What is international Business? Is the international business research agenda running out of steam? These and other key questions are answered in this influential book which points to a definitive statement on International Business. Bringing together a variety of different perspectives, this book is a collection of the latest thinking from eminent scholars on the question of international business.
Peter J. Buckley is one of the world's leading academics in the area of international business. He is Professor of International Business and Director of the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds (CIBUL), UK. He is President of the Academy of International Business (2002-2004).
Introduction; P.Buckley Visions of International Business; M.Casson Technological Determinism, Globalization and the Multinational Firm; S.J.Kobrin Of Beauty Finding the Relevant Beast: The Field of International Business and the Dialogue of Fact and Theory; B.Kogut Defining International Business through Its Research; D.P.Sullivan & J.D.Daniels The Institutional Environment for International Business; W.J.Henisz Regional Multinationals: The New Research Agenda; A.M.Rugman & A.Verbeke What is International Business? An Economic Historian's View; M.Wilkins What is International Business? A Sociologist's View; E.Westney Epilogue: International Business as an Evolving Body of Knowledge; J.H.Dunning.