International business and global integration : empirical studies

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• Acknowledgements = xi
• Notes on the Contributors = xii
• 1 INTRODUCTION / Mark Casson = 1
• A historical perspective = 1
• The Triad = 3
• Internal and external integration = 7
• The geography of internal integration = 10
• International business as an integrating force = 12
• Managerial mobility and corporate culture = 13
• Services to travellers = 15
• Key issues identified by the empirical work = 16
• Cultural convergence through economic integration = 22
• 2 WESTERN JOINT VENTURES IN CHINA / Mark Casson ; Jurong Zheng
• Introduction = 25
• Theory = 27
• Policy environment = 30
• Statistical summary of EJVs: 1979-86 = 32
• Empirical findings from regression analysis = 37
• Comparison of the pattern of WOVs and EJVs over 1979-85 = 41
• Determinants of Western investment in China = 46
• Regression analysis of questionnaire data = 54
• Comparison between HKM and Western firms = 58
• Future prospects = 60
• Conclusion = 61
• 3 WESTERN MULTINATIONALS IN THE INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY / Mark Casson ; Satwinder Singh = 63
• Introduction = 63
• The pharmaceutical industry = 64
• The pharmaceutical industry in LDCs = 66
• Import and export propensities of pharmaceutical MNEs = 70
• Competition and monopoly in market niches = 73
• The impact of scope on profitability = 80
• Advertising strategies = 82
• Summary and conclusions = 85
• 4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES IN THE EUROPEAN SERVICE SECTOR / Jose-Paulo Esperanca = 87
• Introduction = 87
• Statistical methodology = 90
• Ownership strategies = 96
• Control strategies = 102
• Management development strategies = 107
• Organisational structures and administrative procedures = 112
• Conclusions = 116
• 5 THE IMPACT OF MULTINATIONAL BANKS ON INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRES / Paul Campayne = 121
• Introduction = 121
• A review of the literature = 126
• The determinants of the international pattern of banking activity = 129
• The hierarchies of financial centres and banking activities = 136
• The international division of banking activities across financial centres = 147
• Conclusions = 160
• 6 GLOBAL INTEGRATION THROUGH THE DECENTRALISATION OF R & D / Mark Casson ; Robert D. Pearce ; Satwinder Singh = 163
• Introduction = 163
• Historical background = 165
• Recent trends = 168
• A model of the international division of labour in R & D = 171
• The distribution of overseas research laboratories = 178
• The nature of overseas R & D = 182
• Location factors = 186
• The organisation of international R & D = 189
• Patenting of inventions from overseas laboratories = 192
• The policy environment = 196
• Culture and competitiveness = 199
• Conclusions = 203
• 7 CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE EXCELLENCE IN AN INTEGRATED WORLD ECONOMY: THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL CULTURES ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE / Christos Nicolaidis = 205
• Introduction = 205
• Corporate culture and organisational theory = 207
• Corporate culture and performance: a synthetic view = 208
• Research design = 209
• Corporate culture and managerial practices = 214
• Corporate culture and corporate performance = 216
• Conclusions and implications for further research = 223
• 8 THE PROSPECTS FOR EUROPEAN INVESTMENT IN LDCs / Allan Webster = 226
• Introduction = 226
• Past direct investment by EC countries in LDCs = 227
• Assessing the importance of host-country policies = 234
• The implications of microeconomic structural adjustment programmes in LDCs = 237
• The implications of macroeconomic reform (Stabilisation) programmes in LDCs = 240
• LDC debt = 244
• Improving direct policy incentives: the example of Mexico = 246
• 1992 and East European liberalisation = 248
• Conclusions = 250