Fully updated and revised, this second edition builds upon the foundations of business network theory introduced in Business Networks: Strategy and Structure. Drawing together the international dimensions of global business networks and a discussion of the modes of foreign market entry, this book covers a range of management issues including: co-ordination governance evolution of business networks across borders. This book will be of interest to those studying or researching ownership or organization of enterprises, business systems analysis and economics and business and management in general.
The book introduces a unique and innovative perspective for the study of international business networking. In contrast to the standard construction of models for optimal strategic decision-making, the essays in this book emphasise interpretation, learning by doing, trust and co-operation in the international business community. The editors focus upon business relationships within and between firms as well as the importance of middle management in the international arena.
This book presents more than four decades of research in international business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University. Gradually, this research has been recognized as 'The Uppsala School'. The work in Uppsala over the years reflects a broad palette of issues and approaches.
This book introduces a unique and innovative perspective for the study of international business networking, emphasising interpretation, learning by doing, trust and co-operation in the international business community.
This contributed volume focuses on the management and governance of international business networks (IBN). Specifically, the chapters refer to theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and case study papers from all areas in economics and management of IBN. These include cooperatives, franchising, retail chains, strategic alliances, public-private partnerships and new network forms in the digital economy. This book is ideal for researchers and strategists who are keen to improve their understanding of the latest developments in the field.
With stagnated demand in many home economies, the need to internationalize and exploit foreign market opportunities has never been more paramount for businesses to succeed at a global level. However, this process raises a number of questions, such as: can firms use their knowledge of one market in the next? Can firms pursue internationalization on several fronts at the same time? How should firms handle cultural and institutional differences between markets? This textbook provides students with the core research in international business and strategy, including organization, efficiency, external relationships and the challenges found in an increasingly multicultural world. Each part begins with a presentation of the issues and controversies faced in that particular area, followed by a synthesis of the research which provides avenues for future research. To facilitate and encourage further debate and learning, each part also includes at least one original case study. Compiled by two of the World's leading scholars of international business, and supplemented with critical commentaries and a range of integrative case studies, this comprehensive textbook provides advanced students of international business and strategy with a resource that will be invaluable in their studies and beyond.
Multinational Corporations are meeting new challenges by focusing on core activities, value chain disaggregation, relocation of activities to emerging markets, industry consolidation, technological change, and market volatility. In this volume we scrutinize different models to examine how MNCs can cope and orchestrate a global network organization.
This is a most informative, comprehensive, and well-written book. It is full of interesting detail, and the analysis though involving many complex ideas is presented in a coherent and logical style that ensures the reader s interest in retained throughout. It is very suited for its intended market final undergraduate and postgraduate students in a variety of disciplines, including business, business organisation, marketing, and customer-relationship management. First Trust Bank Economic Outlook and Business Review This book demonstrates that no organisation is an island, but is part of a complex structure composed of a myriad of other organisations. The author provides an analytical framework within which an organisation s marketing strategy may recognise the opportunities and challenges offered by the interrelated networks within which it operates. Don Dixon, formerly of Temple University and Penn State University, US With few exceptions, professors of marketing are balanced and diplomatic and avoid being personal or original. They hide behind references to Journal of Marketing articles; it makes them feel secure. Not so Ian Wilkinson. No doubt well-read, he explores the networks of B2B marketing on his own terms, with originality; business dancing is such a creative example. Read his book and learn to business dance! Evert Gummesson, Stockholm University, Sweden This book assesses the nature and development of collaborative advantages as a means to boost international competitiveness as well as the performance of both organisations and nations. Business Relating Business argues that business performance depends on the way a firm is connected to other firms and organisations and not just its own skill and resources. The book synthesises thinking from marketing, management, economics and international business with evolutionary biology and complexity theory, as well as integrating many years research on interfirm relations and networks. It develops the management and policy implications of adopting relationship and network perspectives and sets out an agenda for future research. Ian Wilkinson brings together the latest thinking and research in the area and this book will be of particular interest to academics focusing on a wide range of subjects within business and management and marketing including: industrial and business-to-business marketing, marketing channels, supply chain management, purchasing, relationship marketing and management, strategic alliances and joint ventures, business strategy and competition. The book will also appeal to economists as well as researchers in management and economic sociology, industrial and organisation structure and strategy.
Informal Networks in International Business sheds light into the complex nature of informal networks and the respective context in which they operate as well as exploring the challenges and opportunities they produce for a modern international business.
