The nature of the international firm : Nordic contributions to international business research /
edited by Ingmar Bjorkman and Mats Forsgren.
- Copenhagen : Handelshojskolens forlag, 1997.
- 500 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.
- Copenhagen studies in economics and management ; 11 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Nordic contributions to international business research -- Part 1 Perspectives on the International firm -- International business enterprise -- Comparative intstitutional advantage - Assessing the impact of international differences in corporate governance -- The advantage paradox of the multinational corporation -- Part 2 Driving forces behind internationalisation -- The oscillating multinational firm - Alfa laval in the period 1890-1990 -- Twenty years after - Support and critique of the Uppsala internationalisation model -- The influence of cultural differences on International proesses of firms - An introduction to a semiotic and Intercultural Perspective --Managerial influences and SME internationalisation -- The role of learning in the evolution of business networks in Estonia: Four Finnish Case studies -- Generic routes to subcontractors' internationalisation -- Towards a firm-based model of foreign direct investment -- Ownership structures of Finnish firms' foreign subsidiaries in EU countries -- Why are foreign subsidiaries divested? A conceptual framework -- Part 3 Managing the International firm -- Towards explaining human resource management practises in international joint ventures - The case of Chinese-Western joint ventures -- Internal management of Sino-Swedish joint ventures -- Cross-border buyer-supplier development collaborations -- Business network connections and the atmosphere of international business relationships -- Dimensions of less-hierarchical structures in multinationals -- Cultural differences and problems in HQ-subsidary relationships in MNCs -- Network infusion in the multinational corporation.