The multinational enterprise in developing countries: logic versus global logic/ edited by Rick Molz, Catalin Ratiu, and Ali Taleb. - New York : Routledge, 2010. - xx, 216 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction
RICK MOLZ, CAtALIN RAJIU AND ALI TALEB
PART I
Local-global view of multinationals in developing
countries
1 Organizational and institutional rationalities and Western
firms in emerging countries; proposal for a local/global
analytical model
SID AHMED SOUSSI
2 Strategy implementation in emerging countries: three
theoretical approaches
CLAUDE MARCOTTE, SID AHMED SOUSSI, RICK MOLZ,
MEHDI FARASHAHl AND TAIEB HAFSI
PART II
Theoretical considerations
3 West meets Southeast: a cultural fit of goal setting theory to
the Filipino workforce
PAMELA LIRIO
4 Emergent global institutional logic in the multinational
corporation
GWYNETH EDWARDS
5 Political strategies of multinational enterprises in emerging
economies: a theoretical model
SHOAIB UL-HAQ AND MEHDl FARASHAHI ^
6 Business groups and corporate governance in emerging
markets
NATALYA TOTSKAYA
PART III
Empirical perspectives
7 Entrepreneurship, firm size and knowledge transfer to
developing and emerging countries
CLAUDE MARCOTTE
8 A comparison of foreign acquisitions in the Brazilian
electricity industry: what determines success?
MARCOS BOSQUETTI, RICK MOLZ AND TAIEB HAFSI
9 The behavior of multinational enterprises in developing
^countries: having a sense of the "good" through "smart
partnerships" in Malaysia
RABIA NAGUIB
10 Environment, strategy and leadership patterns as
determinants of firm performance: the case of a developing
country
TAl'EB HAFSI AND BERNARD GAUTHIER
PART IV
Emerging global roles of local firms
11 Multinationals and corporate environmental strategies:
fostering subsidiary initiative
CATALIN RAJIU and rick MOLZ
12 Emerging multinationals from developing countries: would
their exposure to eclectic institutional conditions grant them
unique comparative advantages?
ALl TALES
13 Conclusion: the challenges of developing competitive
advantage from local and differential logics
RICK MOLZ, CATALIN RAJIU AND ALI TALES


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