Introduction / Daniel Van Den Bulcke, Alain Verbeke -- CAVE! HIC DRAGONES! Alan M. Rugman's contributions to the field of international business / Lorraine Eden -- The MNES spatial positioning / Bernard M. Wolf -- Rugman and the geography of MNE activity / John H. Dunning -- Financial and...

This latest volume of Progress in international business research explores novel ways in which international business is organized. Contributions advance our understanding and stretch our thinking about new organizational and geographic structures in MNCs, and other organizational forms across...

Introduction / Alan M. Rugman, Alain Verbeke -- Generic strategies in global competition / Alan M. Rugman, Alain Verbeke -- From Adam Smith to Schumpeterian global firms / Yair Aharoni -- Methodological limitations of Porter's three generic strategies' framework / Marc Jegers -- The dynamics of...

Introduction / Alan M. Rugman -- Transnational networks and global competition : an organizing framework / Alan M. Rugman, Alain Verbeke -- The strategic management of multinationals in a triad-based world economy / Daniel van den Bulcke -- A critical analysis of Porter's framework on the...

Characterized by new analytical insights and methods in the field of international business, this collection of articles by Alan Rugman and Alain Verbeke celebrates their long and productive work together on issues facing top managers of multinational enterprises. Fueled by their belief in the...

Porter's single diamond home base framework needs to be extended to capture the reality of global strategic management within multinational enterprises (MNEs). Today many MNEs operate with multiple home bases as they seek to develop an appropriate balance of location bound firm specific...