TY - BOOK AU - Bartlett,Christopher A. AU - Beamish,Paul W. TI - Transnational management: text, cases and readings in cross-border management SN - 9780078029394 U1 - 658.049 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - International business enterprises KW - Management N1 - Includes index; 1. Expanding abroad: motivations, means and mentalities -- 2. Understanding the international context: responding to conflicting environmental forces -- 3. Developing transnational strategies: building layers of competitive advantage -- 4. Developing a transnational organization: managing integration responsiveness and flexibility -- 5. Creating worldwide innovation and learning: exploiting cross-border knowledge management -- 6. Engaging in cross-border collaboration: managing across corporate boundaries -- 7. Implementing the strategy: building multidimensional capabilities -- 8. The future of the transnational: an evolving global role N2 - Focuses on the management challenges associated with developing strategies and managing the operations of companies whose activities stretch across national boundaries. The purpose is to provide a conceptual framework showing the interplay between the multinational corporation, the countries in which it does business, and the competitive environment in which it operates ER -