1. Dreaming with BRICs : the path to 2050 / Dominic Wilson and Roopa Purushothaman -- 2. BRIC economies : earlier growth constraints, contemporary transformations and future potential, and key challenges / Ben L. Kedia, Somnath Lahiri and Debmalya Mukherjee -- 3. Economic growth with the advent of international economic law : implications for emerging economies / Linda Yueh -- 4. Global strategies of Brazilian firms in an era of economic liberalization / Preet S. Aulakh -- 5. Corporate governance and business strategies in Russia / Igor Filatotchev -- 6. Acquisitions in BRIC economies : the case of India / Prashant Kale -- 7. Development prospects of China's industries / Zhiwu Chen -- 8. International business strategies in Brazil / Robert Grosse -- 9. tortuous trail toward corporate governance in Russia / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- 10. Strategic evolution and partnering in the Indian pharmaceutical industry / Ravi Sarathy -- 11. Transitions in innovation : musings on the propensity and factors towards proactive innovation in China / William H. A. Johnson -- 12. future shape of world exports to the BRIC countries / Stephen Coelen -- 13. international joint venture performance of American firms : a comparative analysis of emerging markets and non-emerging markets / Hemant Merchant -- 14. Inward and outward FDI and the BRICs / Karl P. Sauvant -- 15. Negotiating in BRICs : business as usual isn't / Camille P. Schuster -- 16. impact of coercion on protecting US intellectual property rights in the BRIC economies / Robert C. Bird -- 17. Corruption in large developing economies : the case of Brazil, Russia, India and China / Mohsin Habib and Leon Zurawicki -- 18. BRICs : geopolitical and economic challenges for the US / Subhash C. Jain -- 19. Peaks and pits with the BRICs : accommodations with the west / Jack N. Behrman.