Peter J. Buckley - The Multinational Enterprise Revisited: The Essential Buckley and Casson

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acquisitions

adaptation, to local conditions

adversity

advertising

and self-control

and sex

television

Africa, failure of technology transfer

aggregation, international business (IB) system

aggression

agricultural processing

alliances, political

Altber, A. A.

alternative strategies, key determinants of cost

altruism

alumni networks

ambiguity, of control

analysis, new techniques

Arpan, J. S.

Asian countries, flexibility

Asian products, price advantage

assumptions, explicit and implicit

asymmetry

autonomy, of preferences

behaviour, modelling

bluffing

border controls, relaxation

bounded rationality

broadcasting

Buckley and Casson model see

Buckley, P. J.

business, links with universities

business schools

buy-back

capacity, rationalisation of

capital costs, sharing

capital flows

factors encouraging

capitalisation rates

capitalism

and civilisation

and manipulation

moral ambiguities

moral excesses

and religion

religious context

Casson, M. C.

Caves, R. E.

change

costs of

recognising

Chapman, M.

cheap labour

cheating

Cheung, S. N. S.

civilisation

Coase, Ronald

cohesion, private firms

collectivism

collusion

combinatorial complexity

approaches to

in IB system

commitment

building

to cooperation

cooperation and trust

to group

communication

communications

advances in

globalisation

and prosperity

comparative advantage

comparative development

competence

and innovation

technological

competition, social groups

competitive advantage

competitive individualism

and voluntary association

competitiveness

national

restoring

and tariff

complexity

concepts of

or confusion

complexity theory

comunitarianism

confusion, mistaken for complexity

consultation

consumers, protection

Contractor, F. J.

contracts

enforcement

respect for

control, ambiguity of

cooperation

commitment and trust

commitment to

concept of

as input and output

joint ventures

coordination

defining

under duress

extrafirm

interfirm

selection of method

costs

of doing business abroad

reducing

costs of growth

creative destruction

credibility problems

cultural engineering

culture

and communication

corporate

dependence of IJVs

development and MNEs

divergence and similarity

effect of spillovers

entrepreneurial

and entry factors

and geography

homogenisation

inhibiting development

and innovation

joint ventures

low-trust

multinational enterprise (MNE) operations

currency

maintaining value

unified and multiple

cyber-communities

Darwin, Charles

de-layering

debt, toleration

decision making

decision trees

decisions

deferring

timing of

deglomeration

demand, rate of growth

deregulation, domestic capital markets

development

comparative

culture and MNEs

global

process

regional differences

diffusion, knowledge and technology

disaggregation

disappointments

discounting

discretion, in decision-making

disequilibrium

disinformation

disintegration, of firms

distribution

channels

intermediate products

distrust see

diversification

divestment

division of labour

among product users

information processing

domestic capital markets, deregulation

downsizing

dualism

in development

economic

Dunning, John

dynamic modelling

dynamic optimisation

e-mail

early research

eclectic theory

economic growth, end of golden age

economic integration

economic methodology

economic models see

economic power, agglomeration

economic success, factors in

economic theory of joint ventures

economic theory of teams

economies of scale

education

and development

and innovation

empty threats

enclaves

entrept

cultural determinants of potential

geographical determinants of potential

entrepreneurial culture

entrepreneurial theory

entrepreneurship

high- and low-level

internal

moral ambiguities

steps to improve

entry factors, and market structure

equilibrium

ethnocentrism

evolution, theory of

exchange controls, abolition

exchange of threats

expansion

expectations

exporting, costs

externality problem

extrafirm coordination

face-to-face contact

factor markets, internalising

factor movements, globalisation

familiarisation

50:50 equity joint venture

final products, markets for

firm size

theory of optimal

as unlimited

firm-specific competitive advantage

flagship firms

flattening

flexibility

analysing demand for

boundaries of firm

costs

derived demand for

external

firm and location

firm-specific competitive advantage

interest in

and internal organisation

job evaluation

joint ventures

R&D

of resources

restoring

significance

Flowers, E. B.

forbearance

incentive to

joint ventures

reciprocal

Fordism

foreign direct investment (FDI)

costs

deferring

empirical studies

historical development of theory

new and repeat investors

received analysis of optimal timing

foreign market entry

costs of alternative strategies compared with profit norm

defining strategy set

deriving profit equations

discussion of results of example model

dominance relations

entrant

entry strategies and variants

historical development of theory

host country rival

joint ventures

overview of model

propensity to adopt strategy

properties of solution

rational action

research implications of model

solution

strategies for optimising dynamics

strategy set

transaction costs

formal understandings

formulation

frameworks, vs models

franchising

freedom, of entry and exit

Freud, Sigmund

fuzziness

fuzzy boundaries

game-playing

game theory

general systems theory

geographical diversification

geography

and culture

and group stability

and resource use

global capitalism

improving moral basis

and moral order

moral weakness

protests

global development

global economy

dynamics of innovation

international division of labour in

and international joint ventures (IJVs)

global systems, information distribution

global trading, geographical and cultural aspects

globalisation

benefits

commodity trade and factor movements

communications

effects

international joint ventures (IJVs)

and nation state

winners and losers

and world production system

God

golden age, end of

goods, processing

governments, and innovation

greenfield expansion

vs mergers and acquisitions