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The internationalization processes of the multinational corporation - a new research agenda / Desire(c)(p)e Blankenburg Holm, Rian Drogendijk, Jukka Hohenthal, Ulf Holm, Martin Johanson, Ivo Zander -- Why do some international new ventures become global start-ups? An exploratory study of the Finnish ICT industry / Niina Nummela, Kaisu Puumalainen, Sami Saarenketo -- A behavior-based analysis of the changes of the structure, systems, and culture in the internationalization processes over time / Bernhard Swoboda, Martin Jager, Dirk Morschett, Hanna Schramm-Klein -- Global online entrepreneurship: the review of empirical literature / Anna Morgan-Thomas, Marian V. Jones, Junzhe Ji -- Internationalization patterns of Chinese private-owned SMEs: initial stages of internationalization and cluster as take-off node / Susanne Sandberg -- Internationalization of goods and services: a comparison of the internationalization of service providers and manufacturers in Switzerland / Ralph Lehmann -- Do Japanese investors use their joint ventures with European partners in Europe as Trojan horses to capture their Knowledge? / Shinichi Ishii, Jean-Franc(c)(p)ʹois Hennart -- Innovation processes at unit level: a study of headquarters involvement, innovation impact, transfer performance, and adoption success / Francesco Ciabuschi, Oscar Marti(c)(p)n Marti(c)(p)n -- External facilitation in the internationalization of high-tech firms / Anita Juho, Tuija Mainela -- Market concentration and innovation in transnational corporations: evidence from foreign affiliates in central and eastern Europe / Liviu Voinea, Johannes Stephan -- Escaping the trap of low-cost production and high dependency: a case study of the internationalization networks of small subcontractors from the Baltic States / Hans Jansson, Mikael Hilmersson -- Information provision by public authorities and business partners in Southeast Europe: effects on firm performance / Alexandra Kaar, Alma S(c)(p)ehic

Globalisation is forcing companies to reshape their boundaries and causing business leaders to rethink corporate strategies within the firm. It is creating the basis for new ways of doing international business. The effects of this global interdependence are also being felt at the more aggregate levels of industries, financial markets and countries economies. The evolution of these trends has rendered obsolete some of the basic understandings of IB theory and practice, including traditional notions regarding the nature of the boundaries of the firm and even the definition of the multinational enterprise itself. This volume of Progress in International Business Research includes a selection of 13 papers from the 35th European International Business Academy Annual Conference, which was held in Valencia (Spain) from the 13th to the 15th of December 2009. This volume organizes in three parts a number of contributions to shed further light on these issues. Part I focuses on the boundaries of the firm and points at issues such as offshoring, cooperation and internationalization. Part II examines the phenomenon of networks within the context of MNCs. Finally, Part III deals with the role of knowledge and innovation in international high-tech environments.

The internationalization processes of the multinational corporation - a new research agenda / Desire(c)(p)e Blankenburg Holm, Rian Drogendijk, Jukka Hohenthal, Ulf Holm, Martin Johanson, Ivo Zander -- Why do some international new ventures become global start-ups? An exploratory study of the Finnish ICT industry / Niina Nummela, Kaisu Puumalainen, Sami Saarenketo -- A behavior-based analysis of the changes of the structure, systems, and culture in the internationalization processes over time / Bernhard Swoboda, Martin Jager, Dirk Morschett, Hanna Schramm-Klein -- Global online entrepreneurship: the review of empirical literature / Anna Morgan-Thomas, Marian V. Jones, Junzhe Ji -- Internationalization patterns of Chinese private-owned SMEs: initial stages of internationalization and cluster as take-off node / Susanne Sandberg -- Internationalization of goods and services: a comparison of the internationalization of service providers and manufacturers in Switzerland / Ralph Lehmann -- Do Japanese investors use their joint ventures with European partners in Europe as Trojan horses to capture their Knowledge? / Shinichi Ishii, Jean-Franc(c)(p)ʹois Hennart -- Innovation processes at unit level: a study of headquarters involvement, innovation impact, transfer performance, and adoption success / Francesco Ciabuschi, Oscar Marti(c)(p)n Marti(c)(p)n -- External facilitation in the internationalization of high-tech firms / Anita Juho, Tuija Mainela -- Market concentration and innovation in transnational corporations: evidence from foreign affiliates in central and eastern Europe / Liviu Voinea, Johannes Stephan -- Escaping the trap of low-cost production and high dependency: a case study of the internationalization networks of small subcontractors from the Baltic States / Hans Jansson, Mikael Hilmersson -- Information provision by public authorities and business partners in Southeast Europe: effects on firm performance / Alexandra Kaar, Alma S(c)(p)ehic. - This volume of Progress in International Business Research comprises of a selection of competitive papers from the 34th European International Business Academy Annual Conference, held in Tallinn, Estonia in December 2008, with the theme International Business and the Catching-up Economies: Challenges and Opportunities. It addresses two main issues - the internationalization process, and the role of knowledge and innovation for internationalization - both of which are important in the current economic slowdown- for catching-up and for other economies, scholars and practitioners. Divided into four parts, contributions in the first part concern the internationalization processes of multinational and international new ventures and the changes of different factors during these processes. In the second part, attention is paid to foreign operation methods such as online internationalization, the methods used in initial internationalization activities and the comparison between internationalizing with goods and services. The third part focuses on the importance of knowledge for internationalization, how it is acquired from subsidiaries or headquarters and how the state can assist. The final part of the volume discusses the role of innovation and knowledge creation in the international expansion and performance of enterprises from Central, Eastern and Southern European transition economies, but also for those entering these countries. The volume provides new theoretical, managerial and policy insights in the field of International Business research and should interest scholars, managers and policy-makers alike