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Emerging Issues in International Business Research
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
Emerging Issues in International Business Research
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: Globalizing America The USA in World Integration Edited by Thomas L. Brewer and Gavin Boyd Information Technology in Multinational Enterprises Edited by Edward Mozley Roche and Michael James Blaine A Yen for Real Estate Japanese Real Estate Investment Abroad – From Boom to Bust Roger Simon Farrell 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 Edited by 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 Alain 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 Masaaki Kotabe and Preet S. Aulakh
Emerging Issues in International Business Research
Edited by
Masaaki Kotabe Preet S. Aulakh Temple University, USA
NEW HORIZONS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA
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