Global supply chain management / [electronic resource] edited by Masaaki Kotabe and Michael J. Mol.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The motivation for investment in offshore plants: the case of the U.S. electronics industry / Richard W. Moxon -- The pattern of inra-firm exports by U.S. multinationals / Sanjaya Lall -- Sourcing strategies of European and japanese multinationals: a comparison / Masaaki kotabe and Glenn S. Omura -- International production and sourcing: trends and issues / David levy and John H. Dunning -- Globalization and vertical venture / John McLaren -- Foreign direct investment and global sourcing choices of firms in the US / Hong Y. Park -- Search and deliberation in international exchange: microfoundations to some macro patterns / Subramanian Rangan -- Outsourcing in a global economy / Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman -- The impact of market liberalization on vertical scope: the case of Argentina / Omar N. Toulan -- Growing trade in intermediate goods: outsourcings, global sourcing, or increasing importance of MNE networks? / Jorn Kleinert -- The role of global procurement in the value chain of Japanese steel / Marvin Berkowitz and Krishna Mohan -- Transfer of Japanese management styles in two US transplant industries: auto and Electronics / Martin Kenney and Richard Florida -- Integration of trade and disintegration of production in the global economy / Robert C. Feenstra -- At the cutting edge? financialisation and UK clothing retailers global sourcing patterns and practices / peter Gibbon -- International sourcing strategy / Nathaniel H. Leff -- Overseas production and exporting by the world's largest enterprises: a study in sourcing policy / Peter J. Buckley and R.D. Pearce -- Sourcing strategy / William H. Davidson -- Multinationals and intermediate product trade / Mark Casson -- A decision-making framework for global sourcing / S. Tamer Cavusgil, Attila Yaprak and Poh-Lin Yeoh -- Component sourcing strategies of multinationals: an empirical study of European and Japanese multinationals / Paul M. Swamidass and Masaaki Kotabe -- US global sourcing: patterns of development / Robert B Handfield -- Offshore sourcing: reaction, maturation, and consolidation of U.S. Multinationals / Masaaki Kotabe and K. Scott Swan -- Stages of global sourcing strategy evolution: an exploratory study / Cecil Bozarth, Robert Handfield and Ajay Das -- Barriers to international purchasing: the relevance of firm characteristics / Leonidas C. Leonidou -- Networked enterprise: a new business model for global sourcing / Walter W.C. Chung, Y.K. Yam and Michael F.S. Chan -- A technological contingency perspective on the dpth and scope of international outsourcing / Michael J. Mol, Peter Pauwels, Paul Matthyssens and Lieven Quitens.

Global sourcing - an indispensable element in worldwide competition / U. Arnold -- The impact of global sourcing on consumers: country-of0origin effects on perceived risk / Jerome Witt and C.P. Rao -- International sourcing and supply chain stability / David l. Levy -- Strategic and financial performance implications of global sourcing strategy / Janet Y. Murray, Masaaki Kotabe and Albert R. Wildt -- Sourcing strategies of U.S. service companies a modified transaction-cost analysis / Janet Y. Murray and Masaaki Kotabe -- Benefits and challenges of global sourcing: perceptions of US apparel retail firms / Jinsook Cho and Jikyeong Kang -- Developing competetive advantage: international sourcing as a strategic tool / A. Coskun Samli and John M. Browning -- Developing a framework for evaluating the logistics costs in global sourcing processes, an implementation and insights / Amy Z. Zeng and Christian Rossetti -- The social constitution of trust: supplier relations in Britain and Germany / Christel Lane and Reinhard Bachmann -- Supplier involvement in automotive component design: are there really large US Japan deifferences / Jeffrey K. Liker, Rajan R. Kamath, S. Nazli Wasti and Mitsuo Nagamachi