Transnational Corporations and Transnational Governance examines the different kinds of distance-related barriers related to cross-border investment. Different forms of governance, whether inside the firm or as part of its network of external relationships, have the aim of reducing uncertainty and creating a more predictable environment.
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1. The Costs of Crossing Borders in the Global Economy; Sarianna Lundan
PART I: BEHAVIOURAL ASSUMPTIONS IN THE THEORY OF THE TNC 2. A Transaction
Cost Theory of the TNC; Jean-Franēois Hennart
3. Bounded Reliability: A New
Behavioral Foundation for MNE Governance (Reprint from JIBS 2009); Alain
Verbeke and Nathan S. Greidanus 4. The 'Parenting Advantage' and Innovation
Processes in the Multinational Firm Does Top Management Mess Things Up?;
Mats Forsgren PART II: THE FOOTPRINT OF THE TNC: THE ROLE OF BORDERS AND
DISTANCE
5. Distance-related Barriers and the Pattern of Internationalisation
of Finnish MNEs; Sarianna Lundan 6. Looking into the Innovation Process: How
International is Innovation in Multinational Companies?; Jannika Mattes
7. Locations of Corporate Headquarters in Europe: Between Territorial
Embeddedness and Transnational Dynamics; Martin Heidenreich and Nina Baur
PART III: MANAGING CROSS-BORDER INTERDEPENDENCIES 8. Intra-firm Trade Law -
Contract Enforcement and Dispute Resolution in TNCs; Gralf-Peter Calliess and
Stephan von Harder
9. Competence Building in Transnational Companies: The
Role of Regional Headquarters in Subsidiary Coordination; Jörg Freiling and
Sven Laudien 10. The Lifecycle of a Population of Regional Headquarters: An
Ecological Analysis; Perttu Kähäri and Rebecca Piekkari PART IV: TNCS AS
INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURS 11. Accounting Firms - Global Spread with Limited
Transnationalisation; Jochen Zimmermann and Jan-Christoph Volckmer
12. Operationalising the UN Business and Human Rights Framework: The
Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights and Due Diligence; Peter
Muchlinski 13. The Changing Role of Business in Global Society: Implications
for Governance, Democracy, and the Theory of the Firm; Andreas Georg Scherer,
Guido Palazzo and Hannah Trittin
Sarianna M. Lundan holds the Chair in International Management and Governance at the University of Bremen in Germany. She has published widely in journals and books, and has co-authored with John H. Dunning the second edition of Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy, an influential reference work in the field of international business. She has also consulted extensively with the United Nations and the World Bank on issues related to the development impact of foreign investment.
