International Business

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

• Introduction; F.McDonald, H.Tüselmann & C.Wheeler The Importance of Contact with the Foreign Market: Empirical Evidence from UK High Technology Small Firms; M.V.Jones PART 1: ETHICS ENVIRONMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Multinational Companies and Ethical Issues; S.Dhanarajan Multinational Companies and Environmental Issues; D.McLaren Russian History and the 'Americanization' of Corporate Governance; T.Buck PART 2: THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSIDIARIES Globalization, Corporate Restructuring and Influences on the MNC Subsidiary; S.Young, N.Hood & J.Firm Mandate Subsidiaries and High Value-Added Scope in MNEs' Operations in the UK: AN EU-Based Comparative Investigation; A.T.Tavares & R.Pearce Knowledge Transfer Between Parent and Developing Country Subsidiaries: A Conceptual Framework; P.Gooderham & S.Ulset Autonomy and Procedural Justice: Validating and Extending the Framework; J.H.Taggart &J.Taggart US Sales of Intellectual Property to the People's Republic of China: The Affiliate or Non-Affiliate Route? J.Clegg, A.Cross & Xiao Lian The Development of Pan-European Industrial Structures and the Strategic Development of Subsidiaries; F.McDonald, H.Tüselmann & A.Heise Cluster Development Policy and New Forms of Public-Private Partnership; P.Raines PART 3: ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS UK Export Performance Research 1990-2000: Review and Theoretical Framework; C.Wheeler & K.I.Ibeh Understanding International Strategy in Professional Services Industries; D.Boojihawon & S.Young Modelling the Export Marketing Strategy-Performance Relationship; C.Wheeler, S.Tagg & J.H.Taggart Institutional, Cultural, Transaction Cost and Entry Mode Influences on Performance; K.Brouthers & L.E.Brouthers International Price Comparison on the Internet: A Clinical Study of the Online Book Industry; R.Chakrabarti & B.Scholnick New Strategic Group Concepts in the Transition to a Changing Global Environment: A Dynamic Analysis of Strategic Group Behaviour inthe World Wide Spirits Industry; B.Schwittay &C.Carr Explaining Organizational Performance Through Psychic Distance; J.Evans PART 4: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs Globalization and the Smaller Firm: Reconcilable Notions? M.Berry; P.Dimitratos & M.McDermott Multiple Sales Channel Strategies in Export Marketing of Small and Medium Sized Design Companies; M.Gabrielsson & Z.Al-Obaidi