01754nam a2200289Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006502000290008202000250011104000230013604200080015910000200016724501260018725000200031326000500033326300090038330000370039233600080042933700160043733800190045350400670047250505040053952003510104305000240139465000460141831275820180921124528.0120829s2013    mau           000 0 eng    a  2012948162  a9781781006450 (hardback)  a9781781958179 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCbspaerda  apcc1 aForsgren, Mats.10aTheories of the multinational firm :ba multidimensional creature in the global economy, second edition /cMats Forsgren.  aSecond edition.  aNorthampton, MA :bEdward Elgar Pub. ,c2013.  a1302  aviii, 203 pagesc22 centimeters.  btxt  2rdamediabn  2rdacarrierbnc  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index.0 aContents: Preface 1. The Multinational Firm - A Beauty or a Be 2. The Dominating Multinational - A Tale of Market Power 3. The Coordinating Multinational - A Tale of Cost Efficiency 4. The Knowing Multinational - A Tale of Value Creation 5. The Designing Multinational - A Tale of Strategic Fit 6. The Networking Multinational - A Tale of Business Relationships 7. The Politicizing Multinational - A Tale of Legitimacy and Power 8. The Multidimensional Multinational - Concluding Remarks References.0 aPresents the assumptions and theories behind the views on the multinational firm as an organization and as an actor in the global economy. This book analyzes and compares six different theories of the multinational firm from the 'dominating multinational' to the 'politicizing multinational' that dominated the research in international business.00aHD2755.5 .F695 201300aInternational business enterprises2Local