01901nam a2200313Ia 4500 230580 230580 312758 20180921124528.0 120829s2013 mau 000 0 eng 2012948162 9781781006450 (hardback) 9781781958179 (pbk.) DLC DLC spa rda pcc Forsgren, Mats. 98066 Theories of the multinational firm : a multidimensional creature in the global economy, second edition / Mats Forsgren. Second edition. Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub. , 2013. 1302 viii, 203 pages 22 centimeters. txt rdamedia n rdacarrier nc Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index. Contents: 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. Presents 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. HD2755.5 .F695 2013 International business enterprises 115420 Local lcc 6 HD 2755.5 .F695 2013 HD 2755.5 .F695 2013 0 0 lc 0 HD_2755_500000000000000__F695_2013 0 mbl 125610 12 12 7 2016-05-27 EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING 110.00 503227 0 HD2755.5 .F695 2013 50000003238804 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:312758 6