Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Enterprises

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Developments in International Business Theory in the 1990s

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 3-16

   3. Barriers to Internationalization

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 17-37

   4. Kojima’s Theory of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment Revisited

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 38-46

   5. The Role of Management in Internalization Theory

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 47-59

   6. International Business versus International Management?

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 60-74

3. The Foreign Market Servicing Strategies of Multinational Enterprises

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. The Structure of British Industry’s Sales in Foreign Markets

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 77-114

   3. Foreign Market Servicing Strategies and Competitiveness

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 115-136

   4. UK International Joint Ventures: An Analysis of Patterns of Activity and Distribution

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 137-173

4. Asia-Pacific Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. Europe 1992 and its Impact on Pacific Futures

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 177-189

   3. Forms of Enterpreneurial Cooperation between Chinese and Foreign Enterprises: Taxation Implications

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 190-205

   4. Government-Industry Relations: Japan versus UK

      • Peter J. Buckley

      Pages 206-239

5. Back Matter

   Pages 241-250

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The papers in this volume cover three major areas of International Business: Developments in Theory, The Foreign Market Servicing Strategies of Multinational Firms and Asia-Pacific Issues. The theory section examines the internationalisation process, the role of management in international business theory, approaches to Japanese foreign direct investment and the contrast between the approach taken to international business by internalisation theorists and that of international strategic management. The choices between exporting, foreign licensing of technology and direct investment abroad are examined in Part II. The foreign market servicing decisions are examined both at the level of the firm and in aggregate at the level of an economy (the UK). The impact of these decisions on competitiveness is evaluated and the role of international joint ventures is examined for the case of the UK. The final section examines current issues in the Asia-Pacific economies. The impact of the Single European Market on Pacific Futures and Government-Business relations (Japan versus UK) are the focus of attention and the taxation implications of joint ventures in China are examined in detail.

• China
• foreign direct investment
• Futures
• International Business
• international management
• Internationalisation
• Investment
• Japan
• management
• strategic management
• investments and securities

• Centre of International Business, University of Leeds, UK

  Peter J. Buckley

PETER J. BUCKLEY

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