The Regional Multinationals: Mnes and 'Global' Strategic Management

ISBN-13: 9780521842655 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 290 str.

Professor Alan M. Rugman

Opis

Although many firms label themselves "global," very few handle worldwide sales and operations. This book demonstrates that most multinationals are in fact strongly regional and that only a tiny percentage of the world's top 500 companies sells and/or delivers globally. Alan Rugman exposes the facts behind the popular myths of doing business globally, explores a variety of regional models and offers an authoritative agenda for future business strategy.

Recenzje

"A must-read for academics, practitioners, and public policymakers who are looking for fresh ideas on the topic of globalization and global strategy." Joseph Cheng, Professor and Director, Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Regional multinationals: the data; 3. Two regional strategy frameworks; 4. Regional and global strategies of multinational enterprises; 5. Retail multinationals; 6. Banking multinationals; 7. Pharmaceutical and chemical multinationals; 8. Automobile multinationals; 9. Profits of leading multinational enterprises; 10. Analysis of the regional and global strategies of large firms; 11. Regional multinationals and government policy; 12. Regional multinationals: the new research agenda; Appendix. The 500 companies with the triad percent sales, alphabetical, 2001; Company notes; Case references; Academic references; Author index; General index.