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科目名稱:國際企業理論

Course Name: Theory of International Business

修別:選

Type of Credit: Elective

3.0

學分數

Credit(s)

5

預收人數

Number of Students

課程資料Course Details

課程簡介Course Description

This course will cover FDI theories and theoretical foundations for new forms of multinational enterprises.  We will also discuss the theory and empirical evidence on foreign market entry strategies and performance.

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    課程目標與學習成效Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

    Students will read classic literatures on FDI theories and theoretical foundations for new forms of multinational enterprises.  

    每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

    教學週次Course Week 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type

    The followings are approximate dates when readings will be discussed. Additional readings will be added and some of readings in the list may be taken out.

     

    2/23

     

    Overview and plan of the course

     

     

    3/1

     

    The Background: History of MNEs

     

    Chandler, Alfred (1986). “The Evolution of Global Competition,” in Porter (ed.), Competition in Global Industries.   Harvard Business School Press.

     

    Theories of Foreign Direct Investment and of the Multinational Enterprise

     

    1. Diversification and monopolistic advantage theories and their critique

     

    Hennart, Jean-Francois (1982). A Theory of Multinational Enterprise. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Chapter 1.

     

    Hymer, Stephen (1976). The International Operations of National Firms. Cambridge: MIT Press. Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

     

    3/8

     

    Morck, R.,  and Yeung, B. (1991).  Why investors value multinationality. Journal of Business, 64: 165-187

     

    1. Strategic interaction theories of FDI

     

    Yu and Ito 1988. Oligopolistic reaction and foreign direct investment: The case of the U.S. tire and textile industries. Journal of International Business Studies, 49: 449-460.

     

    1. Internalization/transaction cost theory

     

    Buckley, P., and Casson, M. (1976). The Future of Multinational Enterprise. London: Macmillan. Chapter 2.

     

     

    3/15

     

    Hennart, J.-F. (1982).  A Theory of Multinational Enterprise. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Chapter 2.

     

    Teece, David (1981). The multinational enterprise: Market failure and market power considerations. Sloan Management Review, 22(3): 3-17.

     

    Dunning, John, and Rugman, Alan (1985). The influence of Hymer’s Dissertation on the theory of foreign direct investment. American Economic Review, May, 228-232.

     

    3/22

     

    1. Dunning’s eclectic theory

     

    Dunning, John (1988).The theory of international production. The International Trade Journal, Fall: 21-59.

     

    Itaki, 1991. A critical assessment of the eclectic theory of the multinational enterprise.  Journal of International Business Studies, 22(3): 445-460.

    1. Internalization/transaction cost theory

     

    Buckley, P., and Casson, M. (1976). The Future of Multinational Enterprise. London: Macmillan. Chapter 2.

     

    3/29

     

    Hennart, J.-F. 1991. Control in multinational firms: The role of price and hierarchy. Management International Review, special issue: 71-96.

     

    Hennart, J.-F. 1993. Explaining the swollen middle. Organization Science, 4: 529-547.

     

    Knowledge-based view of MNEs

     

    Kogut, B., & Zander, U. (1993). Knowledge of the firm and the evolutionary theory of the multinational corporation. Journal of international business studies, 24, 625-645.

     

    4/5 National holiday

    4/12 no class

     

    4/19

     

    Empirical evidence on international production

     

    Hennart and Park, 1994. Location, governance, and strategic determinants of Japanese manufacturing investment in the United States. Strategic Management Journal, 419-436.

     

    Banerji and Sambharya 1996. Vertical keiretsu and international market entry: the case of the Japanese automobile ancillary industry. Journal of International Business Studies, First quarter: 89-113.

     

    To be added

     

     

    4/26 Types of Foreign Direct Investments

     

    Silverman, Brian S. (1999). Technological resources and direction of corporate diversification: Toward an integration of the resource-based view and transaction cost economics.  Management Science, 45(8): 1109-1124.

     

    Anderson, E. and Coughlan, A. 1987.  International market entry and expansion via independent or integrated channels of distribution. Journal of Marketing, 51: 71-82.

     

    Brickley and Frederik 1987. The choice of organization form: the case of franchising. Journal of Financial Economics, 18: 401-420.

     

    5/3 Modes of Entry

     

    Hennart, 1991. The transaction cost theory of joint ventures: An empirical study of Japanese subsidiaries in the United States. Management Science,

     

    Kogut, B. (1991). Joint ventures and the option to expand and acquire. Management science, 37(1), 19-33.

     

    Tan, Danchi. (2009). Foreign market entry strategies and post-entry growth: Acquisitions vs. Greenfield investments. Journal of International Business Studies, 40(6):1046-1063.

     

    5/10 Dynamics of FDI

     

    Johanson and Vahlne 1977. The internationalization process of the firm. Journal of International Business Studies, 8: 23-32.

     

    Johanson and Vahlne 1990. The mechanism of internationalization.  International Marketing Review, 7: 11-24.

     

    Johanson, J., & Vahlne, J. E. (2015). The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership. In International business strategy (pp. 33-59). Routledge.

     

    5/17 no class

     

    5/24  Born Global

     

    Knight, G. A., & Cavusgil, S. T. (2004). Innovation, organizational capabilities, and the born-global firm. Journal of international business studies, 35, 124-141.

     

    Oviatt, B. M., & McDougall, P. P. (2018). Toward a theory of international new ventures. International Entrepreneurship: The Pursuit of Opportunities across National Borders, 31-57.

     

    Mudambi, R., & Zahra, S. A. (2007). The survival of international new ventures. Journal of International Business Studies, 38, 333-352.

     

    5/31 Emerging Economy MNEs

     

    Luo, Y., & Tung, R. L. (2018). A general theory of springboard MNEs. Journal of International Business Studies, 49(2), 129-152.

     

    Mathews, J. A. (2006). Dragon multinationals: New players in 21 st century globalization. Asia Pacific journal of management, 23, 5-27.

     

    Ramanurti. 2012. What is really different about emerging market multinationals? Global Strategy Journal, 2: 41-47.

     

    6/7

     

    Rugman, A. M., & Verbeke, A. (2004). A perspective on regional and global strategies of multinational enterprises. Journal of international business studies, 35, 3-18.

     

    Rugman, A. M., & Verbeke, A. (2001). Subsidiary‐specific advantages in multinational enterprises. Strategic management journal, 22(3), 237-250.

     

    To be added.

     

    6/14  Presentation

    授課方式Teaching Approach

    10%

    講述 Lecture

    90%

    討論 Discussion

    0%

    小組活動 Group activity

    0%

    數位學習 E-learning

    0%

    其他: Others:

    評量工具與策略、評分標準成效Evaluation Criteria

    Class participation and presentation 60%    Term paper 40%

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