This research volume in honour of the late Daniel Van Den Bulcke, one of the founding fathers of the European Business Academy (EIBA) and a core institution builder of the Academy of International Business (AIB), focuses on conceptual innovations in assessing the impact of institutions on multinational enterprise (MNE) strategies.

Internalization Theory and the Governance of the Global Factory. Considering the Local Partner. A Two-Sided Perspective on Transaction Costs During Market Entry. Selling to Chinese Firms: A Seller’s Perspective. Empirical Evidence from the German Automotive Industry. What Best Explains the Success of Cross-border Technology Transfers in MNCs: Traditional Coordination Instruments or Modern Management Concepts?. Perceptions Versus National-Level Differences: A Mediating Model of Psychic Distance. New Analysis of Multinational Enterprises and Their Linkages with Markets and Institutional Diversity. FDI and Institutions: Formal and Informal Institutions. Is Distance the Same Across Cultures? A Measurement-Equivalence Perspective on the Cultural Distance Paradox. Culture and a Cascading Model of Emotional Intelligence: An Exploratory Analysis. Micropolitical Behavior in the Multinational Enterprise: A Language Perspective. Impact of Outward Foreign Direct Investment Promotion Policy: Evidence from Newly Industrialized, Emerging, and Developing Asian Economies. An Exploration of Commercial Diplomacy as a Set of Facilities to Support International Business to and from Emergent Markets. The Vagueness of the “Country-Specific Advantage” Construct: Which Host-CSAs Matter for Chinese OFDI?. Multi-National Firms, Corruption and Innovation in Russia. Strategic Asset Seeking by EMNEs: A Matter of Liabilities of Foreignness – or Outsidership?. Reverse Transfer of HRM Practices from Emerging Market Subsidiaries: Organizational and Country-Level Influences. The Performance Logic of International Diversification. Chinese MNCs: An Overview of the Current State of Research. Facing Discrimination by Host Country Nationals – Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises in Developed Markets. Copyright page. Dedication. Multinational Enterprises, Markets and Institutional Diversity. List of Contributors. Progress in international business research. Multinational Enterprises, Markets and Institutional Diversity.

"The quality, originality and pioneering ideas contained in this remarkable publication perfectly reflect the outstanding scholar to whom this book is dedicated. I am convinced that Danny Van Den Bulcke would be pleased to read this book." Professor Dr Philippe Gugler, University of Fribourg & EIBA President. "This volume of Progress in International Business is dedicated to the late Danny Van Den Bulcke . it is a fitting tribute to an outstanding, cosmopolitan individual and pioneering academic of International Business Research. The volume covers the theory of the multinational enterprise, its governance, issues impacting on the firm from other institutions and cultural distance. It also has a focus on emerging country multinationals. The content of the volume is multifaceted in both subject matter and research methods so it perfectly mirrors the wide -ranging and humanistic approach of Danny Van Den Bulcke." Professor Peter J Buckley OBE, FBA, University of Leeds. "This volume provides a fitting tribute to the life and work of Danny Van Den Bulcke, a much loved and very widely respected international business scholar. Danny was a central figure in international business scholarship over the past 40 years, especially in Europe and in the developing world. Among his many contributions, this book reflects current thinking on the Van Den Bulcke themes of multinational enterprises, technology transfer and economic development; outward foreign direct investment, especially in the Chinese context and in emerging market economy conditions; and multinational parent-subsidiary relationships. The book includes a chapter that was co-authored by Danny himself, which quite appropriately touches on all these issues." Professor John Cantwell, Rutgers University.