International business in a VUCA world : the changing role of states and firms

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Van Tulder, Rob
• Verbeke, Alain
• Jankowska, Barbara

Publisher

Bingley, U.K: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2019

Language

English

ISBN

9781838672553

Series

Progress in international business research Vol. 14

Subject(s)

• BUSINESS-MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
• INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

Notes

• Emerald Business Management and Economics Ebooks 2019
• Includes index

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Abstract

'IB theory and IB theorists have a long way to go to produce clarity of analysis, clear policy prescriptions and guidance for managers in a world where VUCA factors seem to be increasingly bedevilling the world of theory, managerial practice and public policy.' - Peter Buckley (in this volume) This fourteenth volume in the PIBR series is dedicated to Professor Peter Buckley, OBE, whose creative contributions to IB theory and practice over many decades are unmatched. His scientific oeuvre has continued to grow, both in depth and breadth, and reflects an evolving level of scholarly resilience that has kept pace with the increasing Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) characteristics of the modern environment of international business.The VUCA dimensions of the business environment that face both managers and policy makers are amplified by a wide variety of unpredictable social, economic, political and technological forces, such as: inter alia, the (post-great-recession) rise of populism; growing anti-European sentiment in the European Union; increasing protectionism; a slowdown in growth of emerging markets; the rise of the digital economy, and many more. These trends affect the competitive position of nations and firms.The present volume focuses on the threats and opportunities created by the VUCA-trends for multinational enterprises (MNEs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and international new ventures (INVs), along the following five headings:IB scholarship in a VUCA world.New Perspectives on the Interplay between Firms and the Non-Market.New Governance Challenges in International Business.New Contexts for Newly Internationalizing Firms.Contemporary Management Perspectives in IB Research.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xiv, 519 p.)

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Prelims
Introduction: Progress in International Business Research in an Increasingly VUCA World
Part I: International Business in a VUCA Environment
Chapter 1: The Role of International Business Theory in an Uncertain World
Chapter 2: The Impossibility of International Business
Chapter 3: The Firms of Our Times: Risk and Uncertainty
Chapter 4: Can VUCA Help Us Generate New Theory within International Business?

Part II: New Perspectives on the Interplay Between Firms and the Non-Market
Chapter 5: Production Switching and Vulnerability to Protectionism
Chapter 6: Institutional Schisms in Argentina: The Impact of Intergovernmental Organizations on Country Institutional Environments
Chapter 7: The Future of Transatlanticism: Effects of a Raise of US Import Tariffs on Exports in the German Automotive Sector. A Quantitative, Data Driven Approach
Chapter 8: Passive, Aggressive or Creative? Adjustment Strategies of Companies Affected by Sanctions
Chapter 9: How Economic Freedom Affects Transaction Costs

Part III: New Governance Challenges in International Business
Chapter 10: Macroenvironmental Dynamism and Firm Risk Management – An Exploratory Investigation
Chapter 11: Top Management Team Influence on Firms’ Internationalization Complexity
Chapter 12: What Happens After Offshoring? A Comprehensive Framework
Chapter 13: The Role of Institutional Context in Backshoring Decisions
Chapter 14: Multinationals and the European Poor: Reverse Knowledge Transfer or ad hoc Solutions?

Part IV: New Contexts for Newly Internationalizing Firms
Chapter 15: Born Globals or Born Regionals? A Study of 32 Early Internationalizing SMEs
Chapter 16: Facilitating International Venturing of Emerging Market Firms Through Entrepreneurial Transformation: Contingent Role of Technological Environment
Chapter 17: Uncertainty and Decision-Making in SME Internationalization: The Importance of Control, Prediction, and Knowledge
Chapter 18: The Internationalization of Early Stage Social Enterprises

Part V: Contemporary Management Perspectives in IB Research
Chapter 19: VUCA and the Future of the Global Mobile Telco Industry
Chapter 20: Managing Ambidexterity Using Networking Perspective – Added Value or Necessity? Empirical Evidence from Poland
Chapter 21: Exploring the Context-Specific Talent Management Practices and Their Link to FIRMS’ Absorptive Capacity in Emerging Markets: Brazil vs Russia
Chapter 22: Institutional Effects on the Ownership in Cross-Border Acquisitions by African Firms
Chapter 23: When Does Adaptation to Foreign Markets Matter? An Institutional Approach to the Internationalization of Post-Transition Economy Firms
Chapter 24: Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Multinationality of Emerging Multinationals
Index

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