The Eclectic Paradigm: A Framework for Synthesizing and Comparing Theories of International Business from Different Disciplines or Perspectives

by John Cantwell (Editor)

Overview

To help to promote a greater conversation between those interested in the theoretical explanation of IB activities from various different backgrounds or starting points, this book offers a special Collection of JIBS articles which concern the foundations and the application of the eclectic paradigm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137544698
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/09/2015
Series:	JIBS Special Collections
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

John Cantwell is Distinguished Professor of International Business at Rutgers University, USA, and is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of JIBS from 2011-2016. A Fellow of the Academy of International Business, Professor Cantwell was also an associate editor of the Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization from 2002-10 and has published 13 books, over 70 articles in refereed academic journals, and over 80 chapters in edited collections.

Table of Contents

Introduction – John Cantwell
1. Toward an Eclectic Theory Of International Production: Some Empirical Tests; John H. Dunning
2. The Eclectic Paradigm of International Production: A Restatement and Some Possible Extensions; John H. Dunning
3. Political Aspects of MNE Theory; Jean J. Boddewyn
4. Is Dunning's Eclectic Framework Descriptive or Normative? ; Lance Eliot Brouthers, Keith D. Brouthers and Steve Werner
5. Reappraising the Eclectic Paradigm in an Age of Alliance Capitalism; John H. Dunning
6. Is Knowledge Power? Knowledge Flows, Subsidiary Power and Rent-Seeking Within MNCs; Ram Mudambi & Pietro Navarra
7. An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding International Business Activity: The Co-Evolution of MNEs and the Institutional Environment; John Cantwell, John H Dunning & Sarianna M Lundan