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Contemporary Challenges to International Business
Edited by
Kevin Ibeh Professor of Marketing and International Business, the University of Strathclyde, UK and
Sheena Davies Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, the University of Portsmouth, UK
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Contents List of Illustrations
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List of Acronyms
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Acknowledgements
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Foreword
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Notes on Contributors
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Perspectives on Contemporary Challenges to International Business Kevin Ibeh and Sheena Davies
Part I
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Cross-Border Management and Institutional Challenges
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The Challenge of Managing Employee Tenure in China Angelika Zimmermann, Xiaohui Liu and Trevor Buck
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Organizational Identification and Commitment Following a Cross-Border Acquisition Mélanie Elina Raukko
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Cross-Border Transfer of Employment Relations Approaches: Country-of-Origin Effects and the Level and Type of Industry Internationalization Heinz-Josef Tüselmann, Frank McDonald, Matthew Allen, Sougand Golesorkhi and Despoina Filiou
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Tensions Arising from Process of Transferring HRM Practices across Borders: The Case of Taiwanese MNCs in the UK Yi-Ying Chang, Kamel Mellahi and Adrian John Wilkinson
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Part II 6
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SMEs’ Resource-Related Challenges
Micromultinationals: Transcending Resource Challenges in International Business Kevin Ibeh, Oliver Borchert and Colin Wheeler Survival and Failure of Born Globals: The Case of Software Firms Mika Gabrielsson and Peter Gabrielsson v
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