The multinational enterprise in developing countries : local versus global logic / edited by Rick Molz, Catalin Ratiu, and Ali Taleb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Molz, Rick.

Ratiu, Catalin.

Taleb, Ali.

Series:

Routledge studies in development economics ;v. 80.

Routledge studies in development economics ;v. 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Developing countries.

International business enterprises.

Industrial policy--Developing countries.

Industrial policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A key distinctive feature of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) as organizations resides in the fact that they span across borders. This exposes them to dissimilar and often unfamiliar social and economic conditions as they venture in foreign countries. MNEs from industrialized economies that are active in developing countries and emerging markets face particularly challenging hurdles due to both economic and institutional discrepancies between their home and host countries.This book focuses on the uneasy interaction between the traditional logics of developing countries and the

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: 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; 2 Strategy implementation in emerging countries: Three theoretical approaches; Part II: Theoretical considerations; 3 West meets Southeast: A cultural fit of goal setting theory to the Filipino workforce; 4 Emergent global institutional logic in the multinational corporation

5 Political strategies of multinational enterprises in emerging economies: A theoretical model6 Business groups and corporate governance in emerging markets; Part III: Empirical perspectives; 7 Entrepreneurship, firm size and knowledge transfer to developing and emerging countries; 8 A comparison of foreign acquisitions in the Brazilian electricity industry: What determines success?; 9 The behavior of multinational enterprises in developing countries: Having a sense of the "good" through "smart partnerships" in Malaysia

10 Environment, strategy and leadership patterns as determinants of firm performance: The case of a developing countryPart IV: Emerging global roles of local firms; 11 Multinationals and corporate environmental strategies: Fostering subsidiary initiative; 12 Emerging multinationals from developing countries: Would their exposure to eclectic institutional conditions grant them unique comparative advantages?; 13 Conclusion: The challenges of developing competitive advantage from local and differential logics; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612732768

9781136938597

1136938591

9781136938603

1136938605

9781282732766

1282732765

9780203847053

0203847059

OCLC:

813220240