Handbook of Emerging Market Multinational Corporations

Edited by Mehmet Demirbag, Professor of International Business and Deputy Dean, Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK and Attila Yaprak, Professor of Marketing and International Business and Director, Doctoral Programs, Mike Ilitch School of Business, Wayne State University, US

• Contents:Introduction: The Rise of Internationalizing Firms from Emerging MarketsAttila Yaprak and Mehmet DemirbagPART 1A THEORY PERSPECTIVES 1. The Many Faces of the Ever-changing Multinational EnterpriseYair Aharoni2. Punching Above Their Weight: The Sources of Competitive Advantage for Emerging Market MultinationalsFarok J. Contractor3. Explaining the Internationalization of Emerging Economy Multinationals: The Relative Resource Specialization of the Firm and Environment MechanismsAlvaro Cuervo-Cazura, Klaus Meyer and Ravi RamamurtiPART 1B CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS ON EMERGING MARKET MULTINATIONALS4. Breakout Multinationals: Emerging Market Multinationals in Global Value ChainsPavida Pananond5. How Institutional Distance Matters to Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions by Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Economies in OECD CountriesYingqi Wei and Yaoan Wu6. Globalization of Indian Multinationals: What Lies Ahead?Jagdish N. Sheth and Rahul Singh7. Indian Multinationals: Location Choices of Overseas Mergers and AcquisitionsSmitha R. Nair and Mehmet DemirbagPART II CASE STUDIES ON EMERGING MARKET MULTINATIONALS8. Relative Risk In Emerging Markets For Emerging Multinationals: The Case of Orascom TelecomMauro F. Guillén, Esteban García-Canal and Laura Fernández-Méndez9. Dynamic Capabilities, Managerial Mindsets and the Outcomes of Internationalization: The Case of Chinese State-Owned EnterprisesLan Gao, Xiaohui Liu and Eleni Lioliou10. South African Multinationals in Africa: Growth and ControversyGeoffrey Wood11. Acquisitions as Engines of Foreign Expansion of Russian MultinationalsKalman Kalotay12. Conclusions and Future Research Directions: Lessons Learned from the Rise of Emerging Market Multinationals Mehmet Demirbag and Attila YaprakIndex