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Creating Value Through International Strategy Contents List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Jordi Canals Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors 1 Introduction: International Strategy and Location Specificity Africa Ariño, Pankaj Ghemawat and Joan E. Ricart Part I Creating Value through International Expansion 2 Introduction to Part I Johanna Mair 3 The Process of International Expansion in Knowledge-Intensive Settings: Research Questions, Theory and Summary of Findings Walter Kuemmerle 4 Multilatinas: Emerging Multinationals from Latin America Jon I. Martinez, José Paulo Esperança and José de la Torre 5 Corporate Governance and Globalization: Toward an Actor-Centred Institutional Analysis Ruth V. Aguilera and George S. Yip Part II Sources of Value in Global Strategy 6 Introduction to Part II Carlos Garcia-Pont 7 Firm-Specific and Non-Firm-Specific Sources of Advantage in International Competition Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra and C. Annique Un viii ix x xiii xiv 1 21 26 43 55 71 78 8 Chilean Foreign Direct Investment across Latin America: Alliances and Competitive Advantage Patricio del Sol 9 International Geography and History in Host Market Competitiveness of Foreign Multinational Enterprises: A Research Agenda Subramanian Rangan and Aldemir Drummond Part III Organizing MNCs for Value Creation 10 Introduction to Part III Bruno Cassiman and Giovanni Valentini 11 Dual Paths to Multinational Subsidiary Performance: Networking to Learning and Autonomy to Innovation Sunil Venaik, David F. Midgley and Timothy M. Devinney 12 Decentralization of RandD and Know-How Flows through MNEs: Some Stylized Facts and Insights from Theory Reinhilde Veugelers and Francesca Sanna-Randaccio 13 Multinational Investment and Organizational Risk: A Real Options Approach Jeffrey J. Reuer and Tony W. Tong 95 109 125 130 145 165 Part IV Global Alliances and Networks 14 Introduction to Part IV Africa Ariño 15 Globalizing Professional Services: Are Networked Organizations an Answer? Peter Smith Ring 16 The Impact of Personal and Organizational Ties on Strategic Alliance Characteristics and Performance: A Study of Alliances in the USA, Israel and Taiwan Paul Olk, Shaul M. Gabbay and Tsungting Chung 201 185 181 Part V Internationalization, Complexity and Organizational Transformation 17 Introduction to Part V Joan E. Ricart 217 18 The Roles of the Corporate Level in the Internationalization Process of the Firm Adrian Atilio Caldart and Joan E. Ricart 19 'Wireless Apostles' and 'Global Emperors': Strategies for Domination in a Global Arena Mitchell P. Koza, Silviya Svejenova and Luis Vives Index 222 238 255