Transnational corporations and transnational governance : the cost of crossing borders in the global economy /: the cost of crossing borders in the global economy. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sarianna Lundan, University of Bremen, Germany.
• Editors: Lundan, Sarianna M
• Contents: 1. The Costs of Crossing Borders in the Global Economy; Sarianna Lundan -- PART I: BEHAVIOURAL ASSUMPTIONS IN THE THEORY OF THE TNC -- 2. A Transaction Cost Theory of the TNC; Jean-Fraṅois Hennart -- 3. Bounded Reliability: A New Behavioral Foundation for MNE Governance (Reprint from JIBS 2009); Alain Verbeke and Nathan S. Greidanus -- 4. The 'Parenting Advantage' and Innovation Processes in the Multinational Firm ₆ Does Top Management Mess Things Up?; Mats Forsgren -- PART II: THE FOOTPRINT OF THE TNC: THE ROLE OF BORDERS AND DISTANCE -- 5. Distance-related Barriers and the Pattern of Internationalisation of Finnish MNEs; Sarianna Lundan -- 6. Looking into the Innovation Process: How International is Innovation in Multinational Companies?; Jannika Mattes -- 7. Locations of Corporate Headquarters in Europe: Between Territorial Embeddedness and Transnational Dynamics; Martin Heidenreich and Nina Baur -- PART III: MANAGING CROSS-BORDER INTERDEPENDENCIES -- 8. Intra-firm Trade Law -- Contract Enforcement and Dispute Resolution in TNCs; Gralf-Peter Calliess and Stephan von Harder -- 9. Competence Building in Transnational Companies: The Role of Regional Headquarters in Subsidiary Coordination; J̲rg Freiling and Sven Laudien -- 10. The Lifecycle of a Population of Regional Headquarters: An Ecological Analysis; Perttu K̃h̃ri and Rebecca Piekkari -- PART IV: TNCS AS INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURS -- 11. Accounting Firms -- Global Spread with Limited Transnationalisation; Jochen Zimmermann and Jan-Christoph Volckmer -- 12. Operationalising the UN Business and Human Rights Framework: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights and Due Diligence; Peter Muchlinski -- 13. The Changing Role of Business in Global Society: Implications for Governance, Democracy, and the Theory of the Firm; Andreas Georg Scherer, Guido Palazzo and Hannah Trittin.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.8/8; International business enterprises; Corporate governance; International business enterprises -- Management; Entreprises multinationales; Gouvernement d'entreprise; Entreprises multinationales -- Gestion; International business; Organizational theory & behaviour; Management & management techniques; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Corporate governance; International business enterprises; International business enterprises -- Management; Business and Management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137467690; 9781137467676; 1137467673
• Related ISBNs: 113746769X; 9781349500031; 1349500038
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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