PART I: HISTORY AND THEORY OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE -- 1. The history of the multinational enterprise / Mira Wilkins -- 2. The key literature on IB activities: 1960-2006 / John H. Dunning -- 3. The gravity equation in international trade / Michele Frayianni -- 4. Strategic complexity in international business / Peter Buckley and Mark Casson -- 5. Theories of the multinational enterprise / Jean-Francois Hennart -- 6. Location, competitiveness, and the multinational enterprise / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke -- PART II: THE POLITICAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT -- 7. Sovereignty@bay: globalization, multinational enterprise, and the international political system / Stephen J. Kobrin -- 8. National policies and domestic politics / Debora L. Spar -- 9. Multinational enterprises and public policy / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke -- 10. Unbundling the institution-based view of international business strategy / Mike W. Peng with Theodore A. Khoury -- 11. Multilateral institutions and policies: implications for multinational business strategy / Thomas L. Brewer and Stephen Young -- PART III: STRATEGY FOR MNES -- 12. Strategy and multinational enterprise / Stephen B. Tallman and George S. Yip -- 13. The multinational enterprise as an organization / D. Eleanor Westney and Srilata Zaheer -- 14. Strategy and management in MNE subsidiaries / Julian Birkinshaw and Torben Pedersen -- 15. Strategic alliances / Andrew C. Inkpen -- PART IV: MANAGING THE MNE -- 16. Innovation and information technology in the MNE / John Cantwell -- 17. Contemporary research trends in international marketing: the 2000's / Masaaki (Mike) Kotabe with Crystal X. Jiang -- 18. Culture and human resources management / John L. Graham -- 19. Environmental policy and international business / Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke -- 20. International financial management and multinational enterprises / Michael Bowe -- 21. Taxes, transfer pricing, and the multinational enterprise / Lorraine Eden -- PART V: REGIONAL STUDIES -- 22. Japan / D. Eleanor Westney -- 23. China and international business / John Child -- 24. The smaller economies of Pacific Asia and their business systems / Gordon Redding -- PART VI: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES -- 25. Methodological contributions in international business and the direction of academic research activity / Bruce Kogut -- 26. Political risk and country risk in international business concepts and measures / Yadong Luo -- 27. Comparative international business research methods: pitfalls and practicalities / Simon C. Collinson and Andrew M. Pettigrew -- 28. Metrics for International business research / Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung.