This text addresses the evolving corporate restructuring race between industrial complexes. The authors consider current debates on post-Fordism, globalization and lean production, identifying a number of rival internationalization strategies that have been adopted by different companies. Moreover, they present historical data on the world's 100 largest core companies. They demonstrate that none of the largest core firms are truly global, and that virtually all of them have benefited decisively from governmental trade or industrial policies. This is an interdisciplinary project which links...

There is within the corporate world an evolving international restructuring race, between industrial complexes, that is set to intensify over the coming years.An industrial complex consists of suppliers, distributors, governments, financiers and trade unions.It is the reorganisation of the relationship between the core firm and the above components that is set to change before very long.
In this book, Winfied Ruigrok and Rob van Tulder address many current debates on topics such as "Post-Fordism,""globalisation" and "lean production."They also identify a number pf rival...

In recent years, the number of books dealing with business-society management, business ethics and corporate communication has seen an exponential growth, yet most still do not treat the issues, strategies and societal interaction in a homogeneous manner. At last, here is a book that does just that. This book analyses the nature of the international bargaining society as it has matured since the beginning of the 1990s and as traditional divides between state, civil society and markets have become redefined. Covering conflicts in which primarily large multinationals were targeted by...

The number of books on Business-Society Management, Business Ethics and Corporate Communication has seen an exponential growth, but most do not treat the issues, strategies and societal interaction in a homogenous manner. At last, here is a book that does just that.
"International Business-Society Management "covers conflicts in which primarily large multinationals were targeted by non-governmental organizations. The conflicts surrounding Burma, blood diamonds, child labor, oil spills, food safety, patents on HIV/AIDS medication and labor rights, have resulted in a large number of...

This PIBR volume examines a number of idiosyncratic elements in the internationalization strategies of BRIC MNEs and, in particular, in their relationship with home country policies: 1.The theoretical challenge: do we need different or more specific theories of EMNEs to assess the phenomenon of BRIC multinationals? 2.The empirical challenge: what marks the changing position of BRIC countries in the world economy? 3.The managerial challenge: with the coming of age of a new breed of multinationals, what distinguishes BRIC multinationals from other (emerging market) multinationals? 4.The policy...

This latest volume of Progress in International Business Research explores novel ways in which international business is organized. Contributions advance our understanding and stretch our thinking about new organizational and geographic structures in MNCs, and other organizational forms across borders and geographies. Authors ask challenging questions: will the traditional MNC as we know it be replaced by other dominant designs, and what new forms of global organizing can we expect in the future? What do contemporary digital and technological developments, e.g. social media, virtual worlds,...