International Business and the Eclectic Paradigm

Developing the OLI Framework

John Cantwell, Rajneesh Narula

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Routledge
24 July 2003

Globalization; Economics; International business; Personnel & human resources management; Organisational theory & behaviour; Multinationals

Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

The eclectic paradigm has become the dominant theoretical basis in the study of international business, multinational corporations and internationalisation over the last two decades. However, developments such as economic globalisation and the subsequent growth of global and alliance capitalism have fundamentally affected the way in which MNC activities are undertaken and organised. The contributions to this volume evaluate the eclectic paradigm in the global economy and its validity as a theoretical basis to understand these developments. Contributions by leading scholars - including John Dunning, Stephen Gusinger, John Cantwell, Terutomo

Ozawa, Gabriel Benito, Lars Oxelheim, Timothy Devinney and Anoop Madhok - examine the legacy of the eclectic paradigm. This book systematically evaluates how the eclectic paradigm

has survived the test of time, from a wide variety of perspectives. Contributors discuss whether and how the Ownership-Location-Internalisation (OLI) framework continues to be applicable to the perspective of their own particular analytical concerns. Has the explanatory usefulness of the paradigm diminished? To what extent is it a useful tool from the perspective of, for instance, trade theory, finance, evolutionary economics, resource based theory or strategic management? Can it be utilised to explain new developments in international business and economics? Do these require new ideas and concepts to be integrated within the eclectic paradigm? What are the new challenges to which international business theorising must respond? This volume includes contributions by leading scholars from a variety of perspectives, disciplines and subject areas in international business, and represents the state-of-the-art in international business theory.

Edited by: John Cantwell, Rajneesh Narula
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: v.31
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780415316781
ISBN 10: 0415316782
Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 24 July 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Cantwell is Professor of International Business at Rutgers University, USA (from 2002), while on leave of absence as Professor of International Economics at the University of Reading, UK. His main research areas are the analysis of corporate technological change and international business. He is the author of Technological Innovation and Multinational Corporations (1989). Rajneesh Narula is Professor at the Department of International Economics and Management (INT) at the Copenhagen Business School, and at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo.

Reviews for International Business and the Eclectic Paradigm: Developing the OLI Framework

'It provides a welcome assessment of the contribution of the paradigm to IB scholarship, as well as focusing on current developments and extensions.' - Journal of International Business Studies