List of Tables List of Figures Foreword: D.Lessard Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction PART I: THEORY AND MODELLING THE MNE Business History and International Business; P.J.Buckley Internalisation Thinking - from the Multinational Enterprise to the Global Factory; P.J.Buckley The Theory of International Business Pre-Hymer; P.J.Buckley The Governance of the Multinational Enterprise: Insights from Internalization Theory; P.J.Buckley & R.Strange Formalizing Internationalization in the Eclectic Paradigm; P.J.Buckley & N.Hashai The Impact of the Global Factory on Economic Development; P.J.Buckley PART II: KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND MANAGEMENT Under What Conditions do Firms Benefit from the Research Efforts of Other Organizations?; M.I.Kafouros & P.J.Buckley The Role of Internationalization in Explaining Innovation Performance'; M.I.Kafourosa, P.J.Buckley, J.A.Sharpb & C.Wang Knowledge Accession and Knowledge Acquisition in Strategic Alliances: The Impact of Supplementary and Complementary Dimensions; P.J.Buckley, K.W.Glaister, E.Klijn & H.Tan Do Managers Behave the Way Theory Suggests? A Choice Theoretic Examination of Foreign Direct Investment Location Decision Making; P.J.Buckley, T.M.Devinney & J.J.Louviere The Role of Headquarters in the Global Factory; P.J.Buckley PART III: CULTURAL DISTANCE AND ASIAN BUSINESS Close Neighbours and Distant Friends - Perceptions of Cultural Distance; M.Chapman, H.Gajewska-De Mattos, J.Clegg & P.J.Buckley Doing Business in Developing and Transitional Countries, an Empirical Example of the Dominant Logic and its Alternative; P.J.Buckley, M.Chapman, J.Clegg & H.Gajewska-De Mattos The Rise of the Japanese Multinational Enterprise: Then and Now; P.J.Buckley Japanese Multinational Enterprises in China: Successful Adaptation of Marketing Strategies; P.J.Buckley & S.A.Horn