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Strategic Complexity in International Business

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This chapter outlines a progressive research agenda for the field of international business studies. In retrospect there have been significant theoretical achievements in international business (IB) over the past 40 years, but there has also been a loss of focus.

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  1. University of Leeds, UK

    Peter J. Buckley (Professor of International Business)

  2. University of Reading, UK

    Mark Casson (Professor of Economics)

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Buckley, P.J., Casson, M. (2010). Strategic Complexity in International Business. In: The Multinational Enterprise Revisited. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250468_10

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