Acquisitions in a Globally Competitive Landscape
in The Management of International Acquisitions
July 2003; published online September 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 4823 words.
This chapter provides information on the scale and scope of M&A. The M&A boom is part and parcel of globalization, and the main drivers behind this movement are considered. These include market,...
Alternative Explanations of Corporate Governance: A Critique of the Literature
in Corporate Governance, Competition, and Political Parties
January 2010; published online May 2010.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 9702 words.
The proposed hypothesis of European corporate governance change is contrasted with existing explanations of corporate governance from a range of academic disciplines. It is argued that, although the...
Amazon and eBay: Online Retailers as Market Makers
in The Market Makers
February 2011; published online May 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 8895 words.
In this chapter, Suresh Kotha and Sandip Basu describe the effects of recent technological changes on retailing, in particular the development of the Internet and of overnight delivery services. The...
American Occupation, Market Order, and Democracy: Reconfiguring the Steel Industry in Japan and Germany after the Second World War
in Americanization and Its Limits
January 2004; published online September 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 30046 words.
Engagement with American practices and ideas in the period after the Second World War differed in Germany and Japan compared to in many of the other political economies considered in this volume,...
Americanization and Its Limits
January 2004; published online September 2007.
Book. Subjects: international business. 432 pages.
Throughout the evolution of the modern world economy, new models of productive efficiency and business organization have emerged — in Britain in the 19th century, in the US in the early (and perhaps...
Americanization: Ideology or Process? The Case of the United States Technical Assistance and Productivity Programme
in Americanization and Its Limits
January 2004; published online September 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 10837 words.
This chapter examines the New Left argument that the Marshall Plan evolved out of the corporatist framework of American foreign economic policy-making set before the Second World War. It also...
Americanizing British Engineering? Strategic Debate, Selective Adaptation, and Hybrid Innovation in Post-War Reconstruction, 1945–1960
in Americanization and Its Limits
January 2004; published online September 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 15133 words.
This chapter seeks to sketch out the contours of British debates about Americanization and reconstruction in a key sector of manufacturing: the engineering or metalworking industries. Its central...
Amoeba Innovation: The Alternative to Ventures
in Bridging Islands
August 2007; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 17014 words.
In Japan, it has been more common for new technical opportunities to be exploited by established companies moving into new fields. This chapter examines this phenomenon and tries to explain the...
Another Miracle?
in The Future of Chinese Capitalism: Choices and Chances
January 2010; published online October 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 4781 words.
There have been indications of an economic miracle in China. It is important to understand the surroundings of the complex question: How will China modernize? This book attempts to contribute to such...
Antioquia Entrepreneur Group (GEA)'s Strategies for Facing International Competitors: The Case of the Food Manufacturing Group
in Can Latin American Firms Compete?
October 2007; published online January 2008.
Chapter. Subjects: international business. 9784 words.
This chapter presents the results of a study conducted in Colombia to determine how some Latin American companies successfully expanded into international markets, and to identify business models and...