The Carnegie Bosch Institute's 6th International Conference
October 2-4, 2003
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Edited by Michael A. Trick; Published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2004

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DISPERSION AND DIVERSITY AS A SOURCE OF GLOBAL ADVANTAGE
     Jose Santos, INSEAD, Franch

INDUSTRIAL EXCELLENCE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
     Luk Van Wassenhove, INSEAD, France

A CROSS-CULTURAL VIEW OF CORRUPTION
     John Hooker, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

ALLIANCES, CLUSTERS AND NETWORK

COMPETING IN ALLIANCE CONSTELLATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGERS
     Benjamin Gomes-Casseres, Brandeis University, USA

INTERNATIONAL GROWTH BY NETWORKING BUT NOT M&A: THE COUNTER EXAMPLE OF THE INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
     N.S. Siddharthan, Delhi University, India and
     Stanley D. Nollen, Georgetown University, USA

DISTURBING THE SILENCE OF A CEOMPETITORS CLUSTER-THE ORACLE/PEOPLESOFT-BATTLE FROM A SYSTEM DYNAMICS PERSPECTIVE
     Thomas Hutzschenreuter, WHU, Germany

CORPORATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS

CORPORATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS AND THE VALUE OF GROWTH OPTIONS
     Tony W. Tong, University of Buffalo-State University of New York, USA and
     Jeffrey J. Reuer, University of North Carolina, USA

EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY: A LEARNING PERSPECTIVE
     Vinod K. Jain, University of Maryland, University College, USA

MANAGING POLITICAL RISK IN EMERGING MARKETS
     Preston Keat, Eurasia Group, USA

ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR EXPANSION

AN ETHICS FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATION OF GLOBAL CORPORATE EVOLUTION
     Duane Windsor, Rice University, USA

THE EXPANSION PROBLEM: ETHICAL ISSUES CONFRONTING MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES EXPANDING INTO EMERGING DEMOCRACIES
     Sheldon Wein, St. Mary's University, Canada

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE EXPANSION: MODELING ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY
     Frank Winfrey, Lyon College, USA

POLICY IMPLICATIONS

RESTRUCTURING AND DOWNSIZING BLOBAL PRODUCTIONS SYSTEMS:
WHY POLICY RESPONSES STILL MATTER
     Torbjörn Fredriksson and Kálmán Kalotay, UNCTAD-DITE, Switzerland

THE LOCATION CHOICES OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES:
WHICH COMPANIES WILL RETURN TO MANHATTAN'S BUSINESS AND
FINANCIAL DISTRICTS AND WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET THEM BACK?
     Lilach Nachum and Clifford Wymbs, City University, New York, USA

ALLIANCE EXPERIENCES

INVESTMENT BANKS' NETWORK STRATEGIES IN INTERNATIONAL
M&A ADVISORY INDUSTRY
     Andrew V. Shipilov, University of Toronto, Canada

POLITICAL CONNECTEDNESS AND THE FORMATION OF CROSS-BORDER ALLIANCES: A STUDY OF KOREAN FIRMS AND THEIR AMERICAN, JAPENESE, AND EUROPEAN PARTNERS
     Jordan Siegel, Harvard Business School, USA

CORRUPTION

COPING WITH CORRUPTION IN FOREIGN MARKETS: COSTS, DIMENSIONS, ENTRY MODES AND STRATEGIC RESPONSES
     Jonathan Doh, Villanova University, USA;
     Peter Rodriguez, The University of Virginia, USA;
     Klaus Uhlenbruck, University of Montana, USA; and
     Jamie Collins and Lorraine Eden, Texus A&M University, USA

DIVERSITY OF CULTURES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
     Philippe D'Iribarne, CNRS, France

CORPORATE STRATEGY

CORPORATE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY
     Jianjun Du, University of Houson-Victoria, USA; and
     Seung H. Kim and Knogxin Zhao, St. Louis University, USA

IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON VALUE CREATIONS THROUGH MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
     Partick X.Zhu, University of Aukland, New Zealand;
     Elizabeth Rose, University of Aukland, New Zealand and University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA;
     and Kiyohiko Ito, University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA

THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND INTELLECTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION IN JOINT VENTURE CONTRACTING
     Malika Richards, Pennsylvania State University-Berks, USA and
     Daniel Indro, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley, USA

EXPERIENCES

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH PEERS AND COMPETITORS:
FLYING WITH THE STAR ALLIANCE
     Angela Andal-Ancion, ascension, UK and George Yip, London Business School, UK

RENAULT-NISSAN: EAST MEETS WEST
     Tom Donnelly, David Morris and Tim Donnelly, Coventry University, UK

LARFARGE: EVOLTIION OF THE FRENCH CEMENT COMPANY TO A GLOBAL LEADER
     Som Ashok, ESSEC Business School, France

CULTURAL FACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES I

PASSPORT OF ALLIANCE: FROM STRATEGIC TO CULTURAL FIT
     Mariya A. Bobina, BGTechnologies, USA and
     Mikhail V. Grachev, Western Illinois University, USA

COMMUNICATION DISSONANCE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
     Olivier Irrmann, INSEAD, France

WHO IS TAKING OVER? IDENTITY AND POWER IN
INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
     Srilata Zaheer and Margaret Schomaker, University of Minnisota, USA

LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE

LEARNING BY NETWORKING: KNOWLEDGE SEARCH AND
SHARING IN MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
     James Nebus, Northeastern University, USA and Kendall Roth, University of South Carolina, USA

LEARNING BY EXPORTING: NEW INSIGHTS FROM EXAMINING FIRM INNOVATION
     Robert Salomon, University of Southern California, USA and Myles Shaver, University of Minnesota, USA

COMPLEX LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS:
CREATING THE CONNECTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES
     Iris Berdrow, Bentley College, USA

OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY

USING THE RIGHT MECHANISM AT THE RIGHT TIME: A STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE-SHARING MECHANISMS IN MULTI-PLANET NETWORKS
     Kah-Hin Chai, National University of Singapore, Singapore and
     Michael Gregory, University of Cambridge, UK

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON OUTSOURCING AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRM
     Masaaki Kotabe, Temple University, USA and Michael Mol, University of Reading, UK

GLOBAL MANUFACTURING VIRTUAL NETWORK:
NEW ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHITECTURE FOR COLLABORATION
     Don Fleet, Michael Gregory, and Yongjiang Shi, University of Cambridge, UK

CULTURAL FACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES II

DOES CULTURAL DIFFERENCE MATTER TO MERGED EMPLOYEES?
     Bongsoon Cho, Kookmin University, Korea

THE ROLE OF CULTURAL DISTANCE IN INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
     Oded Shenkar, Ohio State University, USA

IMPROVING THE STRUCTURAL, CULTURAL, AND GOVERNANCE FACTORS CRITICAL TO MNE EXPANSION IN IMPOVERISHED COUNTRIES
     John Meyer and Hillar Neumann, Jr., Northern State University, USA