Limits to globalization : national borders still matter / editors, Risto Tainio [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tainio, Risto, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

International economic relations.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Frederiksberg, Denmark : Copenhagen Business School Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From a business standpoint, this book examines the limits to globalization, since companies are neither as international nor as open as commonly presented. Scholars of globalization have mainly concentrated on describing the global reach of companies, as well as their outward openness. They have, to a large extent, neglected the other side of the coin: the strength of the companies' national roots and the inward restrictions that are still widely imposed by their nation-states. The Limits to Globalization examines this neglected side of globalization. The limits are explored through four major themes. First, the enduring characteristics of national business systems are highlighted. Second, the significance of national roots and local markets in the strategies of multinational companies is illustrated. Third, cultural and social barriers to globalization are demonstrated. And, fourth, the changing relations between business and politics in the interconnected world are discussed.

Contents:

Developing Constitutive Elements for a Grounded Theory of Transnational Learning Bibliography ; Chapter 2; Foreign Firms in the Emerging Markets of Russia, Estonia and China ; Riitta Kosonen, Erja Kettunen and Juha Kotilainen ; Introduction ; Challenges of the Turbulent Markets to Western Firms ; Finnish Firms in the Turbulent Markets of Russia, Estonia and China ; Transformations of the State in the Three Economies ; Institutional Challenges Faced by Firms in Their Interactions with the State ; Solutions to Challenges Caused to Firms by State Actors

Discussion: Management of State Relations Bibliography ; Chapter 3; Internationalization of European Grocery Sector: Borders Still Matter; Jukka I. Mattila ; Prelude ; Grocery Business in Finland ; Playing the Game ; Do Borders Still Matter? ; Epiloque ; Bibliography ; Interviews ; Part II; Varying Strategic Responses; Chapter 4; Responding to Globalization - the Case of Finnish Tech?nology- and Knowledge-Intensive Firms ; Mika Gabrielsson and Peter Gabrielsson; Introduction ; The Case of Finnish Tech?nology- and Knowledge- Intensive Firms

Response Strategies of Finnish Tech?nology- and Knowledge-Intensive Firms Multilocal towards Global Balance (Perlos) ; Global Balance (Wärtsilä) ; Multilocal, Towards Global and then Transnational Balance (Nokia, Kone) ; Framework Development Based on the Case Evidence of Finnish Tech?nology- and Knowledge-Intensive Firms ; Balancing Between Industry and Firm Strategy Globality ; Proactively Shaping Industry or Reactively Shaping the Strategy ; Resources and Capabilities Explaining the Response Strategies ; Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Chapter 5

Finnish Firms Responding to Global Financial MarketsJohanna Vesterinen and Viveca Sasi ; Introduction ; Firms' Responses in Times of Financial Growth ; 'Finance Follows Strategy' ; Diversification of Financial Sources ; The Global Financial Crisis and the Finnish Firms ; Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Chapter 6; From Hype to Bursting Bubble - Rapid Internationalization of a Born Global Company; Viveca Sasi; Introduction; Literature Review ; Introduction of the Born Global Phenomena ; Financial Resources ; Research Design and Methodology ; The Story of SSH Communications Security Corporation

The Early Internationalization of SSH Communications Security Corporation

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

87-630-0313-9