Introduction: The Rise of Multinationals from Emerging Economies: Achieving a New Balance -- PART I: KEYNOTES AND PANEL SESSIONS -- Part I: Keynotes and Panel Sessions -- 1. Keynotes -- 2. Implications for International Business of Separatist Movements: The Case of Scottish Independence -- 3. Geography and History Matter: A Record of the Panel Session on International Business and Economic Geography Perspectives on the Spatial and Historical Development of Multinational Enterprises -- PART II: RISE OF EMNES -- 4. Institutions and Investments by Emerging Economy Multinationals in Developed Economies: Solar PV Firms and the Role of Political Authorities in Germany -- 5. Neither Western not Indian: HRM Policy in an Indian Multinational -- 6. Against All Odds! A Strategic Analysis of the Failures of Three State-owned Firms -- PART III: DMNES PERFORMANCE/SURVIVAL IN EMERGING ECONOMIES -- 7. Subsidiary Survival of Multinational Enterprises in China: An Analysis of Nordic firms -- 8. Control Position Strategy, Cultural Distance, Conflict Resolution Strategies and Performance of International Joint Ventures -- 9. Determinants of Foreign Firms' Collective Action in Emerging Economies: Evidence from India -- PART IV: COMING IN AND GOING OUT: DYNAMIC INTERACTION BETWEEN FOREIGN AND LOCAL FIRMS -- 10. Human Capital and Conflict Management in the Entrepreneur-Venture Capitalist Relationship: The Entrepreneurs' Perspective -- 11. International Joint Ventures and Dynamic Co-learning between MNEs and Local Firms -- 12. Industry Factors Influencing International New Ventures' Internationalisation Processes -- 13. Do Foreign Ownership Modes Matter for FDI Spillovers?.