Managing transnational firms : resources, market entry and strategic alliances

In this volume, Bartlett and Ghoshal examine the transnational firm, its development and future. Ending their chapter is a debate about the future of international management research involving several individual scholars including Julian Birkinshaw (London Business School), Yves Doz (INSEAD), and Eleanore Westney (MIT). Three leading scholars in the international management field, Michael Kotabe (Temple University), Alan Rugman (Indiana University) and Srilata Zaheer (University of Minnesota) provide comments on Bartlett and Ghoshal's work and on future international management research. The present volume also presents five other articles that make a contribution to the main theme of the book. Together, they cover a set of topics in international management studies including: process issues and the evolution of collaboration in the management of international strategic alliances (alliances), the antecedents and outcomes from international entry modes (market entry), examination of the localization of HRM practices in American and European multinationals (resources), and the cultural, economic and political effects on national entrepreneurial potential (resources). The work in this volume provides a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches and represents the thinking in the field on managing transnational firms focused on resources, market entry and alliances Content: List of contributors Pages vii-viii Editorial Board Pages ix-x Reviewer acknowledgment Pages xi-xii Preface Pages xiii-xvi Michael A. Hitt, Joseph L.C. Cheng The transnational and beyond: Reflections and perspectives at the millennium Original Research Article Pages 3-36 Christopher A. Bartlett, Sumantra Ghoshal The influence of “managing across borders” on the field of international management Original Research Article Pages 37-56 Alan M. Rugman To kill two birds with one stone: Revisiting the integration-responsiveness framework Original Research Article Pages 57-67 Masaaki Kotabe A big tent on an island — building bridges and communities in international management research Original Research Article Pages 69-81 Srilata Zaheer Choice of foreign market entry modes: Critical review and future directions Original Research Article Pages 85-153 Deepak K. Datta, Pol Hemnann, Abdul A. Rasheed Resource deficits and international entry mode: Analysis of context specificity and fungibility of resources Original Research Article Pages 155-172 Jaideep Anand Process issues in international alliance management: A debate on the evolution of collaboration Original Research Article Pages 173-219 Africa Ariño, Joséde la Torre, Yves Doz, Peter Smith Ring, Gianni Lorenzoni National entrepreneurial potential: The role of culture, economic development, and political history Original Research Article Pages 221-257 Stephen L. Mueller, Anisya S. Thomas, Alfred M. Jaeger Localization in human resource management: Comparing American and European multinational corporations Original Research Article Pages 259-284 Patrick Gunnigle, Kevin R. Murphy, Jeanette N. Cleveland, Noreen Heraty, Michael Morley Transnational And Beyond: Reflections And Perspectives At The Millennium / Christopher A. Bartlett And Sumantra Ghoshal. Edited By Michael A. Hitt And Joseph L.c. Cheng.