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As national economies become more closely linked, the value of more active corporate and policy level cooperation is becoming increasingly recognized. This book promotes the concept of alliance capitalism - a spirit of collegial entrepreneurship - as a means to facilitate more harmonious development in the international economy.
The authors examine balances between the competitive and cooperative activities of firms and governments in major industrialized countries from perspectives of efficiency and social justice. They advocate cooperation to overcome internationalized market failures and policy failures, and to reduce imbalances in the spread of gains from global commerce. This advocacy is based especially on comparisons between corporate and policy level activities in the USA and the EU, and between the USA and the EU. The potential advantages of strengthening cooperation are stressed with emphasis on imperatives being set by continuing technological advances.
Alliance Capitalism and Corporate Management will be required reading for all scholars and students of international management and international political economy, business leaders and corporate managers, and decision makers in the fields of industrial and competition policy.
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Alliance Capitalism and Corporate Management
NEW HORIZONS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Series Editor: Peter J. Buckley Centre for International Business, University of Leeds (CIBUL), UK The New Horizons in International Business series has established itself as the world’s leading forum for the presentation of new ideas in international business research. It offers pre-eminent contributions in the areas of multinational enterprise – including foreign direct investment, business strategy and corporate alliances, global competitive strategies, and entrepreneurship. In short, this series constitutes essential reading for academics, business strategists and policy makers alike. Titles in the series include: Corporate Governance and Globalization Long Range Planning Issues Edited by Stephen S. Cohen and Gavin Boyd The European Union and Globalisation Towards Global Democratic Governance Brigid Gavin Globalization and the Small Open Economy Edited by Daniel Van Den Bulcke and Alain Verbeke Entrepreneurship and the Internationalisation of Asian Firms An Institutional Perspective Henry Wai-chung Yeung The World Trade Organization in the New Global Economy Trade and Investment Issues in the Millennium Round Edited by Alan M. Rugman and Gavin Boyd Japanese Subsidiaries in the New Global Economy Edited by Paul W. Beamish, Andrew Delios and Shige Makino Globalizing Europe Deepening Integration, Alliance Capitalism and Structural Statecraft Edited by Thomas L. Brewer, Paul A. Brenton and Gavin Boyd China and its Regions Economic Growth and Reform in Chinese Provinces Edited by Mary-Françoise Renard Emerging Issues in International Business Research Edited by Masaoki Kotabe and Preet S. Aulakh Network Knowledge in International Business Edited by Sarianna M. Lundan Learning in the Internationalisation Process of Firms Edited by Anders Blomstermo and D. Deo Sharma Alliance Capitalism and Corporate Management Entrepreneurial Cooperation in Knowledge Based Economies Edited by John H. Dunning and Gavin Boyd
Alliance Capitalism and Corporate Management Entrepreneurial Cooperation in Knowledge Based Economies Edited by
John H. Dunning Emeritus Esmee Fairbairn Professor of International Investment and Business Studies, University of Reading, UK and Emeritus State of New Jersey Professor of International Business, Rutgers University, USA and
Gavin Boyd Honorary Professor, Political Science Department, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA, and Adjunct Professor, Management Faculty, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada NEW HORIZONS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS