic logic, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Spis treści

Preface Rick Molz, Cătălin Raţiu and Ali Taleb.  Introduction Rick Molz, Cătălin Raţiu and Ali Taleb  Part 1: Local-Global View of Multinationals in Developing Countries  1. Organizational and Institutional Rationalities and Western Firms in Emerging Countries: Proposal for a Local/Global Analytical Model Sid Ahmed Soussi  2. Strategy Implementation in Emerging Countries: Three Theoretical Approaches Claude Marcotte, Sid Ahmed Soussi, Rick Molz, Mehdi Farashahi and Taïeb Hafsi  Part 2: Theoretical Considerations  3. West Meets SouthEast: A Cultural Fit of Goal Setting Theory to the Filipino Workforce Pamela Lirio  4. Emergent Global Institutional Logic in the Multinational Corporation Gwyneth Edwards  5. Political Strategies of MNEs in Emerging Economies: A Theoretical Model Shoaib Ul-Haw and Mehdi Farashahi  6. Business Groups and Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets Natalya Totskaya  7. Entrepreneurship, Firm Size and Knowledge Transfer to Developing and Emerging Countries Claude Marcotte  Part 3: Empirical Perspectives  8. A Comparison of Foreign Acquisitions in the Brazilian Electricity Industry: What Determines Success? Marcos Bosquetti, Rick Molz and Taïeb Hafsi  9. Behaviour of MNEs in Developing Countries: Having a Sense of the ‘Good’ through ‘Smart Partnerships’ in Malaysia Rabia Naguib  10. Environment, Strategy and Leadership Patterns as Determinants of Firm Performance: The Case of a Developing Country Taïeb Hafsi and Bernard Gauthier  Part 4: Emerging Global Roles of Local Firms  11. Multinationals and Corporate Environmental Strategies: Fostering Subsidiary Initiative Cătălin Raţiu and Rick Molz  12. Emerging Multinationals from Developing Countries: Would Their Exposure to Eclectic Institutional Conditions Grant them Unique Comparative Advantages? Ali Taleb  Conclusion  13. The Challenges of Developing Competitive Advantage from Local and the Differential Logics Rick Molz, Cǎtǎlin Raţiu and Ali Taleb