Transnational Corporations and Transnational Governance

The Cost of Crossing Borders in the Global Economy

  • Sarianna Lundan
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Costs of Crossing Borders in the Global Economy

    1. The Costs of Crossing Borders in the Global Economy
      Sarianna Lundan
      Pages 1-21

  3. Behavioural Assumptions in the Theory of the TNC

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 23-23
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    2. A Transaction Cost Theory of the TNC
      Jean-François Hennart
      Pages 25-52
    3. Bounded Reality: A New Behavioral Foundation for MNE Governance
      Alain Verbeke, Nathan S. Greidanus
      Pages 53-95
    4. The ‘Parenting Advantage’ and Innovation Processes in the Multinational Firm: Does Top Management Mess Things Up?
      Mats Forsgren
      Pages 97-111

  4. The Footprint of the TNC: The Role of Borders and Distance

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 113-113
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    2. Distance-Related Barriers and the Internationalization of Finnish MNEs
      Sarianna Lundan
      Pages 115-144
    3. Looking into the Innovation Process: How International Is Innovation in Multinational Companies?
      Jannika Mattes
      Pages 145-176
    4. Locations of Corporate Headquarters in Europe: Between Inertia and Co-evolution
      Martin Heidenreich, Nina Baur
      Pages 177-207

  5. Managing Cross-Border Interdependencies

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 209-209
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    2. Intra-Firm Trade Law: Contract Enforcement and Dispute Resolution in Transnational Corporations
      Gralf-Peter Calliess, Stephan von Harder
      Pages 211-246
    3. Competence Building in Transnational Companies: The Role of Regional Headquarters in Subsidiary Coordination
      Jörg Freiling, Sven Laudien
      Pages 247-270
    4. The Evolution of a Regional Headquarters Population: An Ecological Analysis
      Perttu Kähäri, Rebecca Piekkari
      Pages 271-296

  6. TNCs as Institutional Entrepreneurs

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 297-297
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    2. Accounting Firms: Global Reach without Transnational Form
      Jochen Zimmermann, Jan-Christoph Volckmer
      Pages 299-324
    3. Operationalising the UN Business and Human Rights Framework: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights and Due Diligence
      Peter Muchlinski
      Pages 325-353
    4. The Changing Role of Business in Global Society: Implications for Governance, Democracy, and the Theory of the Firm
      Andreas Georg Scherer, Guido Palazzo, Hannah Trittin
      Pages 355-387
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 389-399
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About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

accounting business Due Diligence economy entrepreneur foundation Global economy Governance innovation Internationalisation Investment management theory of the firm trade

Editors and affiliations

  • Sarianna Lundan
    • 1
  1. 1.University of BremenGermany

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137467690
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Business & Management Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-50003-1
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-46769-0
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