International Business

Published in association with the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business (AIB), this ninth volume in the AIB series focuses on the new challenges and developments in the field of international business. The book successfully brings together an integrated set of research concepts and results to present some contrasting views about how international business is adjusting to the challenges and opportunities that the 21st century presents.

MAUREEN BERRY Senior Lecturer at the University of StrathclydeDEV K. BOOJIHAWON Doctoral Researcher at the Strathclyde International Business UnitKEITH D. BROUTHERS Reader in Strategic and International Management at the University of East LondonLANCE ELIOT BROUTHERS Professor of International Business at the University of AkronTREVOR BUCK Professor of Business Policy at the Graduate School of Business, Leicester de Montfort UniversityCHRIS CARR Professor of Corporate Strategy at the University of Edinburgh School of ManagementRAJESH CHAKRABARTI Assistant Professor of Finance at the DuPree College of Management, Georgia Institute of TechnologySUMI DHANARAJAN Policy Advisor for the Private Sector of Oxfam GBJODY EVANS Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Retailing and Marketing at Manchester Metropolitan UniversityPAVLOS DIMITRATOS Research Fellow at the University of StrathclydeJOHN FIRN Director of Firn Chrichton Roberts LtdMIKA GABRIELSSON Professor of International Business at the Helsinki School of Economics and Professor of Marketing at Lappeenranta University of TechnologyPAUL N. GOODERHAM Professor of International Management at the Norwegian School of Economics and AdministrationNEIL HOOD Professor of Business Policy at the University of StrathclydeMARIAN V. JONES Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business and Management at the University of GlasgowFELIX MAVONDO Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at Monash UniversityDUNCAN MCLAREN Head of Policy and Research at Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)MICHAEL MCDERMOTT Senior Lecturer at the University of StrathclydeZUHAIR AL OBAIDI Licentiate and MSC degrees from the Helsinki School of EconomicsROBERT PEARCE Reader in International Business at the School of Business of the University of ReadingPHILIP RAINES Senior Research Fellow at the European Policies Research Centre at the University of StrathclydeBARRY SCHOLNICK Associate Professor of International Business at the School of Business at the University of AlbertaBENEDIKT SCHWITTAY Lecturer in Strategy at Manchester Business SchoolJAMES TAGGART Professor of International Strategy in the Department of Management Studies at the University of GlasgowJENNIFER TAGGART Researcher in Strategy in the Department of Management Studies at the University of GlasgowANA TERESA TAVARES Assistant Professor of International Economics at the University of PortoSVEIN ULSET Associate Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and AdministrationSTEPHEN YOUNG Professor and Director of Strathclyde International Business Unit at the University of Strathclyde