Anxieties and Management Responses in International Business

KIRSIMARJA BLOMQVIST Professor for Knowledge Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland KEITH D. BROUTHERS Professor of Business Strategy at Kings' College London, UK MARK CASSON Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Institutional Performance at the University of Reading, UK FRANCESCO CIABUSCHI Lecturer in International Business at the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden PAVLOS DIMITRATOS Lecturer in International Business at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece and a Senior Research Fellow (visiting) at the University of Glasgow, UK FRED VAN EENENNAAM Professor of Strategy and Dynaqmics of Strategy at Nyenrode Business Universiteit, The Netherlands MATS FORSGREN Professor in International Business at Uppsala University, Sweden FABIENNE FORTANIER PhD Candidate at the University of Amsterdam Business School (ABS), The Netherlands PERVEZ N. GHAURI Professor of International Business at Manchester Business School, U.K. DAMIAN P. GRIMSHAW Professor in Employment Studies at Manchester Business School, U.K and Director for the European Work and Employment Research Centre (EWERC), UK AMJAD HADJIKHANI Professor of marketing in the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden JUSSI HATONEN Researcher in the Department of International Business at Turku School of Economics, Finland MATTHIAS HOSSINGER Employed in an IT function with Hilti, Switzerland CLAUDIA M.L. JANSSEN Lecturer at the Strategy Center of Nyenrode Business Universiteit, The Netherlands, and a consultant in the Tax Decision Management team at Deloitte Amsterdam, The Netherlands NADA K. KAKABADSE Professor in Management and Business Research at the Northampton Business School, UK ANS KOLK Professor of Sustainable Management and research director of the University of Amsterdam Business School (ABS), The Netherlands OLLI KUIVALAINEN Professor in International Marketing at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland AMANDA J. LANGLEY Lecturer in Northampton Business School, UK JOONG-WOO LEE Professor of International Business in the School of Management, Inje University, Korea JANI LINDQVIST Researcher in international marketing at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland ROD B. MCNAUGHTON Eyton Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of Waterloo, Canada MARCELA MIOZZO Professor in Innovation Studies at Manchester Business School, UK ELFRIEDE PENZ Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Marketing & Management at Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (WU-Wien), Austria MIKA RUOKONEN Researcher in the Technology Business Research Center at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland SAMI SAARENKETO Professor in international marketing at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland HELEN SALAVOU Visiting Lecturer at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece PER SERVAIS Senior Lecturer in International Marketing Strategy at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark SANNA SUNDQVIST Professor in International Marketing at the Department of Business Administration, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland STEPHEN SWAILES Centre for Organizational Learning at the University of Hull, UK IRINI VOUDOURIS Lecturer in Technology and Management at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece NAN SHENG ZHANG Graduate of the MLitt program, School of Management, St. Andrews University, UK

This volume deals with anxieties in international business and their managerial ramifications. Discussing how the organization and politics of the multinational enterprise (MNE), is a potential pool of anxiety, the contributions highlight the complexities of the international business environment or the managerial implication of such complexity.This volume deals with anxieties in international business and their managerial ramifications. Discussing how the organization and politics of the multinational enterprise (MNE), is a potential pool of anxiety, the contributions highlight the complexities of the international business environment or the managerial implication of such complexity.