Transnational corporations and transnational governance
Subtitle: the cost of crossing borders in the global economy
By: edited by Sarianna Lundan, University of Bremen, Germany
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781137467676
Subjects: Management; Corporate Governance; International business enterprises; General; Multinationales Unternehmen; International; Organizational Development; Corporate governance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Description: "Expanding the economic footprint of the firm comes at the cost of a corresponding increase in the complexity of coordination. Transnational Corporations and Transnational Governance examines the different kinds of distance-related barriers related to cross-border investment. Different forms of governance, whether inside the firm or as part of its network of external relationships, have the aim of reducing uncertainty and creating a more predictable environment. The chapters in this volume explore the impact of conventional distance-related barriers, as well as the more difficult institutional barriers reflecting differences in norms and beliefs, on the costs and methods of coordination adopted by multinational firms."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The costs of crossing borders in the global economy / Sarianna Lundan; title: A transaction cost theory of the TNC / Jean-François Hennart; title: Bounded reliability : a new behavioral foundation for MNE governance / Alain Verbeke and Nathan S. Greidanus; title: The 'parenting advantage' and innovation processes in the multinational firm : does top management mess things up? / Mats Forsgren; title: Distance-related barriers and the pattern of internationalisation of Finnish MNEs / Sarianna Lundan; title: Looking into the innovation process : how international is innovation in multinational companies? / Jannika Mattes; title: Locations of corporate headquarters in Europe : between inertia and co-evolution / Martin Heidenreich and Nina Baur; title: Intra-firm trade law : contract enforcement and dispute resolution in transitional corporations / Gralf-Peter Calliess and Stephan von Harder; title: Competence building in transnational companies : the role of regional headquarters in subsidiary coordination / Jörg Freiling and Sven Laudien; title: The lifecycle of a population of regional headquarters : an ecological analysis / Perttu Kähäri and Rebecca Piekkari; title: Accounting firms : global reach without transnational form / Jochen Zimmermann and Jan-Christoph Volckmer; title: Operationalising the UN business and human rights framework : the corporate responsibility to respect human rights and due diligence / Peter Muchlinski; title: The changing role of business in global society : implications for governance, democracy, and the theory of the firm / Andreas Georg Scherer, Guido Palazzo and Hannah Trittin.